SEMINAR
The Role of Higher Education to Prepare Teachers in Bulgarian as a Foreign Language in the Context of the Integration of Refugee Children in Bulgaria
28-29 May 2014, Rila Hotel, Borovets
PROGRAM
28 May 201413.30 / Departure for Borovets
15.30 – 16.30 ч. / Check in Rila Hotel
16.30 – 17.00 ч. / Registration of participants
17.00 – 17.30 / Presentation on the aims of the seminar
19.00 / Dinner
29 May 2014
Moderator: Emanouil Patashev, Secretary General of Caritas Bulgaria
The Role of Higher Education to Prepare Teachers in Bulgarian as a Foreign Language
09.00 - 09.20 / Opening
09.20 – 10.00 / Teaching Bulgarian language to refugee children and information on the relevant experience of EU countries in this respect Vanja Kastreva, Regional Inspectorate on Education, Sofia
10.00 – 10.30 / Presentation on the current situation in the context of the successful professional realization of graduate students
Higher Education Directorate, Ministry of Education and Science
10.30 – 11.00 / Presentation on the Process of implementing the European language framework for teaching Bulgarian language „ОПОС” Directorate, Ministry of Education and Science
11.00 – 11.15 / Coffee break
11.15 – 12.15 / Teaching Bulgarian language as a foreign language - position and experience
Ass.Prof. Radka Vlahova, Head of Bulgarian language Department, Slavic Studies Faculty, Sofia University “St.Kliment Ohridski”
12.15 – 12.45 / Discussions
12.45 – 14.00 / Lunch break
14.00 - 14.30 / Teaching Bulgarian language as a foreign language
Prof.Dr. Stefka Petrova, Sofia University “St.Kliment Ohridski”
14.30 – 15.00 / Discussions
15.00 – 15.15 / Position of the State Agency for Refugees
Representative of the State Agency for Refugees
15.00 – 15.30 / Position of the Representation of UNHCR in Bulgaria
Olga Nikolova, Refugee Integration Associate
15.30 – 15.50 / Summary and closing
16.00 / Departure