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

1. BILC Overview – Emilija Nesheva, (BUL/BILC Secretary)

BILC Site preview – Col Petko Petkov (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

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

16. Return on Investment: How do we know we have won the match? - Return on Investment: Wing Commander John Ward (AUS)
17. Advanced On-line English Course -  A multinational Project – Cristina Bordianu (ROU)
18. French Flash Course: Teaching basic language as part of a pre-mission training – Madli Kütt (EST)
19. From questionnaire findings to teaching material - Karolina Karlström, MA, and Orla Maher-Fehling (SWE)

20. Guest speaker, Tartu University – Mari Karm

21. Real-World Requirements and Quality Assurance - Challenges and Opportunities – Anna Scatigno, MA (ITA)
22. Supporting ESP Learning of the Military Personnel - Valentina Georgieva, PhD (BUL)
23. 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

25. Guest speaker, military representative to EU and NATO – Lt Col Margot Künnapuu