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Category Archives: Georgian Language
Still Waiting…
Bit sneeky today, since I decided to repost the blog I wrote for our ocean rowing site: http://www.fourbirdsaboating.com/ as I wanted to post pretty much the same stuff today. Going a little stir crazy as I just want to be in Latvia, … Continue reading
Posted in Art, Four Birds a Boating/rOwPG, Friendship, Georgian Language, Georgian Life, Latvia Life, My PhD: Environmental Psychology, Ocean Rowing, Oceans Project, Photos, TLG (Teach and Learn in Georgia)
Tagged bits and bobs, boat builder, brigid, city hall, coke float, degrees, dynamics, georgia, heat, inland revenue, life, nature, ocean rowing, outdoors, preparation, prosperos, school resource officers, tbilisi, team, training, travel, vacation
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Georgian Is As Georgian Does
Reblogged from Making a Difference: Exactly one year ago, I was going over my checklist of things to pack for Georgia and wondering what the heck I had decided to do. My mom had already told me her fears for … Continue reading
Posted in Georgian Language, Georgian Life, TLG (Teach and Learn in Georgia)
Tagged behaviour, caucasus, city, does, education, efl, esl, expat, experience, gamarjos, georgia, georgian, is, kartuli, learn, mas, ministry, opportunity teach abroad, placement, quartuli, sakartvelo, science, stipend, tbilisi, teach, teacher, teaching, tefl, tlg, village, volunteer
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Common Sensical Advice
Reblogged from Making a Difference: Georgian classrooms are quite different than most American classrooms I’ve ever been in. The classes can be huge here (up to 35 students – too many!), some kids will never have proper materials for class … Continue reading
Posted in Georgian Language, Georgian Life, TLG (Teach and Learn in Georgia)
Tagged abroad, advice, arrival, class, classroom, coming, common, education, expats, foreigners, georgia, georgian, guidance, language, learn, prior, pupil, russian, schools, sense, sensical, student, suggestions, system, teach, teacher, teaching, tlg, wanderers
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Teachers Can Be Students
Reblogged from Making a Difference: Lately, the most popular topic of discussion in the staffroom has been the National Exam that teachers need to take by 2014; otherwise they will be out of work. Most of the teachers in my … Continue reading
Posted in Georgian Language, Georgian Life, TLG (Teach and Learn in Georgia)
Tagged be, books, can, celta, children, class, education, educational, efl, english, esl, expat, foreign, georgia, georgian, kids, language, learn, lessons, ministry, reform, resources, science, second, students, teach, teachers, teaching, tefl, tlg, values, western
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Evidence of Progress
Reblogged from Making a Difference: One of the most rewarding things about the end of the term is the abundance of evidence that I have made a difference in my school. Any time I spend in the hallways corresponds with … Continue reading
Posted in Georgian Language, Georgian Life, TLG (Teach and Learn in Georgia)
Tagged american, british, caucasus, child, children, education, english, georgia, georgian, kids, language, learn, learning, ministry, reform minister, school, science, students, tbilisi, teach, tlg
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English: A Georgian Language?
Reblogged from Making a Difference: Over four months into my one year TLG placement in Telavi, I have noticed that although there are English speakers in this city, Georgian is the language of the majority. When I moved in with … Continue reading
Posted in Georgian Language, Georgian Life, TLG (Teach and Learn in Georgia)
Tagged american, british, caucasus, child, children, education, english, georgia, georgian, kids, language, learn, learning, ministry, reform minister, school, science, students, tbilisi, teach, tlg
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აქ მე ვარ ძია!
Reblogged from Making a Difference: This weekend I went with TLG on an excursion. This is a trip they put on to some of the big historical places in the country to help thank us busy teachers see the history … Continue reading
Posted in Georgian Language, Georgian Life, Nature and Wildlife, and Seasons, Photos, TLG (Teach and Learn in Georgia), Uncategorized
Tagged culture, davit, difference, education, efl, english, escape, esl, excusrion, fort, freedom, fun, gareji, georgia, green, history, learn, make a difference, making, marshritka, mini van, minibus, ministry, monastery, reblog, roads, ruins, science, tbilisi, teach, tefl, tlg, traditions, travels, weather
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A Friendship Courtesy of a Lobiani
Reblogged from Making a Difference: Repeatedly in Georgia, I’ve learned that saying “დიახ” (yes) can bring great rewards. Often when saying “დიახ” isn’t what I want to do, I remember the lobiani that started a friendship and what I’ve experienced … Continue reading
Posted in Friendship, Georgian Language, Georgian Life, TLG (Teach and Learn in Georgia), Uncategorized
Tagged acquaintance, author, beans, book, bread, culture, customs, famous, food, friend, friends, friendship, generation, georgia, georgian, hijacking, introduction, jeans, learn, lobiani, meet, meeting, refried, story, surprising, teach, tradition, true, writer, writing
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The Georgians' Language
Reblogged from Making a Difference: The Georgian language is old. It’s unrelated to other languages. It has an aorist tense, whatever that means. “Mankana” means both “car” and “machine”. These are things you can learn from books. But the first … Continue reading
Posted in Georgian Language, Georgian Life, TLG (Teach and Learn in Georgia), Uncategorized
Tagged blog, culture, difficult, ear, education, esl, ex pat, foreign, georgia, georgian, gutsy, hearing, history, intonation, kartuli, language, learn, learning, linguistics, mastery, new, old, oldest, phonetics, subltelty, teach, tefl, throat, tlg, world
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English in the Caucasus
Reblogged from Making a Difference: Is English becoming Georgia’s second language? If I went around my village or even the neighboring towns not many people would even understand this question. So I guess that’s a no. But will English soon … Continue reading
Posted in Georgian Language, Georgian Life, TLG (Teach and Learn in Georgia), Uncategorized
Tagged caucasus, education, english, foreign language, foreigners, georgia, learn, ministry, school, science, skartvelo, teach, tlg
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