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Study Group 6 - ‘Narrowing the Gap Between Training Limitations and Training Needs’

This study group session focuses on identifying and addressing the disconnect between operational requirements and training strategies. By examining potential training limitations and needs, we aim to provide practical guidelines and solutions to harmonize language training with military operational demands. Emphasis is placed on collaboration with SMEs, modularization of language training, and enhancing trainers' understanding of operational contexts. Key objectives include strategic long-term planning and tactical responses to specific operational language requirements, ensuring comprehensive and effective language acquisition.

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Study Group 6 - ‘Narrowing the Gap Between Training Limitations and Training Needs’

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  1. Study Group 6 - ‘Narrowing the Gap Between Training Limitations and Training Needs’ • Discuss potential disconnect between operational requirements and training content and instructional strategies • To provide: - Guidelines and Solutions - Harmonise training needs with operational requirements

  2. Method • Defined our parameters and defined ‘operational requirements’ • Brainstorm on identifying major issues • Group Work Analysis – 3 sub groups • Potential Solutions Discussion

  3. Defining – Operational Requirement • English for Interoperability • English for Critical Mission (functional skills) • Operational Target area languages

  4. English for Interoperability • Collaboration with SMEs • To confirm accuracy/appropriateness of technical materials • Modularisation of language trg into other training • Improve understanding between trainer and customers by visits to training sites

  5. Critical Mission Functional English • Improve Collaboration • Prevent re-inventing wheel = virtual course catalogue and corpus of functional vocab, virtual forum and lessons learned • With Other Govt Depts • With customer throughout process to ensure buy in and access to materials •Teacher Expertise - regular military awareness trg • Close link with pre-deployment trg

  6. Target Area Languages for Operations • 1. Strategic – Long Term Planning & Capability • Sell language acquisition as combat multiplier to CofC • Consider language acquisition as an essential military professional attribute • Identify the right personnel and the right time (Higher level) • apply MLAT to personnel and assign each to a language family (based on strat reqt and MLAT result) • Provide a foundational knowledge in target language • Inventory of ‘partially capable’ pers can be built upon based on op requirement • Maintain foundational ability via I Pod, DL, other means

  7. Target Area Languages of Ops • 2. Tactical – Short Notice Specific Ops • Don’t blindly accept ‘language requirement’ at face value • Get info on op requirement regarding specific duties, tasks, duties • Collaborate with customers to define actual language requirement and skills • Inform customer of expected outputs • Get feedback following operation to refine/validate

  8. Any Questions? Quality (Good) Time (Quick) Cost: (Cheap) You can have 2 sides of the triangle, never3!

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