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saxelmwifo enis swavlebis sakiTxebi:<br />
problemebi da gamowvevebi<br />
Issues of State Language Teaching;<br />
Problems and Challenges<br />
der the colonial oppression, what made foundation of the Bank of Nobility by Ilia Chavchavadze and Ivane<br />
Machabeli a matter of vital political expediency. It was hard to disregard Georgian language anymore and the<br />
end of the century witnessed gradual back translation of the Georgian elite. Literary translation contributed<br />
immensely to the development of the new literary traditions, classicism, romanticism, and canons in Georgia,<br />
canonization of the new Georgian language, enrichment with neologisms and occasional word-building.<br />
Translated literature is viewed as a part of national culture in the West, hence it is respected and integrated in<br />
the curricula of the student with English as the first or the second languages (ELL).<br />
Teaching English to ELL Students in the USA<br />
Since the USA has the richest experience of all the states in regards of the bilingualism and biculturalism,<br />
the experience it offers is seen valuable at the earlier stage of introduction NEP for the GLL students. The statistics<br />
of the US offers impressive figures with 6 million individuals with Spanish as the first language, 1.3<br />
million of them only in the state of California among 1, 56 of English language learners (ELL).<br />
The modern Western practice of the language teaching attests that teaching English is integrated with the<br />
teaching of culture, intertwining literatures (both national and translated), composition, world studies for the<br />
high school grade students. The students can enroll in the advance placement preparation groups or in general<br />
classes. The selection is made on the basis of the preliminary tests, taken prior to enrolment. This option<br />
makes both teaching and comprehension processes less strenuous for the ELL with differences of the language<br />
skills. The priorities set out in teaching English as the second language are deemed valuable for Georgia as<br />
well, as long as it emphasizes on the individual approach to students. The education of students whose<br />
dominant language is not English and/or are English language learners, is the responsibility of every school<br />
district/charter school in the Commonwealth. Title 22, Chapter 4, Section 4.26 of the Curriculum Regulations<br />
requires that the school district/charter school provide a program for every student who is limited English proficient<br />
(LEP) or an English language learner (ELL). The regulation states: "Every school district shall provide<br />
a program for each student whose dominant language is not English for the purpose of facilitating the student's<br />
achievement of English proficiency and the academic standards under § 4.12 (relating to academic standards).<br />
Programs under this section shall include appropriate bilingual-bicultural or English as a second language<br />
(ESL) instruction."<br />
We use the experience of the high school at Urbana Champagne, Il, to demonstrate the integrity of approach<br />
to teaching ESL (English second language) and flexibility of adjustment programs to the ELL levels<br />
(http://www.usd116.org/uhs/guidance/courses.html)<br />
2 semesters of Composition 9 (9 th )<br />
2 semesters of World Studies –English (10 th )<br />
2 semesters of American Studies –English (11 th )<br />
2 semesters of English (12 th )<br />
Chart of ELL Placement and Programs<br />
(viz. http://www.usd116.org/uhs/guidance/CourseGuide10-11.pdf)<br />
9 10 11 12<br />
*AP Prep Composition 9 *AP Prep World Studies *AP Prep<br />
Studies<br />
American *AP Literature & Composition<br />
One year, two credits One year, two credits<br />
One year, two credits<br />
This course is designed to This course is designed One year, two credits This highly rigorous course is<br />
help students prepare for the to help students prepare This course is designed appropriate for seniors who read<br />
demands and rigor of senior for the demands and ri- to help students prepare and write significantly above<br />
Advanced Placement Literagor of senior Advanced for the demands and grade level. The text is<br />
ture<br />
Placement Literature rigor of senior Ad- Literature: An Introduction to<br />
and Composition. The and Composition. This vanced Placement Lit- Fiction, Poetry, and Drama by<br />
course is designed for high- course is designed for erature<br />
X.J. Kennedy, a text used in colly<br />
motivated and exemplary more mature and inde- and Composition. It leges. Longer works studied<br />
freshmen who read signifipendent sophomores who provides an advanced include King Lear, Love Medicantly<br />
above<br />
read and write signifi- and rigorous approach cine, Beloved, The Things They<br />
grade level, and who have cantly<br />
that is taught in coordi- Carried, All the King’s Men,<br />
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