[etni] Still Fighting Russia, This Time With Words
- From: David Lloyd <dlloyd54@xxxxxxxxx>
- To: Etni <etni@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- Date: Mon, 24 Jan 2011 09:34:42 +0200
Still Fighting Russia, This Time With Words
The New York Times
January 23, 2011
TBILISI, Georgia — The new teacher who arrived recently at School No.
161 could barely speak a word of the Georgian language, knew little
about local customs and easily got lost in the crazy-quilt streets of
this hilly capital. But she was at the forefront of one of the most
notable educational initiatives — if not social experiments — being
attempted in the former Soviet Union.
When the teacher, Deborah Cruz, walked into a classroom of squirmy
teenagers, they grew rapt. Here was a stranger who would help connect
them to the rest of the world, one irregular verb tense at a time.
Ms. Cruz, who is from the Seattle area, is part of a brigade of native
English speakers recruited by Georgia’s government to spur a
linguistic revolution. The goal is to make Georgia a country where
English is as common as in Sweden — and in the process to supplant
Russian as the dominant second language.
(To read the whole article, go to
http://www.nytimes.com/2011/01/24/world/europe/24georgia.html
-----------------------------------------------
** Etni homepage - http://www.etni.org
** for help - ask@xxxxxxxx **
** to post to this list - etni@xxxxxxxxxxxxx **
-----------------------------------------------
Other related posts:
- » [etni] Still Fighting Russia, This Time With Words - David Lloyd
