BULGARIAN ENGLISH TEACHERS ASSOCIATION ESTABLISHED 1991 in SOFIA

BULGARIAN ENGLISH TEACHERS’ ASSOCIATION ESTABLISHED 1991 in SOFIA http: //www. beta-iatefl. org

About us This year BETA competition winner • 18 years of good practice • 17 national conferences, the 18 th underway • over 100 active members • four SIGS: – – Young Learners (YL) English across the Curriculum (EAC) Teacher Education and Development (TED) Intercultural Studies in Language Education (ISLE) http: //www. beta-iatefl. org/

BETA members are • English teaching professionals from all educational sectors in Bulgaria – primary, secondary and tertiary, both state and private • teacher trainers • student teachers of English Publishers welcome BETA Conference participants

FINANCING: Only by event fees and sponsors: leading international and local ELT publishers, British Council-Bulgaria, Universities. MANAGEMENT: by an enthusiastic Committee working for free, on a voluntary basis. http: //www. beta-iatefl. org/ 9 BETA Conference 200

BETA works with • • teacher training institutions the Ministry of Education and Science British Council, Bulgaria major Bulgarian and international publishers • other interested NGOs and individuals

Our mission BETA seeks to build: • a network of ELT professionals on a national and regional (Southeast Europe) level and • establish the association as a recognized mediator between educators and state bodies, public and other organizations. The best BETA presenters

Objectives • to meet out members’ needs for professional development • to provide information about: – recent development in ELT worldwide – current ELT-related events in Bulgaria and the region – learning and teaching opportunities • to defend professional interest • to promote Common European language teaching and testing standards

BETA activities • annual conferences • information dissemination • networking with other teachers’ associations and NGOs in Bulgaria and abroad • exchange of representatives with teachers’ associations from the region http: //www. beta-iatefl. org/ The world-famous methodologist Penny Uhr at 2009 BETA Conference

ACTIVITIES regional seminars and workshops SEETA • Beta has been an active member of the SEETA (South East Europe Teachers' Associations) community for more than 2 years now. • BETA is one of the eleven teachers' associations participating in it and has led SEETA events as well. • The project is led by TESOL Macedonia-Thrace (Northern Greece) and is funded by the British Council, Greece. • More information about the SEETA community can be found at: http: //community. britishcouncil. org/seeta/

Past conferences • • • BETA in Blagoevgrad 1999: publications BETA in Stara Zagora 2000: publications BETA in Plovdiv 2001: publications BETA in Sofia 2002: publications BETA in Blagoevgrad 2003: publications, gallery BETA in Varna 2004: publications BETA at NBU 2005: publications, gallery BETA in Plovdiv 2006: publications, gallery BETA in Blagoevgrad 2007: publications, gallery BETA in Sofia 2008: publications, gallery BETA in Stara Zagora 2009: publications, gallery http: //www. beta-iatefl. org/

Conference 2010 Contact us Postal Mail: PO BOX 1047, Sofia 1000, Bulgaria E-Mail: beta. iateflbg@gmail. com http: //www. beta-iatefl. org/