Abstract
The article is devoted to how English is studied by students whose language of instruction is Kazakh or Russian.This topic should be studied, as for students whose native language is Kazakh, learning English may bring several difficulties, since the structure and family language of these two are completely different. Moreover, it is generally observed that there are achievement gaps in math, science, and reading between students of schools with either Russian or local languages of instruction in nearly all formerly Soviet countries. However, achievement gaps in learning English language between the Russian-speaking EFL students and Kazakh-speaking EFL students have not been studied previously.