Jan 24

Georgia tries JET-like approach to English teaching

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A New York Times article today describes the push in Georgia to put an English teacher in every school and make English, rather than Russian, the required second language. However, while the article mentions the Peace Corps, Teach for America and the South Korean English language effort (probably EPIK) as similar programs, it does not mention JET for some reason.

Here’s the link to the article:  http://www.nytimes.com/2011/01/24/world/europe/24georgia.html