USES OF THE AORIST INSTEAD OF THE IMPERFECT IN MODERN BULGARIAN: A LINGUODIDACTOLOGICAL PERSPECTIVE

This paper explores a noteworthy phenomenon in contemporary spoken and written communication in Bulgarian from a linguodidactological perspective (Veselinov 2025), namely, the substitution of the imperfect tense with the aorist in contexts where the imperfect...

THE ROLE OF SOFT SKILLS DEVELOPMENT IN FOREIGN LANGUAGE LEARNING: METHODS AND PRACTICAL INSIGHTS

This article explores the interconnected development of soft skills and foreign language learning, emphasizing the importance of communicative competence, intercultural understanding, empathy, and critical thinking. Through a comparative analysis of traditiona...

READING AS A DIGITAL CULTURAL PRACTICE: TRANSFORMATIONS OF THE READING EXPERIENCE IN SOCIAL MEDIA

This article focuses on the transformation of reading practices in the context of digital culture, with a particular emphasis on the social networks BookTok and Bookstagram. It explores how reading communities are formed, the unique visual and linguistic ways...

SPECIFICS OF TEACHING PERSIAN TO STUDENTS

The article explores some of the most frequently encountered challenges in teaching Persian to university students. It considers the global status of the Persian language, its geographical distribution, and its standardized national varieties (Farsi, Dari, and...

A TALE CALLED “ERASMUS” (PRECEDENT NAMES IN THE EDUCATIONAL SPACE OF THE EU)

The study offers an analysis of one emblematic name for the European educational discourse – Erasmus – as the title of the most famous mobility program through the lens of modern conceptual frameworks: The Theory of Precedent Phenomena (V. V. Krasnykh, I. V. Z...

TEACHING POLISH LITERATURE ABROAD AND THE STRATEGIES FOR FOREIGN LANGUAGE TEACHING

The article analyzes the role of the literary text in the foreign language learning process and focuses on the Polish experience in the area of teaching aborad. Apart from the methodological questions related to the uses of literary texts in foreign language t...

ALCHEMICAL TRANSFORMATIONS IN THOMAS MANN AND MARGUERITE YOURCENAR

The following paper scrutinizes M. Yourcenar’s interpretation of T. Mann‘s literary contributions and its profound influence on her own artistic philosophy, as articulated in her essay, “Humanism and Hermeticism in Thomas Mann” (1955). Yourcenar’s appreciation...

LINGUODIDACTOLOGIC ASPECTS OF A GERMAN-BULGARIAN LANGUAGE LEARNING PHRASEBOOK FROM THE 1940S

In the first half of the 20th century, the output of D. Madzharov Publishing House in Sofia was of great importance for the development of linguodidactology in Bulgaria. This publishing house was able to successfully publish educational and teaching-aid litera...

QUO VADIS, UKRAINIAN STUDIES?

CONTEMPORARY CHALLENGES AHEAD OF EDUCATION

BUKOVINA – A COMPREHENSIVE LITERARY PORTRAIT

ON CAUSALITY AND SEMANTICS IN THE INTERACTION BETWEEN ITALIAN AND BULGARIAN