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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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