Austrian Armed Forces Language Institute Effective Integration of
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Austrian Armed Forces Language Institute Effective Integration of Language Training into Careers – the Austrian Approach
Mission of the AAF Language Institute To make the Austrian Armed Forces interoperable through language proficiency
Desired End-state INTEROPERABILITY No purely general language training but also intercultural competence and military language training. Military Skills
Austrian situation • General school system: English obligatory (Basics) • Military school system: Advanced English language training (incl. military terminology) Offrs: level 3, NCOs: level 2
Concept for Officers (1) • English proficiency level 3 for all • Military Academy graduates: level 2+ or better • Officers from Cpt onwards: level 3 or better
Theresian Military Academy • Following one-year volunteer training • Three-year BA programme • Second Lieutenant (typically plt ldr)
Concept for Officers (2) • Military Academy cadets are required to choose a language for third-language training • Preferably a language with prior knowledge to build on • Unless there is any, French is taught to beginners
Languages • Advanced training in – French – Russian – Spanish – Italian – Croatian • Beginners‘ training – French – Russian
National Defence Academy English as a Working Language • General Staff Course: Three-year Ph. D programme • Career courses for Military Academy graduates (MA) • Career courses for university graduates
Concept for Officers (4) • General Staff Course participants are required to choose a language for thirdlanguage training • Preferably a language where a future appointment is likely (Mil. Att, LO, PE & CE posts, …)
Languages • Beginners‘ training – French – Arabic – Chinese – Turkish • Advanced training in – French – Russian – Croatian
Third language & Intercultural Competence: Winning hearts and minds
Improvement of interoperability O AO • Local population and authorities • Multinational units and headquarters
Concept for NCOs (1) • German proficiency level 3 for all • English proficiency : – Sergeant level 1 or better (incl. mil term) – Staff Sergeant level 2 or better – Warrant Officer level 2+ or better
Concept for NCOs (2) • other language training on demand Att , SOF, Agencies ….
Language certificates • Three-year validity • Renewable on the basis of – either a short form of the test – or a minimum of six months‘ deployment to a country where the language is spoken natively or at a multinational HQ
Enhanced Language Training • • Tactical English Course Tactical French Course Logistics English Course Legal English Course Air Operational English Course Aviation English Course (ICAO) Language Trainer Course (English, German) • Pre-deployment Training
Staff experience • Members of our Institute served abroad, be it in PSOs, be it as course participants. • Experience contributes to language course design: – general language – military language
Tactical English Course
Tactical English Course
Language Training for Special Purposes Tactical English Courses (TEC) AN ST s AG Module 1: Battle Techniques Module 2: Staff officers • MDMP • Briefing Training Module 3: Commanding officers • CCIR • intent • criteria for success • planning guidance
Tactical French Course CROQUIS N° 3 II MANŒUVRE ENVISAGEE PAR LE LCC CR FR R M NATK M N 1 3 U S C C 1 M N 2 C M N C C POURPR E BLEU 2 M N G 3 M Ré s N - MAGENT A 1 CM LO G N
Envisaged • Logistics English Course, Medical English Course
Air Operational Course Airspace Management
Aviation English Course (pre-planned) One Airspace ICAO
Language Trainer Course English & German
Pre-deployment Training Language modules for OPERATIONS PREPARATION • for multinational operations • for multinational exercises +
AAF Language Institute Products: Language survival books for service support
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WORKING GROUP MILITARY TERMINOLOGY Based on STUDY GROUP 3 BILC Conference Vilnius 2011 PRAGUE 2012
ATP-3. 2. 1: Sit. Rep for the WG 1. 2. 3. 4. 5. 6. 7. 8. 9. AUT: GBR: EST: DAN: CZE: The Employment of Land Forces Conceptual Frameworks for the Conduct of Tactical Activities: Battlespace, Functional and Operational Frameworks Types of Tactical Forces Tactical Planning Considerations Tactical Offensive Activities Tactical Defensive Activities Tactical Stability Activities Tactical Enabling Activities Operations in Specific Enviroments and Circumstances
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