SCHOOL OF BUSINESS,
TECNOLOGY AND EDUCATION
ILIA STATE UNIVERSITY

Direction:Teaching Business English and Academic English
Position:Full Professor





In 1979 Maia graduated from Tbilisi State University, qualification – philologist, teacher (English language and literature). In 1983 she finished a post-graduate degree course at Maurice Thorez Pedagogical Institute of Foreign Languages in Moscow; thesis: “Linguistic and Stylistic Analysis of English Textbooks in Humanities.”  While doing her degree and after (1980-1990) she published articles on stylistic features of scientific English.

She has been teaching English since 1984: general English, English for Specific and Academic Purposes (ESP and EAP) and corresponding Cambridge ESOL examination preparation programmes. In 1997 and then in 1999 Maia was awarded international certificates as a teacher of English as a foreign language – IH London and LCCI Cert TEB, accordingly.

Since 1997 she has been cooperating with the British Council in Georgia on freelance basis, as a teacher trainer and an ELT projects’ consultant. From 2010 until 2023 She was a certified Cambridge speaking examiner (for PET, FCE). Meanwhile, she has been a member of local and international English language teachers’ associations (ETAG, IATEFL); as well as International and European Writing Centers Associations (IWCA and EWCA, respectively) and European Association for the Teaching of Academic Writing (EATAW). She has presented at conferences, organized teacher training projects, teacher development courses, joint international projects with partner universities; worked as a scientific committee member, moderator, panel discussion participant, peer reviewer. She has been a National Assessment and Examinations Center in Georgia (NAEC) examiner for several years now. Since 2016 she has been on the editorial board of an international academic peer-reviewed journal “Online Journal of Humanities.”

She has been working at Ilia State University since 2010 first as a methodology advisor, Business English programmes coordinator, and teacher, EAP teacher. She later became a professor at what was then Business Faculty (now Business School at the Faculty of Business, Technology and Education). For several years, she served on the Ilia State University Academic Board and is now a member of the faculty academic board.

In 2014 Maia was appointed director of a newly established Academic Writing Centre. Since 2018 has served as the Academic Manager of General Module English Teaching. She has been supervising ESP and EAP teaching programmes.

 

Scientific interests / research interests

  • English for Professional and Academic Purposes (business, legal, academic): materials development and effective teaching;
  • Learning technologies in teaching English for Professional/Specific Purposes;
  • Integrating content and language in higher education – English as a Medium of Instruction (EMI);
  • Development of academic writing programmes (Georgian and English);
  • Academic writing center operation; academic writing teacher and tutor preparation;
  • Feedback and its forms; feedback and technology
  • Active learning and teaching; flipped approach and other modern language teaching method;
  • Developing academic skills – writing, reading, speaking, and critical thinking – in secondary schools

Some publications:

  • 2022 July: European Writing Centres Association (EWCA) Online Conference Book of Abstracts: Tiny Seeds Grow into Mighty Trees: the case of Ilia State University
  • 2018:A Pilot English-Georgian Glossary of EU Legal Terminology -– Legislative Impact Assessment, Drafting and Representation Project ENPI/2015/357-121
  • 2017-2018: Introductory Manual and Guidelines of Georgian Legislation with European Law (editing and translation)
  • 2010:XV TESOL – Ukraine – Conference proceedings: Writing in the English Language Classroom.
  • 2007 – 2008: three 20-hour courses English for Receptionists, English for Waiters, English for Barmen, together with professor Manana Rusieshvili
  • 2007 – 2008: 40-hour teacher training course in business English, together with professor Manana Rusineshvili and John Scaffidi
  • 2002: Business English course book Success in Business (Maya Rogava, Marina Tevzaia, Nina Bestaeva). – Tbilisi: Diogene. 2002
  • 2002 – The Da Vinci Code. Dan Brown. (Translation) Publishing House Petiti. The book was published again in 2018 by Bakur Sulakauri Publishing House.

 

Current Courses

Course Catalog

  • Doctoral Colloquium 1;
  • Doctoral Colloquium 2;
  • Doctoral Colloquium 3;
  • Doctoral Colloquium;
  • Writing for Academic Publication;
  • Academic Writing (ENG)
  • Academic English
  • Academic Reading
  • English for University Staff
Business English Intermediate 1 and 2 Baccalaureate, third and /or fourth year, two semestres, Business School, Ilia State University
Legal English Intermediate Baccalaureate, third and /or fourth year, one semestre, Law School, Ilia State University
Academic English Master’s, first year, one semestre, Engineering Faculty, Ilia State University
Academic Writing Essentials (in English) Master’s, first year, one semestre, Business School , Ilia State University
Writing for Academic Publication Doctoral, second or third year, one semestre, School of Business, Ilia State University
Legal English 1 and 2 Bachelor’s, third or fourth year, two semestres, Law Faculty, Tbilisi State University
Business English Bachelor’s, third or fourth year, two semestres, Business Faculty, Ilia State University
Business English for teachers Teacher development, 40 hours, English Teachers’ Association of Georgia
Business English Bachelor’s, second year, two semestres, Business Faculty, Tbilisi State University
How to Teach Business English Teacher development, 20 hours, Business Faculty, Tbilisi State University

Teacher training and development programmes

  • 2015 – How to prepare for ILEC. A 10-hour course developed for and delivered to the British Council in Georgia Learning Centre teachers. The British Council funded.
  • 2012 – How to prepare for A 10-hour teacher training course. The British Council funded.
  • 2011 – How to prepare for A 10-hour teacher training course. The British Council funded.
  • 2007-2008 – Business English for Teachers. A 40-hour teacher training course. The British Council and English Teachers Association of Georgia (ETAG) funded. The course in included in the professional development programme of ETAG. Several (4 in Tbilisi and one in Batumi) courses have already been held.