Presentations
Monday, 27th of May
- BILC Overview – Emilija Nesheva, (BUL/BILC Secretary)
- BILC Site preview – Col Petko Petkov (BUL/BILC Secretary)
- The shape of things to come! – Michael Adubato (NATO/ACO)
- In demand, yet in decline: English in Professional Military Education in Denmark – Allan Juhl Kristensen and Kare Kildevang (DEN)
- Guest speaker, General Staff, EDF Col Vahur Karus
- Quality assurance of education and training in the Swedish Armed Forces – Mariamma Martin (SWE)
- Designing course evaluation and validation instruments. The AAF approach –Col Wolfgang Zecha (AUT)
- Foreign language not so foreign. Language policy and security – Agata Jagiello Tondera, MA (POL)
- Courses to meet demands – Irena Prpic Djuric (CRO)
- Engaging stakeholders – how to avoid a perpetual motion mess in a pointless dialogue of the deaf – Emilie Alice Cleret (FRA)
Tuesday, 28th of May
- From Class Room Proficiency to Performance in the Field. Training Officer Linguists for Training Missions Iraq, Ukraine and Afghanistan – Kristian Kolding (DEN)
- Meeting the interoperability requirements through tailored training – Snezhana Stojanovska (MKD)
- Training/testing students for the real world language use – Maj Abdallah Migdadi (JOR)
- Military leaders and language department directors: two captains for the same ship – Jérôme Collin (FRA)
- STANAG 6001 testing in Georgian Defence Forces – Nato Jiadze (GEO)
- Teachers´ Understanding of Contemporary Approaches to Teaching and Learning – Maia Boltovsky and Aigi Piirimees (EST)
Wednesday 29th of May
- Return on Investment: How do we know we have won the match? – Wing Commander John Ward (AUS)
- Advanced On-line English Course – A multinational Project – Cristina Bordianu (ROU)
- French Flash Course: Teaching basic language as part of a pre-mission training – Madli Kütt (EST)
- From questionnaire findings to teaching material – Karolina Karlström, MA, and Orla Maher-Fehling (SWE)
- From questionnaire findings to teaching material
- Guest speaker, Tartu University – Mari Karm
- Real-World Requirements and Quality Assurance – Challenges and Opportunities – Anna Scatigno, MA (ITA)
- Supporting ESP Learning of the Military Personnel – Valentina Georgieva, PhD (BUL)
- 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
- Stakeholders – a UK perspective – Maj David Gibb, Lt Col Matthew Sharp, Maj Fasiel Iqbal, Kris Steele (UK)
- Stakeholders – a UK perspective – no video version – Maj David Gibb
- Guest speaker, military representative to EU and NATO – Lt Col Margot Künnapuu
- Tester’s tailored training – Challenges and opportunities in meeting the interoperability requirements – Lt Commander Marta Gabriel (POR)
- SC Report and Closing Remarks by BILC Chair