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| TixhiiDon Tetraglot Senior Member Japan Joined 5457 days ago 772 posts - 1474 votes  Speaks: English*, Japanese, German, Russian Studies: Georgian | Message 169 of 431 27 September 2010 at 6:28am | IP Logged | |||||||||||
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Ellasevia, you're right in that a couple of the students in my class have difficulty
with the pronunciation. On the other hand, the majority of them seem to manage it quite well. I think the problems come from the grammar and vocabulary mostly. We seem to be getting into a situation where about 3 or 4 of us, from a class of 9, have managed to keep abreast of everything and absorb it all while the others are getting more and more lost and falling further and further behind. The teacher can't simply ignore the latter since they are paying customers, so as a result, the pace of the class slows dramatically. An ideal solution would be to split the class in two, but of course that's not practical at all, what with it being an adult education centre with fixed times and so on. I guess that happens in most language classes, but as you said, having Japanese as a native language doesn't exactly help. Iversen, thanks for taking the time to comment on my log. I am an avid reader of yours. Your trips to Georgia sound great, and I'm highly envious that you managed to see the USSR before its collapse. I'm planning a trip to Georgia next year and Mtskheta is on my itinerary, along with Gori (for the Stalin museum of course!) and maybe Kazbegi and Davit Goreja. 1 person has voted this message useful | ||||||||||||
 Iversen Super Polyglot Moderator Denmark berejst.dk Joined 6696 days ago 9078 posts - 16473 votes Speaks: Danish*, French, English, German, Italian, Spanish, Portuguese, Dutch, Swedish, Esperanto, Romanian, Catalan Studies: Afrikaans, Greek, Norwegian, Russian, Serbian, Icelandic, Latin, Irish, Lowland Scots, Indonesian, Polish, Croatian Personal Language Map | Message 170 of 431 28 September 2010 at 1:10am | IP Logged | |||||||||||
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I think you are too late to see the statue of Stalin in Gori ... but I guess that the museum is still there.
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| E}{pugnator Newbie Brazil Joined 5159 days ago 9 posts - 9 votes Speaks: Portuguese* | Message 171 of 431 03 October 2010 at 8:39pm | IP Logged | |||||||||||
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TixhiiDon, I just went through your learning log and I find it quite encouraging. I've had an interest in Georgian since 2004 but only now after Kiziria's and after UZ-translations I could gather an encouraging set of resources to actually start studying it. Even so, I still regret that Assimil hasn't released a Georgian course yet. I find it rather unfair that they have a thick Armenian textbook but no Georgian méthode yet.
I've tried most of the books you mentioned but Lehrbuch des Georgischen Sprache. My knowledge on German and Russian is very limited so I've been trying to use Google translations so I can translate the unknown words in these source languages. I have a learning log at Unilang site, but the georgian forum there is dead, pity that it happened by the time I was mostly motivated. Will keep an eye at this thread as well as for any news regarding Georgian material. 1 person has voted this message useful | ||||||||||||
| TixhiiDon Tetraglot Senior Member Japan Joined 5457 days ago 772 posts - 1474 votes Speaks: English*, Japanese, German, Russian Studies: Georgian | Message 172 of 431 03 October 2010 at 11:57pm | IP Logged | |||||||||||
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Thanks for the message. Yes, it would be very nice to have Assimil and Pimsleur and
Linguaphone, but there are enough resources out there to make a good start on the language. Good luck with your studies, and let me know how you get on! Iversen, yes I read about the removal of the Stalin statue from Gori's main square. There are some nice pictures of the removal operation here http://www.radiotavisupleba.ge/photogallery/2082405.html?isA rticle=1 for those that are interested. As for a quick update, everything is moving along smoothly. I'm currently thinking about ditching my Saturday class and joining the intermediate class at the same school on Wednesday evenings. Apparently these guys have been studying for around 5 years so it should be a good challenge for me, which is exactly what I need. I won't be able to join the class immediately since I'm already paid up until Christmas, but I'm going to go and watch one of their classes just to make sure it's not way over my head. Edited by TixhiiDon on 04 October 2010 at 12:00am 1 person has voted this message useful | ||||||||||||
| ellasevia Super Polyglot Winner TAC 2011 Senior Member Germany Joined 6135 days ago 2150 posts - 3229 votes Speaks: English*, German, Croatian, Greek, French, Spanish, Russian, Swedish, Portuguese, Turkish, Italian Studies: Catalan, Persian, Mandarin, Japanese, Romanian, Ukrainian | Message 173 of 431 04 October 2010 at 12:57am | IP Logged | |||||||||||
What do you mean? They might not have a Georgian book from the "Sans Peine/With Ease/Ohne Mühe" series but Assimil certainly has a Georgian book, but in French: Le Géorgien de Poche. 1 person has voted this message useful | ||||||||||||
| TixhiiDon Tetraglot Senior Member Japan Joined 5457 days ago 772 posts - 1474 votes Speaks: English*, Japanese, German, Russian Studies: Georgian | Message 174 of 431 04 October 2010 at 2:51am | IP Logged | |||||||||||
Yeah, I've seen that, but it's just a phrasebook. Might be quite nice to have though, and useful for practical things like restaurants and so on. Maybe I'll treat myself. 1 person has voted this message useful | ||||||||||||
| ellasevia Super Polyglot Winner TAC 2011 Senior Member Germany Joined 6135 days ago 2150 posts - 3229 votes Speaks: English*, German, Croatian, Greek, French, Spanish, Russian, Swedish, Portuguese, Turkish, Italian Studies: Catalan, Persian, Mandarin, Japanese, Romanian, Ukrainian | Message 175 of 431 04 October 2010 at 3:17am | IP Logged | |||||||||||
Oh, I see. The description they give of it on the Assimil site makes it out to be more than that:
It's too bad. If they had an actual Assimil course for it, I'd snatch it up immediately! 1 person has voted this message useful | ||||||||||||
| TixhiiDon Tetraglot Senior Member Japan Joined 5457 days ago 772 posts - 1474 votes Speaks: English*, Japanese, German, Russian Studies: Georgian | Message 176 of 431 11 October 2010 at 7:44am | IP Logged | |||||||||||
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I spoke with Medea on Thursday and told her I was thinking about switching to the
intermediate class at my language school, and she agreed that it was a good idea. So I spoke with the administrators at my Saturday lesson and they said I could do a trial lesson in the intermediate class to make sure it wasn't way above my head, and if it is OK, I can switch immediately, without having to stay in the beginner's class until December. This is excellent news for various reasons. Firstly, it means I won't be bored anymore in my Saturday class, secondly I'll get my Saturdays back to do what I like, thirdly the new class will presumably be a good challenge for me, and fourthly I've got a little motivation boost from this new twist in my Georgian tale. I'm going to do the trial lesson the day after tomorrow so I'll report back afterwards. Other than that, I'm working steadily through Biliki 2 both on my own and with Medea on Thursdays, I'm still working my way slowly but surely through Jinsebis Taoba, and I'm pretty into the Goldlist thingumajiggy and Byki for my vocabulary. One of my classmates in the Saturday class gave us all some churchkhela, which is a Georgian sweet made by covering walnuts in a kind of caramel, threading them on a string, and hanging them up to dry. ძალიან გემრიელი იყო. I hope my classmates in my new class will be as nice as these. 1 person has voted this message useful |
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