TEFL in Georgia

This article isn't about PC or Ukraine, but it highlights some of the challenges of teaching English in the former Soviet Union.

"But some expressed frustration with the educational system in Georgia, which remains a relatively poor country. As in much of the developing world, the local English teachers sometimes do not speak competent English. Children are told to memorize lists of words and are engaged in little if any conversation. Teenagers who have been in English classes for years cannot utter a sentence."

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"There are so many obstacles preventing this cadre of foreign teachers from doing their jobs effectively,” Mr. Norton said by e-mail. “I often wonder whether the government would be better off focusing on fundamentals first — buying books for all students, training teachers in modern techniques (as opposed to the translation-and-memorization doctrine which is currently rampant), paying Georgian teachers a living wage, better accountability metrics, etc."