Transition from passive to active vocabulary in the context of teaching by communicative methods

• Author : "Bagashvili Zurab"
• Topic : "Second language education; vocabulary of the language; Callan Method."
• Issue : 43
• DOI : 10.22333/ijme.2018.11001
• received : 13.01.2018
• revised: 16.03.2018
• accepted : 05.05.2018
• Pages : 1-6
• Abstract : In the learning process of any foreign language the most important factor is to learn the vocabulary of the language. Learners first form the passive knowledge of the lexis and after this they put it into practice through communicative speech functions. I
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The Types of the Qualifying Words in Pairs in Georgian and Their Teaching to Non-Georgians

• Author : "Bagration-Davitashvili Nino"
• Topic : "Qualifying word, modifying word, preposition, blocked, consonant-stem words, wovel-stem words."
• Issue : 43
• DOI : 10.22333/ijme.2018.11002
• received : 13.01.2018
• revised: 16.03.2018
• accepted : 05.05.2018
• Pages : 7-12
• Abstract : Numerous complexities come across when studying Georgian and their explanation and presentation should be given differently for Non-Georgian speakers to be easily understandable and perceptible. The aim of this work is to present easily the models of the
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Learning a Second Language / the grammatical difficulties of teaching

• Author : "Bepievi Naira"
• Topic : "Second language, Georgian language, Ossetian language"
• Issue : 43
• DOI : 10.22333/ijme.2018.11003
• received : 10.01.2018
• revised: 14.03.2018
• accepted : 05.05.2018
• Pages : 13-18
• Abstract : The Georgian language belongs to the group of Iberian-Caucasian languages whereas Ossetian is a member of the family of the Indo-European languages. There are different methods and approaches to the teaching/learning of the second language. Recently les
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Methods and Strategies for Studying Georgian as a Foreign Language by the First Europeans

• Author : "Chkuaseli Ana"
• Topic : "missionaries, vocabulary, grammar, study"
• Issue : 43
• DOI : 10.22333/ijme.2018.11004
• received : 12.01.2018
• revised: 16.03.2018
• accepted : 05.05.2018
• Pages : 19-26
• Abstract : The tradition of Georgian as a foreign language study has rather deep historical roots; it begins from the 17th century and is connected to the activities of the European missionaries in Georgia. Almost two-centuries of practice of the Georgian language s
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Linguistic and Communicative Competence: Coping with the Typical Errors of Georgian Learners of English

• Author : "Demetradze Irina"
• Topic : "Typical errors, language patterns, transfer, interference, communicative competence, speech etiquette, norms of politeness, speech acts, face-threatening acts."
• Issue : 43
• DOI : 10.22333/ijme.2018.11005
• received : 10.01.2018
• revised: 16.03.2018
• accepted : 05.05.2018
• Pages : 27-32
• Abstract : This paper attempts to provide certain advice for Georgian teachers of English who aim to develop both the linguistic and communicative competences of their students. Hence, the paper focuses on the challenges related to the development of linguistic comp
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The issue of “false friends” in terms of learning a foreign language (Using the example of Georgian and English languages)

• Author : "Gochitashvili Ketevan, Shabashvili Giuli"
• Topic : "Phonrtics, false friends, SLE, vocanulary."
• Issue : 43
• DOI : 10.22333/ijme.2018.11006
• received : 13.01.2018
• revised: 12.03.2018
• accepted : 05.05.2018
• Pages : 33-41
• Abstract : As is generally known, “false friends” are words, which coincide formally or phonetically in the learner’s native and target languages, but carry different (or partially different) meanings. Generally, the “false friends” phenomenon is studied in the cont
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The 20 Years of a Systematic Approach to State Language Learning in Estonia: The Journey of the Language Immersion Program

• Author : "Golubeva Anna"
• Topic : "Systematic Approach to State Language Learning in Estonia: Language Immersion Program, CLIL methodology and experience."
• Issue : 43
• DOI : 10.22333/ijme.2018.11007
• received : 16.01.2018
• revised: 172.03.2018
• accepted : 05.05.2018
• Pages : 42-46
• Abstract : The state language of the Republic of Estonia is the Estonian language, with all the official procedures, documentation and paperwork conducted in the state language. At the state level there are requirements to the state language proficiency for employme
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Intonation and Word Stress in Georgian EFL Learners’ Utterances: does Praat Training Help?

