1. English in Mind for Bulgaria: the international bestseller adapted for Bulgarian 8th graders

2. Our aims:  to look at the new 8th-grade curriculum together  to take you briefly through the adaptation process of English in Mind  to convince you that English in Mind for Bulgaria is the best choice for your language classroom :)

3. The new 8th-grade curriculum Who is it designed for?  eighth-grade students with intensive foreign language learning (648 teaching hours) What are its major aims?  to outline the priorities in English teaching  to contribute to the integration of English in the school curriculum  to enhance students’ personal development through enriching their cultural knowledge and building correct models of social behaviour in instances of intercultural communication

4. More specifically the curriculum aims to:  develop learners’ skills and behavioral strategies for effective use of English, taking into consideration students’ practical needs both in and outside the classroom  contribute to the other spheres of cognition through developing skills of general nature: analysis, synthesis, associative thinking, logical connections, deduction, etc.  raise learners’ awareness of English as a linguistic system

5. as well as to  develop learners’ skills for using English as a medium for acquiring new information in other curriculum subjects  form positive attitudes towards learning English as well as to understand other peoples’ culture and civilization  ensure students’ satisfaction from the learned material and the acquired skills

6. Why ‘English in Mind’?  International reputation  Bulgarian MoE approval  Positive feedback from Bulgarian teachers already using the course book

7. ‘English in Mind for Bulgaria’ and the Curriculum  analysis of correspondence  meticulous adaptation process

8. English in Mind for Bulgaria: the adaptation process  adding BG realia, texts and tasks related to Bulgaria. Task: Browse a copy of Part 1 of English in Mind for Bulgaria. What kinds of realia, texts or tasks related to Bulgaria can you find?

9. English in Mind for Bulgaria: the adaptation process  adding new and expanding existing: grammar issues topic areas skills teacher’s notes (for all changes and additions)

10. English in Mind for Bulgaria: the adaptation process  revising the word list to include new items from added texts  supplying the revised word list with Bulgarian translation  preparation for the end-of-year test (downloadable from www.pons.bg, to be periodically updated)www.pons.bg

11. English in Mind for Bulgaria: the result  Three levels with modular structure Task: Get into groups of 3 – each one looking at a different part of EIM and then answer the following questions: 1. How many modules are there in your book? 2. What are their titles? 3. How does each module start and end? Why?

12. English in Mind for Bulgaria: the result  Choice of text, artwork and design – in compliance with students’ cognitive and psychological needs

13. English in Mind for Bulgaria: the result  Strong grammatical and vocabulary syllabi taking into consideration students’ mixed abilities and different learning styles (balance, pace, gradation) Task: Work in small groups. Browse your copies of English in Mind for Bulgaria. Find examples of how the Student’s Book deals with the Present Perfect Tense (simple and continuous)? What is the gradation?

14. English in Mind for Bulgaria: the result  Cross-curricular links  Mathematics  Geography  History  Sports  Music  Languages  Biology

15. English in Mind for Bulgaria: the result  Positive teaching/learning experience guaranteed by: clear tasks carefully designed exercises opportunities for students to check their own work opportunities for oral and written expression support for independent learning recycling and extending of previously covered material

16. English in Mind for Bulgaria – core components for Levels 1, 2 and 3:  Student’s Book + class CDs /cassettes  WB + audio/CD-ROM with additional practice  Teacher’s Book

17. English in Mind – additional components  Teacher’s Resource Pack  English in Mind Dictionary  DVD with activities  Website resources http://www.cambridge.org/elt/englishinmind/ http://www.cambridge.org/elt/englishinmind/  Language portfolio  Whiteboard software (under development – to be available by autumn 2009)

18. English in Mind for Bulgaria – the best choice for your classroom EIM for BG – a perfect combination of  the Ministry’s concept of a syllabus for Bulgarian 8th graders  the brilliant ideas of the authors of English in Mind (CUP) – Herbert Puchta and Jeff Stranks

19. Thank you Syana Harizanova & Desi Zareva