British Romanian Educational Exchange
- British Romanian Educational Exchange
BREDEX is the British Romanian Educational Exchange. It is a volunteer organisation which sends university students from the UK to a number of cities in Romania to teach English. The current Director is Malcolm Druett, who is also a secondary school teacher.
The programme runs during the summer vacation and students go for between 5 and 7 weeks depending on the city that they are in. Initially, the students came from Manchester University, Oxford University and Cambridge University. Now, the students are normally from Durham University, King's College London, the University of Cambridge and the University of Oxford. They are sent to various cities in groups ranging from 2-6. The cities include Bucharest, Craiova, Galaţi, Iaşi, Sibiu and Timişoara. Since the summer of 2005, BREDEX has also provided courses in the smaller settlement of Bozovici, situated in the south west of Romania.
In each city conversational English classes are taught for around three hours a day to both children and young adults. The classes are as varied and flexible as the teachers wish to make them. Complete creative control is entrusted to the teachers who are all selected through a rigorous interview process. Typically those being taught will be split into groups depending on a combination of their age and ability. Class sizes can range depending on local interest in the scheme and how many teachers there are.
In the middle of the programme the teachers are given one week's leave for independent travel.
According to testament handed down to the current Director from previous participants, BREDEX has been running since 1991.
Galaţi
In Galaţi the teaching occurs at the city's university. A tutor at the university liaises with the students organising rooms and advertising the classes locally before the students arrive. The teachers are housed in student accommodation a short walk from the main University building.
In Galaţi there is also a close link with the International student organisation AIESEC whose offices are next door to the accommodation provided to the teachers. AIESEC provides the teachers with access to other university students both Romanian and international. There is also a burgeoning relationship with the United States Peace Corps who are setting up an English language library.
External links
The UK Bredex Website can be found at [http://www.geocities.com/bredexuk]
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