2009 Rome, Italy: Bridging the Gap: Language Requirements vs. Language Reality

Presentations

• BILC Update
• Bridging the Gap: Language Requirements versus Language Reality
• Initial Results from the ACT-Sponsored – Benchmark Advisory Test (BAT) Project

Austria

• “Doing more with less…” – Visual Language Survival Guide for AUCON/EUFOR TCHAD/RCA

Canada

• Bridging the Gap: Second Language Oral Proficiency – Certification Testing of CF Members

Czech Republic

• Czech DLI Approach to ESP Courses

Estonia

• Partners in Crime: EST – LAT Co-operation on the STANAG 6001

 Finland

• Presentation
• On Defining Criteria for Evaluating Foreign Language Program Effectiveness

Germany

• Making Language Operational: Examples from Specialist English language Training Conducted by the Bundessprachenamt
  • Video 1
  • Video 2

Greece

• Developing a Curriculum according to Job Requirements

Italy

• Carabinieri Force Foreign Language Center Activities
• ITAF Foreign Language School – S.L.E.

NATO

• Language and Culture go Hand in Hand
• The SHAPE Update & the Use of the English Language at SHAPE
• NATO Terminology Programme

Slovenia

• Challenges of Piloting Test Items

United Kingdom

• Mobile Team Training – Splicing Requirement with Reality
• Language in Conflict
• Practical Reflections on the Theme – Language Requirements versus Language Reality

USA

• Training Toward the ICAO Standards – Video 1
• Language Training for High Proficiency – The Neurochemistry of Motivation and Learning
• Mission Related English for Operational Mentor and Liaison Teams – Tailoring Training to improve Specific Language Skills
• Curriculum Development – Placing Priority on Planning