Fall 2024
Beginning Georgian
Mzia Shanava MA, Teaching Assistant in Slavic Languages and Literatures, Harvard University - Stephen Jones PhD, Senior Researcher in the Program on Georgian Studies, Davis Center for Russian and Eurasian Studies, Harvard University and Professor of Russian and Eurasian Studies, Mount Holyoke College
This intensive course provides a comprehensive introduction to the modern Georgian language and culture for those who would like to speak Georgian or use the language for reading and research. Designed for students without any previous knowledge of Georgian, the course stresses all four major communicative skills (speaking, listening and viewing comprehension, reading, and writing). Students are introduced to Georgian culture through readings, screenings, and class discussions. This course prepares students to continue in Georgian at the intermediate level, for future study or travel abroad. For this course our focus is concentrated on vocabulary and pronunciation. Students also listen and comprehend natural spoken language and are exposed to as many of the introductory phrases and sentences as possible. With hard work and enthusiasm, this ancient and notoriously difficult language comes to a perfect, orderly, comprehensible, and beautiful system.