A wave of dictations across Bulgaria

In 2017 the campaign “The Written Word Remains. Write Correctly!” of the Institute for Bulgarian Language at the Bulgarian Academy of Sciences covered many towns and villages in Bulgaria. From 17th to 26th May the teachers of Bulgarian language from Second Primary School “Dimitar Blagoev” in Blagoevgrad, Primary School “St. St. Cyril and Methodius” in the village of Dubovo, Primary School “St. Kliment Ohridski” in the town of Pavlikeni, Primary School “Hristo Botev” in the village of Banitsa, Professional High School of Tourism in the town of Samokov, Prof. Ivan Sergejevich Aksakov High School in Pazardzhik, High School “Vasil Levski” in Galabovo, High School “Konstantin Konstantinov” in Sliven and High School “Hristo Yasenov” in Etropole took the initiative and held short dictations either in the classrooms with the pupils or in the open with the citizens. The texts of the dictations and the materials were provided by the Institute for Bulgarian Language. In many places, municipalities supported the campaign by providing equipment for the dictations and gifts for participants, and regional media covered the events.

Pupils also took an active part in the initiative. They not only urged citizens to participate, but also took on the role of “teachers” by checking dictations and explaining the mistakes made. For a third consecutive year at three locations in the city centre of Sofia on 24th May, young scientists from the Institute for Bulgarian Language organised and conducted dictations. The young scientists helped with advice and clarification of the spelling and punctuation rules in the dictation, the tendencies in the development of the Bulgarian language and the use of modern language technologies.

There were many people willing to participate across the country, by which they paid tribute to the Day of Bulgarian Education and Culture and the Slavonic Literature.

The “wave” continues until 31st May at other parts of Bulgaria.