New Georgian teaching materials build integration
The books will help ethnic minorities study Georgian to improve their prospects for further education, job opportunities and active citizenship in multinational Georgia.
Linguistic isolation deprives ethnic minorities of the ability to participate in the state life Armenian and Azerbaijan minorities comprise the largest ethnic minorities of Georgia (12 per cent), and tend to live in an ethnically compact manner. The vast majority do not speak state language, Georgian.
Linguistic isolation deprives ethnic minorities of the ability to participate in the state life, while harsh socio-economic problems contribute to the threat of ethnic clashes in the regions bordering Armenia and Azerbaijan.
"Knowing the state language is one of the main components for ethnic minorities to practically exercise Georgian citizenship and get involved in country life," said Salome Tsereteli, ICY project manager.
The books will help ethnic minorities study Georgian to improve their prospects for further education, job opportunities and active citizenship Funded by the EU and World Vision Germany, World Vision Georgia’s ICY project serves to reduce ethnic tensions in Samtskhe javakheti and Kvemo Kartli minority-populated regions by offering Georgian language classes and other structured educational, sport and leisure activities for youth to increase their future development prospects in Georgia.
Georgian language classes have become popular among non-speakers. Non-Georgian schools used to provide classes in the Georgian language but the materials and teaching techniques used proved unsuccessful.
To contribute to the resource vacuum in Georgian language teaching, ICY teachers started summing up their teaching experiences and developed a new methodological Georgian language teaching book in cooperation with the Ministry of Education and Science.
Linguistic isolation deprives ethnic minorities of the ability to participate in the state life Armenian and Azerbaijan minorities comprise the largest ethnic minorities of Georgia (12 per cent), and tend to live in an ethnically compact manner. The vast majority do not speak state language, Georgian.
Linguistic isolation deprives ethnic minorities of the ability to participate in the state life, while harsh socio-economic problems contribute to the threat of ethnic clashes in the regions bordering Armenia and Azerbaijan.
"Knowing the state language is one of the main components for ethnic minorities to practically exercise Georgian citizenship and get involved in country life," said Salome Tsereteli, ICY project manager.
The books will help ethnic minorities study Georgian to improve their prospects for further education, job opportunities and active citizenship Funded by the EU and World Vision Germany, World Vision Georgia’s ICY project serves to reduce ethnic tensions in Samtskhe javakheti and Kvemo Kartli minority-populated regions by offering Georgian language classes and other structured educational, sport and leisure activities for youth to increase their future development prospects in Georgia.
Georgian language classes have become popular among non-speakers. Non-Georgian schools used to provide classes in the Georgian language but the materials and teaching techniques used proved unsuccessful.
To contribute to the resource vacuum in Georgian language teaching, ICY teachers started summing up their teaching experiences and developed a new methodological Georgian language teaching book in cooperation with the Ministry of Education and Science.
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