ИСТИНА

One of the most important problems in ELT that affects all aspects of this process is the choice of the variety of English to teach to foreign students. Traditionally, teachers relied either on British English or American English. Nowadays, regional varieties of non-native users of English (including Russian English) have come to the fore. In this connection, several questions are bound to arise. The most important ones: What is the correlation between a regional variety of the language and something that has been traditionally called typical errors and mistakes of students of the language? What is the status of a regional variety of English in ELT system?