Georgian language teacher
Languages spoken
Georgian (native), English (excellent), Russian (good)
Education
1989 – 1994 - Tbilisi State University, Department of Western European Languages and Literature. Diploma with honors. Qualification of a philologist, teacher of the English language.
Additional Education
1996 –2022 – attending or participating in numerous training sessions, webinars, conferences
Work experience
Teaching Georgian as a second language
2016 October – to present – “Language Life”, online language school. Georgian language teacher.
1999 - to present - Private teacher of Georgian as a second language (face-to-face and online) teaching employees at Swiss Cooperation Office, Euro Commission, etc.
2016 October – 2018 July - Police Academy. Teacher of Georgian to non-ethnic citizens of Georgia.
2016 - 2017 - Tbilisi Shotadze Medical Academy. Teacher of Georgian.
2002-2010- US Embassy Georgia, Georgian crash course manager and instructor.
2010 - Transparent Languages.com. Content creator with DSAO methodology, also making 9 videos for learning Georgian.
2005 - US Peace Corps, Georgia. Georgian language instructor and cross-cultural facilitator
Teaching English
2010 March – to present - Javakhishvili Tbilisi State University. Language Centre. English lecturer. (Business and general English)
2015 September – 2016 July - Caucasus University – English lecturer.
1995 March -1999 June - Grigol Robakidze University, The Institute of Western Languages and Culture, Institute of the Humanities "Zekari". English lecturer.
Teacher Training
2018, May, August-September, 2017 August-September - TPDC and Millennium project. Giving 7 teacher training sessions to English teachers (24 h. each)
2013 - ETAG, British Council and TPDC. Giving 3 EFL methodology training sessions to English teachers.
International Mobility
2017-2021 - Erasmus + staff motilities to Rzeszow University (Poland), Lille Catholic University (France), Kocatepe University (Turkey), Ioannina University (Greece).
Translating/Interpreting
1999-2010 – translator/interpreter at various companies: Technology Management Company / Bechtel International. Inc. (2 years) US Army. Military Liaison Team. (3 months), OSCE. Presidential and Parliamentary election projects. (3 projects), (US) Georgia National Guard, Eurovoc (Science, Education and Employment fields) (3 months), Georgian Electric System (4 months), International Monetary Fund (4 months).
Publications, Publishing, language material-designing
2021 – A research article published in an online scientific magazine “Some Interesting Internet Resources and Activities for Teaching a Foreign Language (English) Online”
2002, 2006, 2011, 2015, 2018 – Publishing an English-Georgian Phrase-Book with an mp3 CD & app and since 2018 – the Russian-Georgian Phrase-Book too (www.georgianlanguage.ge, https://www.facebook.com/SpeakGeorgian)
2004, 2017 – Georgian word game “Sitqvobana” maker and in 2017 winning the bid on the purchase of 2000 sets of Georgian word game “Sitqvobana” by the Ministry of Education of Georgia.
1996 Dec-1999 Sept. – English Teachers’ Association of Georgia. Editor of ETAG Newsletter.
2014 – An article in the Georgian University Kartvelian studies conference publication “How to teach Georgian alphabet quickly and effectively?”
2010 May-June – Transparent Languages.com. Georgian language materials designer and video maker.
2008 – US Embassy. Production of sets of Georgian-English flashcards
