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| TixhiiDon Tetraglot Senior Member Japan Joined 5258 days ago 772 posts - 1474 votes  Speaks: English*, Japanese, German, Russian Studies: Georgian | Message 297 of 431 20 January 2012 at 11:56pm | IP Logged | ||
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Hi Hendrik.
Thanks for the message. The textbook from Tbilisi University is called თავთავი, and it's published by საქართველოს განათლებისა და მეცბიერების სამინისტრო, which I guess is the Georgian Ministry of Education and Science. There are books 1 and 2, and workbooks for each. I would say they are no better or worse than ბილიკი, maybe a few less typing errors! For sure I would like nothing better than to just take myself off to Georgia for 6 months and study at one of the language schools or Tbilisi University, and if it were only a question of money, I could just about manage it, but of course I also have work, and a relationship, and all those normal, boring "life" things that tie me down here to Tokyo. The thing about the Asahi textbook is that all the grammar is explained in Japanese, with back-reference to Japanese grammar, so I think a translation would be seriously confusing! The few Japanese people who are interested in Georgian (and there is a few, although I've probably met most of them by now) are very lucky to be able to use it. How far on are you with your Georgian? What do you use to study? 1 person has voted this message useful | |||
| Hendriklohuis Diglot Newbie NetherlandsRegistered users can see my Skype Name Joined 5974 days ago 4 posts - 4 votes Speaks: Dutch*, Russian Studies: Georgian, Pashto | Message 298 of 431 21 January 2012 at 1:26pm | IP Logged | ||
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Hmm I'm not too far as I have been - and continue to be - distracted by a lot of other work. I mainly use the "Lehrbuch der Georgischen Sprache" from Abuladze and Ludden published by Buske verlag (see: details on the bookand an excerpt. Apart from that I use Aronson, Kiziria's book, the Biliki textbooks and Hewitt's book. And there is of course the course material Caucasus Studies at Malmo University, which is all taught by distance learning. They offer the courses Georgian I and II by distance learning but unfortunately Sweden introduced tuition fees for non-EU residents recently.
I believe all the material to be quite good but I still am in doubt what to make of Mr. Hewitt's grammar. While the first edition of his learner's grammar may have contained a couple of words and dialogues that were ill-fit for the average language learner I think the second edition has improved this. Moreover, Mr. Hewitt's book is intended more to get to grips with the notoriously difficult grammar and to acquire reading proficiency and to be able to read Georgian sources for political and/or linguistic research. But still I have not been able to have a native speaker to check the whole book for accuracy so I cannot know for sure whether the accusations leveled by Kiziria hold true for the second edition as well. Whether we agree with one side or another, it is a fact that nationalistic Georgians hold an grudge against Mr. Hewitt for his stance regarding Georgian-Abkhaz war, so those who are familiar with Mr. Hewitt and his work will often denounce it regardless of the quality. 1 person has voted this message useful | |||
| TixhiiDon Tetraglot Senior Member Japan Joined 5258 days ago 772 posts - 1474 votes Speaks: English*, Japanese, German, Russian Studies: Georgian | Message 299 of 431 30 January 2012 at 12:03am | IP Logged | ||
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Hendrik, in your last message but one you mentioned Teach and
Learn With Georgia. I must admit I skimmed over it on first reading, but having gone back and looked at your post again, I noticed it and put it into Google. It looks like an amazing programme, which I had never heard of before, and I think it needs some more publicity, even if only to the readers of this log. So, anyone fancy six or so months in Georgia, teaching cute little Georgian kids English and living with a Georgian family while earning just about enough money to live on? Sadly the opportunity has come a little late for me - I have too many responsibilities here in Tokyo, and I am much too old and set in my ways to live with a host family. But it really looks fantastic. Anyone? Zecchino1991? 1 person has voted this message useful | |||
| zecchino1991 Senior Member United States facebook.com/amyybur Joined 5052 days ago 778 posts - 885 votes Speaks: English* Studies: Italian, Modern Hebrew, Russian, Arabic (Written), Romanian, Icelandic, Georgian | Message 300 of 431 30 January 2012 at 12:26am | IP Logged | ||
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Wow! That sounds like an excellent opportunity! Especially considering that's pretty much what I want to do
for a living. It says you need a post-secondary degree, so I'll have to wait a year or two. But that's ok, since it gives me time to go visit Georgia first! :) 1 person has voted this message useful | |||
| hrhenry Octoglot Senior Member United States languagehopper.blogs Joined 4924 days ago 1871 posts - 3642 votes Speaks: English*, SpanishC2, ItalianC2, Norwegian, Catalan, Galician, Turkish, Portuguese Studies: Polish, Indonesian, Ojibwe | Message 301 of 431 30 January 2012 at 12:37am | IP Logged | ||
Actually, if you take a look at any of the bigger ESL job posting boards, they're quite visible. They advertise a lot on those boards. And there's more than one company doing the same program too. I know a couple people that have gone through the program and had nothing but great things to say about it. R. == Edited by hrhenry on 30 January 2012 at 12:38am 1 person has voted this message useful | |||
| Expugnator Hexaglot Senior Member Brazil Joined 4960 days ago 3335 posts - 4349 votes Speaks: Portuguese*, Norwegian, French, English, Italian, Papiamento Studies: Mandarin, Georgian, Russian | Message 302 of 431 30 January 2012 at 1:11am | IP Logged | ||
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Fascinating! English is not my native language, though. I'd like to visit Georgia anyway, maybe in one year or two.
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| Expugnator Hexaglot Senior Member Brazil Joined 4960 days ago 3335 posts - 4349 votes Speaks: Portuguese*, Norwegian, French, English, Italian, Papiamento Studies: Mandarin, Georgian, Russian | Message 303 of 431 08 February 2012 at 1:55am | IP Logged | ||
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Tixhiidon, I was browsing through old threads and I read that it was zhiguli who told you about the Georgian classes in Tokio. I shouldn't be, but, still, I am impressed!
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| TixhiiDon Tetraglot Senior Member Japan Joined 5258 days ago 772 posts - 1474 votes Speaks: English*, Japanese, German, Russian Studies: Georgian | Message 304 of 431 08 February 2012 at 8:35am | IP Logged | ||
Zhiguli was a great help to me when I first joined this forum and started studying Georgian. It's a pity he doesn't visit anymore. I was also pretty amazed to hear about the Georgian class in Tokyo! This site is a goldmine of information. By the way, I still study with the same teacher (although in a different class) two and a bit years later, so it was invaluable information for me. 1 person has voted this message useful |
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