METHODOLOGICAL DISCOURSE
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2.
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PLANNING
Identifying the objectives of the session
Compliance with the requirements of the curriculum framework by
defining specific goals that meet the needs and interests of the group of
learners
Planning specific session objectives in the context of the overall training
course
Defining goals that are attainable for students and assist them in
uncovering their potential for learning a foreign language
Defining specific session objectives taking into account the level of each
participant in the group
Defining different groups of objectives; cognitive, pragmatic and
axiological
Defining objectives that motivate learners to reflect on their experiences
Curriculum
A coherent session plan, variety of structure
Planning various activities integrating elements of the curriculum
Modeling of learning situations, which integrate the four major speech
activities
Planning activities that ensure the link between language and culture
Planning activities that link linguistic and communicative competence
Planning the time required to perform the relevant activities
Planning activities that ensure the progress of each trainee
Planning activities to maintain and increase motivation for learning
Planning activities taking into account the individual cognitive style of the
learners
Providing effective feedback
Providing cooperation between the learners in the planning process and in
the conduct of the learning process
3. Forms of organization of the session
- Applying various forms of organization tailored to specific audience –
front, individual, in pairs, group, project, games
- Planning of verbal performances / participation of the learners and
interaction between them
- Anticipating of use of target language and / or contact language
- Providing interdisciplinary relations
II.
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TEACHING
Realization of the methodological plan
Start the session in a way that motivates the learners
Reacting to unforeseen situations by changing the preliminary schedule
Providing schedules and logical transition between activities and tasks –
individual, group and collective
Compliance with the time in unforeseen situations
Compliance with individual abilities for concentration of the learners
Expedient focus of the attention on the essential conclusions of the course
and the activities in the end of session
2. Work with the curriculum
- Presentation of the new linguistic knowledge in a way consistent with the
individual knowledge of the trainees and the level of the whole group
- Build a relation between the old and the new content - actualization
- Compliance with the specific educational context
- Build a relation between the language and the culture
3. Interaction during session
- Build a group climate and favorable work conditions
- Holding the attention through alternating activities according their
difficulty
- Response by stimulating manner to initiatives coming from the trainees spontaneity
- Animate the group, encouraging verbal events
- Mistakes are corrected so that it is not demotivating for the learners
- Develop trainees’ learning skills - autonomy
4. Management of pedagogical discourse. Moderation. Animate
- Performing various pedagogical roles – “provider” of resources, mediator,
observer, animator…
- Creating conditions for successful individual and group activities,
ensuring effective delivery and assessment of group and team activities
- Effective use of various resources – ICT, boards, drawings…
SESSION №1
Bulgarian alphabet
Topic: „Bulgarian graphics system”
Objective: Formation of basic knowledge about the structure of language and
initial communicative language skills for orientation in communicative situation
and selecting appropriate resources for its implementation.
Tasks:
 Create a durable relation between sound and letter
 Develop skills for determine the number of sounds and their position
in the word
 Knowledge of the graphics system
 Increase the concentration of the attention
 Improve the memory
Materials: drawings, paper sheets, pens.
Duration: 2 х 2 hours
Flowing approach from the known to the unknown – from the established in the
modern world Latin letter to still not so globally accepted Cyrillic. The
similarity in the two graphics systems helps us to look for similarities in
ourselves and brokes minds. Group relaxes and becomes curious. We explain
already without tension more complex graphemes and their acoustic line.
Overcoming the barrier of unknown the learners want now to pronounce and
resemble Bulgarian speech elements.
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SESSION №2
ACQUAINTANCE
Topic: „Presentation and acquaintance”
Objective: Formation of basic knowledge about communication and initial
communicative language skills for orientation in communicative situation and
selecting appropriate resources for its implementation.
Tasks:
 Create a durable relation between word and phrase
 Develop skills to determine the place of the different morpho-syntactic
units in the sentence’s structure
 Knowledge of syntactic system
 Increase the concentration of the attention
 Improve the memory
Materials: drawings, paper sheets, pens.
