MEET BETA

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MEET BETA

• BULGARIAN ENGLISH TEACHERS ?SSOCIATION

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BETA facts and figures

• established 1991 in Sofia
• 17 years of good practice
• 16 national conferences, the 17th underway
• 2001 IATEFL-EAST Regional Conference
• over 100 active members

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BETA members are

• English teachers from all educational sectors in
  Bulgaria
• teacher trainers
• student teachers of English

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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

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Our mission

• BETA seeks to build a network of ELT
  professionals on a national, regional (South-East
  Europe) and international level and establish the
  association as a recognized mediator between
  educators and state bodies, public and other
  organizations.

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Objectives

• to meet our members needs for professional
  development
• to provide information about
• current ELT-related events in BG and the region
• recent development in ELT worldwide
• learning and teaching opportunities
• to defend Bulgarian English teachers
  professional interests
• to promote Common European language teaching and
  testing standards

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BETA activities

• annual conferences
• regional seminars and workshops
• information dissemination
• networking with other teachers associations and
  NGOs in Bulgaria and abroad
• exchange of representatives with teachers
  associations from the region

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? By joining BETA YOU ?

• become part of the growing English teachers
  community in Bulgaria
• gain access to information about ELT events in
  Bulgaria, the SEE region and all over the world
• exchange ideas and share experiences
• receive financial and other support for
  participation in national and international ELT
  events
• can join IATEFL at a special discount price
• have fun while developing professionally
• make a difference as a teacher of English in
  Bulgaria

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Join BETA in five steps!

• Step 1 Visit our website www.beta-iatefl.org.
• Step 2 Download the membership application
  form.
• Step 3 Fill it in.
• Step 4 Send it to beta.iateflbg_at_gmail.com or
  p.o. box 1047, Sofia 1000 together with the
  receipt indicating the bank transfer of 30 BGN
  to the account of BETA.
• Step 5 Get a welcome letter and your
  membership card.

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Successful initiatives

• Pre-conference events (3 so far)
• A new web-site (launched Dec 2007)
• Regional TT seminars (4 so far)
• Competitions
• Exchange of representatives with TA from the
  region
• Best conference presenter Award

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Some of our problems

• Sponsorship and funding
• Increasing and maintaining numbers
• Fighting inertia
• Finding volunteers (incl. to take over from old
  committee members)
• Keeping the SIGs alive
• The Newsletter

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With BETA Lifes Better !