Our Second Educational Cycle of Training Courses on ICT and English Language Ended

The training courses are part of the activities of the Resource Centre for Economic Empowerment of Women in Plovdiv managed by the Foundation as part of its efforts to improve women's access to quality education and training.

For the period 10.2 - 29.4.2015 a total of 12 women successfully passed training courses in computer skills and English.

 

The course "Computer Skills - Part 2 Upgrade" consolidated the knowledge acquired in the course "Basic Computer Skills". Through practical tasks and individual approach activities expanded the students’ opportunities to use computers daily, but also allowed them to acquire new skills in the field of "computer competence" - a compulsory module that more and more employers require by their candidates for a certain job position.

English course - level "Elementary". The students acquired skills to understand and to provide basic information on the following topics: personal information; family and friends; professions; habits; activities associated with everyday life; preferences; food; clothing; health; feelings; directions. The course built skills on how to fill out forms with personal information and how to draw up a short informal letter. The vocabulary consisted from about 1500 English words and phrases. Participants were introduced to basic grammatical structures. It covered levels A1 and A2 of the European Language Framework.

 

    Resource Centre of the Foundation works with minority women, elderly and long-term unemployed women, victims of domestic violence and single mothers relying on social welfare. Participants receive practical activities in computer and language training in English as well as legal and career counseling in order to gain experience, knowledge and confidence needed to increase their competitiveness on the dynamic labor market.