NATOSPEAK - English in Multinational Settings
2013 Conference - Tbilisi, Georgia

National Reports

Presentations

Monday, 6 May 2013

• Opening Briefing - Chairman


• Lessons Learned on Multinational Deployments - Skhulukhia (Georgia)


• Blending General and Specific Curricular Needs - Paichadze (Georgia)


• New NATO Education and Training Framework - Khilkevych (ACT)


• English as Lingua Franca - Gudnason (Denmark)


• Interaction Within Multinational Settings - Sturges (Germany)


• Questionnaire on Deployment Lessons Learned - Elliott (UK)


• Study Group Guidance - BILC Secretary

Tuesday, 7 May 2013

• Using Plain Language in the Office - Murto-Linden (Finland)
  
  
  • Accompanying Document: Speaking Notes
  
  
• What is NATO Speak - The Spanish Perspective - Cordon Scharfhausen (Spain)


• Developing Students' Competence Towards L3 STANAG Exams - Filipczuk (Poland)


• Communication: A Two-Way Process - Meakin (UK)


• NATOSpeak, Communication, Culture and Cultural Literacy - Chaloupsky (Czech Republic)


• Resources for the Individual and Collaborative Learner - Fischer (USA)

Wednesday, 8 May 2013

• Perceptions and Techniques of Intercultural Communication Competence - Kiss (Hungary)


• Building Military Corpora for Curricula - Walther (Austria)


• Professionalisation and the STANAG 6001 - Kristensen (Denmark)


• Mixing Methods to Faciliate Language Learning at Higher Levels - Nolan and Farr (Sweden)


• CAT for Reading and Listening - Nesheva (Bulgaria)


• Intercultural Training-The Case of Teaching Persian Culture to British Students - Crowther (UK)

Thursday, 9 May 2013

• Mobile Apps for NATO-Oriented Language Learning - Garza and Keremidchieva (USA and Bulgaria)


• Performance Testing - Parreira (Portugal)


• The ADF English Language Profiling System - Curtis (Australia)


• Accompanying Document: All ADFELPS Descriptors
• Accompanying Document: N333
• Accompanying Document: ADFELPS Level 7 Descriptors
• Accompanying Document: ADFELPS Writing 7 Task


• Study Group Presentations


• Study Group #1 - What is NATO Speak?
• Study Group #2 - Enhancing Cross-Cultural Communication within Multi-National Settings
• Study Group #3 - On-line Language Maintenance
• Study Group #4 - Standardizing the Application of STANAGs Across Foreign Languages
• Study Group #5 - Questionnaire Deployment Lessons Learnt


• The SHAPE of Things to Come - Adubato (SHAPE)


• Closing Remarks - Chairman


• Presentation from future hosts:
  
  
  • Stockholm, Sweden