TEACHERS DISCUSSED INNOVATIVE METHODS IN FOREIGN LANGUAGE TECHING AT A SEMINAR AT VFU "CHERNORIZETS HRABAR
12 July 2024
The Department of Foreign Language Teaching and Postgraduate Qualification at Varna Free University "Chernorizets Hrabar" held a qualification seminar for foreign language teachers on the topic "Modern Pedagogical Technologies in Foreign Language Teaching". The event brought together over 50 participants, including lecturers from higher education institutions, head teachers and experts from the Regional Directorates of Education from various cities in Bulgaria, as well as foreign guests from Uzbekistan and Turkey.
The seminar was opened by Boryana Kostova, PhD, head of the department. Among the officials who welcomed the participants were Assoc. Prof. Eleonora Tankova, PhD, Deputy Rector for Institutional Cooperation and Development of VFU "Chernorizets Hrabar", Georgi Tonev, Chairman of the Bulgarian National Network of Teachers of the Russian Language and Culture, and Assoc. Prof. Veselin Chantov, PhD, Chairman of the Bulgarian Association for Quality Language Services "Optima".
The main objective of the seminar was to provide a platform for the exchange of good practices and innovations in foreign language teaching, with a focus on the improvement of the professional competences of teachers. The plenary lecture of Prof. Galina Shamonina, PhD from Varna Free University, entitled "Pedagogical innovation in foreign language teaching", attracted particular attention.
The training continued with work in two sections - "English language" and "Russian language". Lecturers in the English language section were Prof. Ekaterina Sofronieva, PhD from SU "Kliment Ohridski" and Maria Barganova, chief expert at the Ministry of Education and Science. In the Russian language section, lectures were delivered by Prof. Nadia Cherneva, PhD from Plovdiv University "Paisiy Hilendarski" and Prof. Tatyana Alexieva, PhD from SU "Kliment Ohridski". At the end, round table discussions were held in the sections, where current issues related to English and Russian language education in Bulgaria were discussed.
"The main goal of the Qualification Seminar was to overcome the challenges facing the teaching and learning of foreign languages in Bulgaria. Challenges refer to the set of skills that are needed in the modern world - a set of skills that is constantly expanding and dynamically changing. This requires a change in the way of teaching and acquiring knowledge and skills. In every field of education, and especially in foreign language teaching, a transition from teaching, memorization and reproduction of information is needed, i.e. using interactive methods , active interaction between the participants in the educational process, personalization of the learning content and orientation towards results", Boryana Kostova , PhD, commented after the end of the qualification seminar.Вижте какво сподели д-р Боряна Костова след приключване на семинара пред репортер на БТА ►