• Author : "Hirschi Kevin"
• Topic : "Phonology, Pronunciation, Praat, Georgian, Prosody."
• Issue : 43
• DOI : 10.22333/ijme.2018.11008
• received : 10.01.2018
• revised: 13.03.2018
• accepted : 05.05.2018
• Pages : 47-60
• Abstract : For EFL speakers, prosodic features such as intonation and word stress contribute greatly to the comprehensibility of an utterance (Derwing & Rossiter, 2003; Zielinski, 2008). Yet, many of the problems learners face in being understood may be due to L1 -
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Multilingualism in Germany and the Role of Submersion and Immersion Programmes

• Author : "Hutz Mathias"
• Topic : "Multilingualism, immigration, SLE, submersion, immersion"
• Issue : 43
• DOI : 10.22333/ijme.2018.11009
• received : 11.01.2018
• revised: 14.03.2018
• accepted : 05.05.2018
• Pages : 61-68
• Abstract : As a result of recent immigration, Germany has become a multilingual country with a great need for multilingual education. In the first part of the article the roles of minority and immigrant languages in Germany are discussed. Some demographic changes ar
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Integration of the Georgian Language and Mathematics in the Bilingual Teaching System

• Author : "Khvedelidze Mzia, Jinjikhadze Levan & Jinjikhadze Jemal"
• Topic : "multilingualism, bilingualism; teaching; Georgian language; mathematics; integration."
• Issue : 43
• DOI : 10.22333/ijme.2018.110010
• received : 12.01.2018
• revised: 16.03.2018
• accepted : 05.05.2018
• Pages : 69-78
• Abstract : Finding interdisciplinary links between language and mathematics attracts particular interest. Such interest is caused by the fact that the language is the basis of any perception process as the consciousness exists only within the language scopes and in
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The importance of stress and intonation in the process of learning Georgian as a second language

• Author : "Kikvadze Maia"
• Topic : "Listening, strategy, stress, intonation, dialogue."
• Issue : 43
• DOI : 10.22333/ijme.2018.110011
• received : 13.01.2018
• revised: 16.03.2018
• accepted : 05.05.2018
• Pages : 79-83
• Abstract : Listening as a skill plays a great role at the first stage of language learning. Listening helps understanding and enables language learners to perceive information, express their ideas, etc. Listening means “cooperation between the teacher and the list
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The Language Situation, Sociolinguistic Profile Formulae and Bi- and Trilingual Ballot Papers

• Author : "Kikvidze Zaal"
• Topic : "Bilingualism, language situation, Georgia"
• Issue : 43
• DOI : 10.22333/ijme.2018.110012
• received : 10.01.2018
• revised: 12.03.2018
• accepted : 05.05.2018
• Pages : 84-86
• Abstract : In order to describe a language situation it is necessary to choose an adequate model which is a very complicated task owing to the fact that every language situation is unique in itself. During the 1960s, there were efforts made to discover general patte
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The main issues connected to teaching the Abkhazian and Ossetian languages between the 20s and 50s of the XX century

• Author : "Popiashvili Nino"
• Topic : "Abkhazian language, Ossetian language, bilingual education, Soviet Union, Nikolas Marr theory"
• Issue : 43
• DOI : 10.22333/ijme.2018.110014
• received : 15.01.2018
• revised: 17.03.2018
• accepted : 05.05.2018
• Pages : 91-101
• Abstract : The development of the Abkhazian and Ossetian languages between the 20s and 50s of the 20th century is of vital importance from linguistic, political, ideological, and didactic points of view. Noteworthy is the fact that in this period, the Abkhaz and Oss
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Multilingual Education and Family Language Policy

• Author : "Protassova Ekaterina"
• Topic : "Bilingualism, family language policy, multilingual education."
• Issue : 43
• DOI : 10.22333/ijme.2018.110015
• received : 10.01.2018
• revised: 12.03.2018
• accepted : 05.05.2018
• Pages : 102-111
• Abstract : In the post-Soviet realm, people confront bilingualism and diversity, combining their old views upon the ranking of different languages and statuses of certain ethnic societies with their newly adopted democratic post-socialist understanding of multicultu
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Multilanguage Strategies in Tertiary Education (Using the example of Georgia)

• Author : "Rusieshvili Manana, Gabunia Kakha and Petriashvili Izabella"
• Topic : "Language teaching, Multilingual strategies, integration of ethnic minorities into society."
• Issue : 43
• DOI : 10.22333/ijme.2018.110016
• received : 10.01.2018
• revised: 14.03.2018
• accepted : 05.05.2018
• Pages : 112-115
• Abstract : This paper discusses the issues of multilingual education in Georgia using the example of teaching Georgian as a state language and English as a foreign language o the representatives of ethnic minorities of Azerbeijani and Armenian origin. The data are b
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Teaching Verb Person Relation to Non-Georgian Speakers

• Author : "Saginadze Rusudan"
• Topic : "Communication, method, phrases, person, combination"
• Issue : 43
• DOI : 10.22333/ijme.2018.110017
• received : 09.01.2018
• revised: 12.03.2018
• accepted : 05.05.2018
• Pages : 116-120
• Abstract : At the initial stage of language learning, when all the attention is focused on the use of phrases for communication, a particular approach is needed in order to solve one problem: what dosage of theoretical material of grammar is recommended for learners
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The principal methods of teaching the second language and the ways of its practical realization

