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Moldavian Association of Teachers of English (MATE) - english information

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Moldova, Republic of

MATE (The Moldavian Association of Teachers of English) was founded by a group of teachers in the fall of 1990. It is a professional, non-political organization, the aim of which is the improvement in standards of teaching English as a foreign language. MATE is based in Iasi, but individual membership is open to all teachers of English in the counties of Moldavia. MATE seeks · to attract as many teachers in Moldavia as possible in order to create a powerful nucleus of specialists interested in teacher training; · to have an English teachers' club where teachers belonging to different generations may exchange ideas and where English and American specialists may be invited for round table and workshop activities · to publish the newsletter Romance including both issues of methodology and feedback from the events organized by the association · to motivate students of all ages to learn English and to stimulate their interest in the Anglo-American culture and civilization · to organize students' performances in English and to publish a students' magazine in order to encourage their creativity and their freedom of expression · to organize clubs, summer courses and camps, either local or national, with the support of native speakers

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organization; pedagogics; foreign languages; foreign language course; teaching of foreign languages; cooperation; cultural education; teacher exchange; teacher education;