Integration of the Georgian Language and Mathematics in the Bilingual Teaching System

Abstract

Finding interdisciplinary links between language and mathematics attracts particular interest. Such interest is caused by the fact that the language is the basis of any perception process as the consciousness exists only within the language scopes and in the solving of any problem applying to the mathematic approach, mathematical thinking results in a new level of perception. In this respect, integration of the Georgian language and mathematics is of certain interest. Many issues of bilingual teaching in the didactic-methodic context can be solved very successfully on the basis of the integrated teaching of the Georgian language and mathematics. In our opinion, such integration, in the context of multilingual education, for the activation of the bilingual education process, is of great significance. The point is that integrated teaching of mathematics and the Georgian language clearly demonstrates common, general regularities of mathematics and Georgian and this, on the basis of simple observations and analysis, will help the student to find similar regularities in his/her native language and this is the main goal of bilingual teaching. Here observation, analysis and other methods of thinking are used naturally and not artificially, resulting in a natural character of the student’s bilingual perception: isomorphism of relations between the mathematical and the Georgian language concepts are also revealed. Therefore, such integration can play a decisive role in the activation of bilingual teaching and this is the absolute guarantee of good results regarding the bilingual teaching.