BSI “BROAD SWEEPS OF IMAGINATION”

The project called; BSI“Broad Sweeps of Imagination”

is one of the projects of ComeniusMultilateral Projects of

Life Long Learning Programme; which was accepted in 2007.

WHO ARE THE TARGET GROUPS OF THE BSI PROJECT?The project implementation started withtrainings in BSI method of a group of 10people in each partner country. The traineeswere the teachers in foreign languages,methodologists in foreign language teaching.

INITIAL TRAININGS IN

PARTNER COUNTRIES

WHO WILL CARRY OUT THE PROJECT?The BSI project gathered together partners

fromTurkey, Bulgaria, Italy and Romania and will becarried out in two years. Göztepe İhsan Kurşunoglu Anatolian High

School in Turkey as a coordinating institutionKadıköy Provincial and District National

Education Directorate in TR ICCF (Intercultural Cooperation Foundation)

in BulgariaValahia University Targoviste in RomaniaFENICE (National Federation of Teachers

Centre of the initiative for Europe) in Italy are the partners of this project.

WHAT ARE THE STEPS OF THE BSI PROJECT?

INITIAL TRAININGSTEST IMPLEMENTATIONEVALUATION &DISSEMINATION

WHAT IS THE AIM OF THE INSERVICE TEACHER TRAININGS IN PARTNER COUNTRIES?The Teacher Training Course for in-serviceteachers in foreign languages the project isaimed at creating of network of trainedforeign language teachers who actas disseminators of the innovative method.

WHAT ARE THE OUTPUTS OF THE PROJECT?

The BSI GUIDELINE BOOK will encompass

the basic principles of the BSI methodA specially created e-platform whichsupports the teachers’ workwww.bsiproject.com International Teacher Training Course Programme

WHAT ARE THE AIMS OF THE BSI PROJECT?The main aim of the project is;the dissemination of a new teaching method

to recreate a new method to compensate prompt the deficiency in communicative language usage.

Supporting the language diversity in languageteaching context through an adaption anddissemination phase of the BSI method .

Proving the universal applicability of this innovativeMethod

Disseminating our best practices in application ofthe innovative BSI method in wider European context

promoting the foreign language learning and language diversity which is in line with the policy of the European Community.

contribution to promote the intercultural awareness in the school education

enhancing in this way the quality of teaching and

learning of foreign languages in the school education.

THE PROCESS OF THE BSI PROJECT…The practising teachers trained in this way test-implement the newly acquired knowledge intheir practice and give feedback about theapplicability and adaptability of the BSI teachingmethod.Part of the trainees who attended the initialteacher training are the project experts who monitorand evaluate the process of the Test implementationof the BSI method on the local level in their country.

They assess the effectiveness of the BSI decided about the contents of the BSI Teacher Training Course Program.

They worked also on the elaboration ofthe BSI Guidelines book through collectinginformation for supporting materials andresources that might be helpful for teachers’work with the new method.

Within the BSI project, we aim to addressto reach out the teachers of foreignlanguages in the international contextthrough a Teacher Training Course.

This course will enable the project partners todisseminate the BSI method through the Europeand go on its journey in the Comenius catalogue.

Through this, we would contribute to theenhancing the quality and European dimension of teachers’ profession.