Between 30 October 2017 and 8 November 2017, Regional Development Foundation held the first Bulgarian language course for the Romanian representatives of the target groups within the project.

The purpose of the course was acquiring basic knowledge of Bulgarian Language: lexis and grammar used in the everyday oral and written communication. The course was at beginner level, assuming no previous language knowledge. Intermediary language was English. Main grammar concepts in Bulgarian Language are studied: parts of speech (nouns, pronouns, prepositions, verbs and s.o.) grammar categories (gender, singular and plural forms, articles of nouns; tense of verbs, etc.).

The course started with some basics, such as alphabet, pronunciation and distinguishing language features. Then, it reviewed all essential parts of the speech so that the students know how to use them properly and how to form a sentence in Bulgarian.  The vocabulary is being enriched through dealing with real and most common everyday life situations and topics in order to develop skills for communicating in Bulgarian. The students are encouraged to speak Bulgarian from the very first lesson. The course includes grammar drills and exercises for reading, writing, listening and comprehension. It also pays special attention to the Bulgarian culture and history. By the end of the Beginner course the students should be able to ask and answer simple questions, to understand and interact in realistic situations, to have basic conversations in Bulgarian and use the most common words and phrases spoken today, to read and write basic sentences in Cyrillic alphabet.