Evaluating Georgian, as a Foreign Language Writing textbooks for the Georgian Language

Abstract

The interest towards studying Georgian, as a foreign language, has been highly established in our century. This interest was stated much earlier as well, which became a reason of publishing the Georgian Language learning materials. It needs to be indicated, that many foreign people have showed interest in speaking Georgian language during past two decades. Teaching Georgian as a foreign language is much more different than teaching Georgian as a second language. Several textbooks have been published past several years. It needs a huge work to create a textbook, especially for the Georgian language. There are many books to study foreign languages, which are tested and result oriented. Nowadays we clearly see that there`s no problem to find new materials and attitudes by using internet sources. Having got introduced to other languages` learning materials, many authors desired, with a belief in themselves, to create textbooks for teaching ‘’Georgian, as a Foreign Language”. Every author has a different attitude, which leads us to a diversity of choices and competitions. Even if there are many resources, paths of learning, methods and strategies shared among people, should be admitted that the structure of the language and methodological approaches must be considered, otherwise, the result won`t be achieved. In order to declare the level of mastering the language, the authors have been using a book “Description of the levels of Georgian language” published by Marika Odzeli in 2006. It`s highly appreciated that the parliament passed a resolution №394 to affirm the terms of Georgian Literature Language. Appendix 4 generally describes the levels of Georgian Language. This official document is very encouraging; It is a support for the indicators and proofs of the Georgian language evaluation. It gives an opportunity to declare the compliance of the materials, textbooks, results in accordance with the language. Main goal of the textbooks must be determined; the way of teaching must be represented; the textbooks must follow the logic; every single assessment must be structured; methodological linkage must be provided; a lead from simple to more complex, must be preserved; lexicology must be put in order with the goal. Georgian language learner has a great choice, one can study with free textbooks uploaded on the Internet, as well as with books printed by different authors. Also, many philologists of Georgian language and literature or non-philologists, teachers of different foreign languages, teach Georgian as a foreign language. It is also very important for them to choose a textbook so that the teaching process is targeted and they do not have to spend time preparing specific materials along the way. The questions is how to choose a curriculum, textbook or how to figure out which book will be useful? It's a difficult process, but crucial for the outcome.When evaluating a textbook, we should describe the book, we should agree with ourselves, and we should set out the criterias; Focused questions are crucial for evaluation; It is now possible to prove our vision with the evidence.