2019 BILC conference From the classroom to the

2019 BILC conference “ From the classroom to the Boots-on- the ground : The Stakeholders’ perspective” JORDAN ARMED FORCES LANGUAGE INSTITUTE (JAFLI) Maj. Abdallah Migdadi Jordan Armed Forces Tartu, Estonis, May 2019

Outline v JAFLI structure and tasks v Introduction v Issues that face language military students v The Interactive approach ( communicative classrooms) v Lines of language competence building

JORDAN ARMED FORCES LANGUAGE INSTITUTE (JAFLI) v English department (ALC ESPC TOFLE pre TTC translation ) v Foreign languages department (French Germany Spanish Hebrew Greek Chinese Turkish Arabic for non-speakers ) v Testing department

Courses held in JAFLI this year Course title Duration Participants Repetition BASIC ENGLISH COURSE 24 weeks 210 2 TOEFL PREPARATION COURSE 8 weeks 45 1 Teachers Training Course 12 weeks 8 1 MIL ENGLISH LANGUAGE FOR NCOs 5 weeks 40 1 Foreign languages ( Turkish French Germany Spanish Hebrew ) 23 weeks 12 – 15 each 2 Arabic for non-speakers 4 – 24 weeks 8 – 16 - Notes

Introduction v. Why do military personnel need a foreign language ? v. Why do military forces need a common language ? v What are the problems that face military language students ? v what is the communicative approach ?

Issues that face military language students 1 - lack of motivations

4 - Rank interference 5 - military personality and toughness

2 - language Sustainability and practice 3 - language appropriateness

Other issues - Number of students per class Age gap among the students Time limitation lack of appropriate material Test oriented classes

The Interactive approach ( communicative classrooms) Based and characterized by interaction between teachers and students “ Tell me and I ‟ll forget; show me and I may remember; involve me and I‟ll understand. Chinese proverb

Testing Military Personnel

Lines of language competence building First line of language competence building: (long term preparation ) - Recruitment precondition - Promotion and occupational condition - Periodically language publications and in-unite training Second line of language competence building : ( mid term training ) - General and basic Language courses whenever its possible ( at least 6 months of period ) - Exchange programs with the foreign language speaking country Third line of language competence building : ( short term training ) - Flash refreshment courses - Pre-deployment language courses - English for specific purpose courses

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