Goals

Problem statement:

I am Nino Nadashvili, Georgian language teacher of the village Darbazi. My project aims at teaching the state language to the Azerbaijani youth.

Darbazi is a high mountainous village populated with ethnic Azerbaijani people with little communication with Georgians as they don’t understand Georgian. The pupils only hear the speech of Georgian language teachers which is not sufficient to learn the state language.

Only a 45-minute class doesn’t provide the level of learning the state language to make them feel that they are valuable citizens of this country. Full mastery of Georgian will allow them access to jobs and higher education, get involved in the local self-governance and participate in groups working on local community development.

Proposed Solution:

There is neither a culture house nor any other institution in the village for education. The aim of my project is to provide the beginning and intermediate language students movies in Georgian or dubbed in Georgian.

After the screening the contents and the problems posed in the movie will be discussed in Georgian. If demanded, it is also possible to hold movie screenings twice a week.

We won’t leave the pupils of the primary stage without attention either and we will offer them animated or children’s filmed dubbed in Georgian.

Sustainability:

Learning a language by means of listening to films is a quite successful method, especially if the screening is followed by a discussion. We will try to choose movies by considering the interests of the pupils and the need for the issue (for example: on gender equality, tolerance, need for education and the results of early marriage…)

The notebook and projector obtained within the scope of the project will stay with the Georgian language room of the school. The teachers will use it successfully during the teaching process, which will benefit not only Georgian language teachers but also the teachers of other subjects.

Equal gender opportunity:

Girls as well as boys will be equally involved in the project.