Duration: 2 х 2 hours
Evolution from the single to the whole. Compilation of sentences with
successively introducing grammatical categories. Learning of personal
pronouns in a dialog. Polite form of the second person singular. Dialog on
persons and numbers to the oral memory of the phrase.
Visualization and learning the numbers from 1 to 10.
Counting of specific objects. Exercising the greetings “Good morning,
Good afternoon, Good evening”; “Welcome - Thanks”.
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SESSION №3
HUMAN BODY
Topic: „Parts of the human body”
Objective: Formation of basic knowledge about the parts of human body and
initial communicative language skills for orientation in communicative situation
and selecting appropriate resources for its implementation.
Tasks:
 Create durable relation between vision and phrase
 Develop skills to determine the place of the different types of simple
sentences such question - answer in the sentence’s structure
 Knowledge of syntactic system
 Increase the concentration of the attention
 Improve the memory
Materials: drawings, paper sheets, pens.
Duration: 3 х 2 hours
Learn the parts of the human body. Exercise personal pronouns with the verb “to
be”. Introduction of possessive pronouns with the parts of human body in the
singular – masculine, feminine and neuter. Exercise of words with question –
answer. Role and pantomimes exercises combined with emphasis on
pronunciation and clear diction brighten understanding of melody and accent of
the language.
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SESSION №4
HEALTH
Topic: „Condition of the organs of the human body”
Objective: Formation of basic knowledge about the condition of the human
body and initial communicative language skills for orientation in communicative
situation and selecting appropriate resources for its implementation.
Tasks:
 Create durable relation between feeling and phrase
 Develop skills to determine the place of the different types of simple
sentences such question - answer in the sentence’s structure
 Knowledge of syntactic system
 Increase the concentration of the attention
 Improve the memory
Materials: drawings, paper sheets, pens.
Duration: 2 х 2 hours
The organs of the human body. Learning them through dialogs. New words:
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Hospital
Doctor
Dentist
Examination
Cabinet
Pharmacy
Medicine
Emergency.
Acquaintance with several major treatment centers in Sofia and other cities.
Emergency telephones.
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SESSION №5
TRANSPORT VEHICLES
Topic: „Understanding the key concepts for transport”
Objective: Formation of basic knowledge about the transport vehicles and
initial communicative language skills for orientation in communicative situation
and selecting appropriate resources for its implementation.
Tasks:
 Create durable relation between idea and phrase
 Develop skills to determine the place of the different types of simple
sentences such question - answer in the sentence’s structure
 Knowledge of syntactic system
 Increase the concentration of the attention
 Improve the memory
Materials: drawings, paper sheets, pens.
Duration: 2 х 2 hours
Accusative forms of personal pronouns. Map of Bulgaria and indication of main
roads. Understanding the modes of transport in the country – pictures.
Connecting the road map with specific transport vehicles.
Description of how to buy tickets and cards for bus, rail transport, air traffic.
Indication of places from which you can buy tickets or cards. Penalties for
traveling without a ticket – for example – a train.
Subtopics: use of fees and car hire / rent a car /. Learn of key concepts of the
subject.
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SESSION №6
MARKET
Topic: „Understanding the key concepts of food, clothes and other goods for
everyday life”
Objective: Formation of basic knowledge about daily life needs and initial
communicative language skills for orientation in communicative situation and
selecting appropriate resources for its implementation.
Tasks:
 Create durable relation between idea and phrase
 Develop skills to determine the place of the different types of simple
sentences such question - answer in the sentence’s structure
 Knowledge of syntactic system
 Increase the concentration of the attention
 Improve the memory
Materials: drawings, paper sheets, pens.
Duration: 4 х 2 hours
Acquaintance with basic food, clothes and other necessary goods for everyday
life. Types of stores. Behavior patterns during the shopping. Sharply
differentiate of the sale – market relations from the Eastern model. It is very
difficult to overcome the attitude of bargaining within the learners. The model of
fixed prices is seen slowly.
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