Course description
From an intensive one-to-one Bulgarian language course at our London training centre to an in-company Bulgarian training course, Communicaid can provide you and your organisation with a language course that meets your needs. With training centres in London, Paris, Frankfurt and New York providing countrywide coverage and partner organisations worldwide, Communicaid is uniquely placed to be your local, national and international training partner for Bulgarian courses.
Why a Bulgarian course in London? Our Bulgarian courses are highly personalised and designed to improve your Bulgarian language and communication skills, whether your focus is social, business, financial, diplomatic or legal. Upon completion of a Bulgarian course with Communicaid here in London, you will have the confidence to communicate in Bulgarian with colleagues, clients and suppliers.
Location: In addition to our Bulgarian courses in London, we are also able to provide Bulgarian language training courses worldwide via our training centres and global partners.
Benefits of our Bulgarian language course
A Communicaid Bulgarian language training course will provide you with the ability to:
- Speak Bulgarian with confidence
- Interact more confidently when visiting a Bulgarian-speaking region or dealing with Bulgarian
speakers
- Build rapport and strengthen relationships with Bulgarian colleagues and clients,
demonstrating an understanding of Bulgarian language and culture
- Demonstrate goodwill and facilitate international communication at both a personal and
organisational level
Who should attend our Bulgarian school
A Communicaid Bulgarian course is suitable for:
- Anyone planning to relocate to a Bulgarian-speaking region and wishing to attend an
Bulgarian course in order to prepare in advance for their assignment
- Business professionals conducting business regularly with Bulgarian speakers who wish to
build rapport and strengthen relationships by attending an Bulgarian course
- Government and non-governmental agency representatives working in a Bulgarian-speaking
region who need to be able to communicate at all levels
Bulgarian course content
The content and format of your Bulgarian language course will depend on your profession, proficiency in Bulgarian and objectives. Whether beginner, survival, intermediate or advanced, key areas covered in all our Bulgarian training courses include:
- Spoken fluency
- Listening skills
- Pronunciation and accent
- Reading skills
- Telephone skills in Bulgarian
- Email skills in Bulgarian
- Sector-specific terminology
- Presentation & negotiation skills
Approach
Communicaid’s Bulgarian courses are available seven days a week, 365 days a year. Training takes place between 08:00 and 20:00 although courses are also available outside of these hours upon request.
Suitable tailored and published Bulgarian course materials will be used throughout, with recommendations on self-study material and extra reading made at the beginning and during your Bulgarian course.
We offer a variety of training formats for your Bulgarian language course – from intensive, weeklong courses to extensive, modular lessons. Appropriate formats will be discussed during your diagnostic consultancy (please click here to read more about our approach).
Bulgarian course trainer
All Communicaid Bulgarian trainers are native speakers with at least 3 years’ professional Bulgarian training experience. In addition to relevant academic and linguistic qualifications and experience, many of our Bulgarian trainers also possess considerable exposure and expertise in the professional world.
Your Bulgarian trainer will be assigned to you following the results of your diagnostic consultancy according to your objectives and areas of focus. Detailed below is a sample profile of a member of our Bulgarian training team.
AR
AR has been delivering Bulgarian language training since 1991, training in both the public and private sectors. Since joining Communicaid in 2001, AR has successfully trained a wide range of our clients. She is particularly adept at working with delegates requiring financial and diplomatic language. She has most recently delivered Bulgarian courses to Diplomats at the Foreign and Commonwealth Office and Military and Defence Attachés at the Defence School of Languages.
In addition to delivering Bulgarian courses, AR continues to freelance as a professional interpreter and recently interpreted at a meeting between the Bulgarian and British Prime Ministers, Sergey Stanishev and Tony Blair.
????????? (Bãlgarski) – Facts about the Bulgarian language
Bulgarian is the official language of Bulgaria. It is estimated that there are between 8.5 and12 million native speakers of Bulgarian worldwide. Outside of Bulgaria, Bulgarian is spoken in the Ukraine, Moldova, the Western Outlands region in Serbia, Romania, Republic of Macedonia, Greece, Turkey, as well as other emigrant communities around the world.
Bulgarian is part of the Eastern South Slavic group of the Slavic branch of the Indo-European family. It is most closely related to Macedonian. Standard Bulgarian is based on the Eastern dialects of Bulgaria.
Bulgarian uses a form of the Cyrillic alphabet. The present Bulgarian alphabet has 30 letters.
