Entry requirements

General eligibility requirements

Progression level in relation to degree requirements

The course is not part of a main field of studies

Course contents

The aim of the course is to provide students with a basic knowledge of the Georgian language as well as a general orientation on Georgian culture and society.

The course offers

• a basic knowledge of the grammatical structure and vocabulary of Georgian with a particular focus on typologically interesting features.
• an introduction to Georgian and South Caucasian studies
• an overview of the language situation in Georgia
• an orientation to Georgian culture and society.

Learning outcomes

Knowledge and understanding

After finishing the course, the student is expected to have obtained knowledge of

• main characteristic syntactic and morphological features of Georgian;
• main aspects of the political and cultural situation in Georgia

Applying knowledge and understanding

After finishing the course, the student is expected to be able to

• read, analyse and understand simple texts in Georgian by means of a dictionary;
• understand discussions on simple topics in Georgian;
• analyze main tendencies of the language situation and ethnic relations in Georgia;
• independently identify and search relevant information concerning the Georgian language and culture

Making judgments and communication skills

After finishing the course, the student is expected to be able to critically reflect over and make judgments in respect to

• own need of further studies for improving the communication skills;
• language situation and ethnic relations in Georgia.

Learning activities

The course is offered as an IT-based distance learning course. The course presupposes active participation of the students. Learning activities include:

• lectures published every week combining theory (linguistic and cultural topics) and practise (texts and exercises).
• interactive exercises for individual studies
• compulsory exercises given to the students throughout the term.
• non-compulsory live sessions on the Internet
• a large number of audio files aimed at facilitating the comprehension of oral speech and practising the pronunciation
• student to student interaction in the virtual classroom on the Internet
• a compulsory project work in small groups on cultural themes, shared with classmates for peer review.

All activities are conducted online.

Assessment

Compulsory exercises given to students throughout the term, as well as examination, focus on the assessment of knowledge of main morphological and syntactic features and basic vocabulary, as well as on the students’ ability to read, analyze and understand simple texts in Georgian. Audio questions are used for assessment of listening comprehension.

A project paper is aimed at the development of the ability to independently search and analyze relevant information concerning the Georgian language and culture.

Examination is conducted online.

Re-sit examinations

Students who do not pass the regular course exams have the minimum of two re-sit opportunities. Re-sits follow the same form as the original exams, apart from re-sits for group work, which take the form of individual written assignments.

Course literature

Internet based course material includes all the necessary literature for the course, including texts, grammar, dictionary, exercises, audio files, research papers concerning the language situation and ethnic relations in Georgia;

Georgian texts are offered in Georgian script, parallel Latin transliteration is also provided.

Some external links are also included.

Additional material may be introduced in the course, but no more than 100 pages.

Course evaluation

Malmö University provides students who participate in, or who have completed a course, with the opportunity to express their opinions and describe their experiences of the course by completing a course evaluation administered by the University. The University will compile and summarise the results of course evaluations. The University will also inform participants of the results and any decisions relating to measures taken in response to the course evaluations. The results will be made available to the students (HF 1:14).

Interim rules

If a course is no longer offered or has undergone major changes, students will be offered two re-take sessions based on the syllabus in force at registration during a period of one year from the date of the implementation of the changes.

Additional information

The syllabus is a translation of a Swedish source text.

If a student has a Learning support decision, the examiner has the right to provide the student with an adapted test, or to allow the student to take the exam in a different format.