• Author : "Sanikidze Inga"
• Topic : "Language teaching, methods, practice."
• Issue : 43
• DOI : 0.22333/ijme.2018.110018
• received : 15.01.2018
• revised: 17.03.2018
• accepted : 05.05.2018
• Pages : 121-125
• Abstract : fact a process of integration within a multilingual society remains an actual problem amongst the current challenges of the Georgian state, the strategic aim is avoiding the phenomena of the so called glottophagical character, which means a pressure o
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Teaching Georgian as a Second language: Indefinite Pronouns and Modality

• Author : "Sharashenidze Nino"
• Topic : "Second language teaching, dictionaries, indefinite pronouns."
• Issue : 43
• DOI : 10.22333/ijme.2018.110019
• received : 10.01.2018
• revised: 16.03.2018
• accepted : 05.05.2018
• Pages : 126-128
• Abstract : In the Georgian language indefinite particles form a unified system and are derived from the question words (question pronouns) by adding particles -me and -?ac. All indefinite pronouns reveal the same formants. The indefinite pronouns with both particles
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TEACHING GEORGIAN AS A SECOND LANGUAGE: INDEFINITE PRONOUNS AND MODALITY

• Author : "Nino Sharashenidze"
• Topic : "Second language teaching, dictionaries, indefinite pronouns"
• Issue : 43
• DOI : 10.22333/ijme.2018.110019
• received : 10.01.2018
• revised: 16.03.2018
• accepted : 05.05.2018
• Pages : 126-128
• Abstract : In the Georgian language indefinite particles form a unified system and are derived from the question words (question pronouns) by adding particles -me and -?ac. All indefinite pronouns reveal the same formants. The indefinite pronouns with both particles
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The Art of Persuasion in a Multicultural world

• Author : "Shavtvaladze Nana"
• Topic : "Grammar and vocabulary, cultural approach, multiculturalism."
• Issue : 43
• DOI : 10.22333/ijme.2018.110020
• received : 12.01.2018
• revised: 12.03.2018
• accepted : 05.05.2018
• Pages : 129-134
• Abstract : Together with grammar and vocabulary, there are many other points that determine Georgian mentality and perception, while teaching Georgian as a foreign language. Language is a representative of the nation and national self-awareness. It is unimaginabl
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The problems and Challenges of Mother Tongue Education in Abkhazia

• Author : "Tabatadze Shalva"
• Topic : "Mother tongue education in Abkhazia, multilingual education."
• Issue : 43
• DOI : 10.22333/ijme.2018.110021
• received : 10.01.2018
• revised: 15.03.2018
• accepted : 05.05.2018
• Pages : 135-151
• Abstract : This research aims to describe and analyze the existing situation of mother tongue education in de facto republic of Abkhazia. Content and statistical data analyses research methods were utilized in the study. The content and statistical data analysis sho
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The Place of Values in Plurilingual Education: A University Teachers’ Viewpoint

• Author : "Targamadzė Vilija, Kriaučiūnienė Roma"
• Topic : "Value attitudes, plurilingual education, university teachers, teaching/ learning process."
• Issue : 43
• DOI : 10.22333/ijme.2018.110022
• received : 10.01.2018
• revised: 14.03.2018
• accepted : 05.05.2018
• Pages : 152-168
• Abstract : Contemporary university education is based on the development of students’ competences that is generally being understood as the unity of knowledge, skills and value attitudes. While knowledge and skills can be easily measured and evaluated in the teachi
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Integrated Learning of the Georgian Language and Civic Education within the “1+4” program

• Author : "Todua Ana, Chumburidze Rusudan"
• Topic : "Integration of minorities, language learning, integrated teaching of a language and Civic Education"
• Issue : 43
• DOI : 10.22333/ijme.2018.110023
• received : 15.01.2018
• revised: 12.03.2018
• accepted : 05.05.2018
• Pages : 169-173
• Abstract : Integration of minorities and civil involvement are some of the most important components of a country's democratic development. The changes made in the education policy of Georgia, that were executed on November 19, 2009 were aimed to strengthen integrat
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The Role of Mother Tongue in Second Language Acquisition

• Author : "Totibadze Sopio"
• Topic : "Sociolinguistics, first language/mother tongue, second language, language learning, sociolinguistic competence."
• Issue : 43
• DOI : 10.22333/ijme.2018.110024
• received : 10.01.2018
• revised: 12.02. 2018
• accepted : 05.05.2018
• Pages : 173-179
• Abstract : In the first part of this paper, the author discusses the importance of the first language in the process of learning English as a second language as explored by previous researchers. In the second part, the author describes the results obtained, in two s
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Towards some issues of teaching Georgian as a state language to the minorities of Georgia (Azerbaijanis and Armenians)

• Author : "Vashakidze Iamze"
• Topic : "Teaching the state language; Pedagogical observation"
• Issue : 43
• DOI : 10.22333/ijme.2018.110025
• received : 10.01.2018
• revised: 12.03.2018
• accepted : 05.05.2018
• Pages : 180-186
• Abstract : The main theme of the work is teaching Georgian as a state language to ethnical minorities residing in Georgia. The research is based on the presentation of pedagogical observation, which is developed within the framework of the Georgian Language Educati
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