2019 Tartu, Estonia: From the Classroom to the Boots-on-the-Ground: The Stakeholders’ Perspective

Presentations

Monday, 27th of May

  1. BILC Overview – Emilija Nesheva, (BUL/BILC Secretary)
  2. The shape of things to come! – Michael Adubato (NATO/ACO)
  3. In demand, yet in decline: English in Professional Military Education in Denmark – Allan Juhl Kristensen and Kare Kildevang (DEN)
  4. Guest speaker, General Staff, EDF Col Vahur Karus
  5. Quality assurance of education and training in the Swedish Armed Forces – Mariamma Martin (SWE)
  6. Designing course evaluation and validation instruments. The AAF approach –Col Wolfgang Zecha (AUT)
  7. Foreign language not so foreign. Language policy and security – Agata Jagiello Tondera, MA (POL)
  8. Courses to meet demands – Irena Prpic Djuric (CRO)
  9. Engaging stakeholders – how to avoid a perpetual motion mess in a pointless dialogue of the deaf – Emilie Alice Cleret (FRA)

Tuesday, 28th of May

  1. From Class Room Proficiency to Performance in the Field. Training Officer Linguists for Training Missions Iraq, Ukraine and Afghanistan – Kristian Kolding (DEN)
  2. Meeting the interoperability requirements through tailored training – Snezhana Stojanovska (MKD)
  3. Training/testing students for the real world language use – Maj Abdallah Migdadi (JOR)
  4. Military leaders and language department directors: two captains for the same ship – Jérôme Collin (FRA)
  5. STANAG 6001 testing in Georgian Defence Forces – Nato Jiadze (GEO)
  6. Teachers´ Understanding of Contemporary Approaches to Teaching and Learning – Maia Boltovsky and Aigi Piirimees (EST)

Wednesday 29th of May

  1. Return on Investment: How do we know we have won the match? – Wing Commander John Ward (AUS)
  2. Advanced On-line English Course –  A multinational Project – Cristina Bordianu (ROU)
  3. French Flash Course: Teaching basic language as part of a pre-mission training – Madli Kütt (EST)
  4. From questionnaire findings to teaching material – Karolina Karlström, MA, and Orla Maher-Fehling (SWE)
    • From questionnaire findings to teaching material
  5. Guest speaker, Tartu University – Mari Karm
  6. Real-World Requirements and Quality Assurance – Challenges and Opportunities – Anna Scatigno, MA (ITA)
  7. Supporting ESP Learning of the Military Personnel – Valentina Georgieva, PhD (BUL)
  8. Supporting the builder while building support for the learner: Scaffolding language learning objectives IAW STANAG 6001 – Dr. Dugald Sturges and Diana Printz (GER)

Thursday 30th of May

  1. Stakeholders – a UK perspective – Maj David Gibb, Lt Col Matthew Sharp, Maj Fasiel Iqbal, Kris Steele (UK)
  2. Guest speaker, military representative to EU and NATO – Lt Col Margot Künnapuu
  3. Tester’s tailored training – Challenges and opportunities in meeting the interoperability requirements – Lt Commander Marta Gabriel (POR)
  4. SC Report and Closing Remarks by BILC Chair

Study Group Presentations

Presentations by Future Hosts

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