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Designing language training for military purposes

Designing language training for military purposes. - Some basic challenges from a civilian teacher’s perspective. The Norwegian model. Established courses, permanent: Russian, Arabic Project language courses, now: Pashto, Dari (earlier: Bosnian-Croatian-Serbian, Albanian)

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Designing language training for military purposes

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  1. Designing language training for military purposes - Some basic challenges from a civilian teacher’s perspective

  2. The Norwegian model • Established courses, permanent: Russian, Arabic • Project language courses, now: Pashto, Dari • (earlier: Bosnian-Croatian-Serbian, Albanian) • No (substantial) outsourcing of language training – responsible: FSES (NORDISS)

  3. Norwegian Defence Intelligence and Security School • Established courses: Russian, Arabic • STANAG level 3-3-3-3/3-3-3-2 • 60 weeks language training, …. weeks officer’s training • 2 years of service • Project language courses: Pashto, Dari • STANAG level 2-2-2-1 • 60 weeks language training • 2 x 6 months deployment

  4. Defining learning (proficiency) goals • What do they need to know? • What functions are they supposed to fulfil? • The need for dialogue • Is it possible to achieve the proficiency level asked for? • Time • Students’ language learning ability • Course quality

  5. Language training – cultural components Series of lectures with separate exams (according to university courses) • Arabic: • Islam • The history of the Middle East • Russian: • Russian and Soviet history • Russian politics, culture and society (History of ideas) • Literature

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