Issue 1-2/2011



THE THEME OF THIS ISSUE:

BULGARIAN LANGUAGE IN SCHOOL

Author of all articles in the central block of this issue is
Boian Valtchev






CONTENTS

Bulgarian Language – Most Important Problem in School pp. 8-10
To the Àttention of the Minister of Education, Youth and Science
Groaning and Ìoaning about Illiteracy won’t help. What’s needed is a Strategy for Education and Effective Measures!
pp. 11-12
About the Bulgarian Language, Matriculation Exams,Tests and Many Other Things in High School pp. 13-32
Bulgarian Language in School and University pp. 33-36
From the History of Preparation for Starting to Implement State Matriculation Exams pp. 37-42
Matriculation Exams
A Specialist’s Opinion
pp. 43-44
More about the Matriculation Exams
What is the Role of the Matriculation Exams?
pp. 45-47
One Year of Matriculation Exams
Reflections on Major Problems in the Bulgarian Education
pp. 48-86
Facing a Bulgarian Language and Literature Test on the Eve of the “Season of Examination Tests”
Knowledge or skills, or just playing Lotto ... Don’t turn children’s heads into a temporary Storage for useless knowledge!
pp. 87-105
Bulgarian Language and Bulgarian School
An Excerpt from the Plenary Report at the 2nd National Conference on Educational Problems, Kazanlak, 26–28 May, 2005
pp. 106–109
Education and Literary Language:Yesterday’s and Today’s Deficits pp. 110–118
Education and the Bulgarian Literary Language pp. 119–122
School, School Textbooks, the Language of Textbooks, the Bulgarian Literary Language pp. 123–128
Literary Language: A Prerequisite for the Development and Creativity and a Result of the Development and Creativity of the Society pp. 129–138
Dictations? ... Yes, Dictations!!! pp. 139–140
Our Attitude toWritten Culture
Are Dictations Outdated and Primitive Teaching?
pp. 141–145
Spelling, Punctuation,… the School, All of Us
What We teach Children in School?
pp. 146–154
Today’s Textbooks are Useful Only for Teachers
We Force Students into Thinking Patterns by TellingThem Which Character is Good and Which One is Bad (Interview)
pp. 155–157
Grammar not Earlier than 10th Grade pp. 158
In the Centrå of the Periphery or Our Golden Cage pp. 159–176
“He is hanging on It ... with a Great Strength”
The Discussion about Hristo Botev’s Poem “Vasil Levski”
pp. 177–179
15 Questions and 15 Answers about the Bulgarian Language and Its Scientific Aspects pp. 180–201

Charles Coustille
À History of Academic Plagiarism
pp. 202–215
Tatyana Ilieva
About One Unconventional Usage of the Verb ñëó÷âà ñå
pp. 216–219

DICTIONARIES, DICTIONARIES….

Mihail Videnov
on Malý česko-bulharský slovník nespisovné slovní zásobe by Janko Băčvarov and Collective
pp. 220–222

OUR AUTHORS

pp. 237