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Photo Gallery
Tbilisi
Dmanisi
Imereti
Batumi
Upper Ajara
Artvin, Turkey
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The Program in Georgian Language and Culture
The program in Georgian Language and Culture incorporates several areas of study and offers a comprehensive training in the Language, Literature, Folklore, Cultural Anthropology, and History of the region.
Georgian Language course is an essential part of the program; it is designed primarily for students and postgraduates who are interested in studying the non-Indo-European languages and and traditional cultures of the Caucasus.
 The basic textbook for the Georgian language course is the Essentials of Georgian Grammar. Each lesson is individually crafted and adjusted according to the needs and pace of study. In addition, the teaching materials include documentaries and slideshows about the history and anthropology of Georgians and their neighbors -- Abkhaz, Adygheans, Circassians, Qabardians, Balqars, Ossets, Kists, Ingush, Chechens, Daghestanis, Azerbaijanis, Turks, Armenians, Urum Greeks, Kurds, Persian Layshes, and others.
The course is based on the widely used method of oral and situational language teaching, and the grammar-translation and audio-lingual methods. Rules of grammar are practiced through the texts introduced in the following order: translation exercises and original Georgian  short stories, as well as popular folk tales and anthropological essays. Major attention is focused on translating sentences and texts into and out of Georgian. Strong emphasis is given to the historical and cultural contexts of development of the Georgian literary tradition, also the folk culture.
Because of the specific geopolitical position, over the course of its history Georgia has mediated between the European and Asian worlds, between the North and South. Georgian culture, literature, historiography, and art are viewed as reflections of these diverse cultural contacts.
The course gives students an opportunity to become acquainted with the language, history, traditions, and contemporary life of Georgia.
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Slide Show
Castelli's Drawings of
West Georgia, 17th C.
Niko Pirosmani
Nino Brailashvili
Traditional Architecture,
Highlands of Georgia
Tbilisi
Historic Pictures
Georgian Movies
1909-2009
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