BILC Professional Seminar Helsinki Finland 4 8 October

BILC Professional Seminar Helsinki, Finland 4 -8 October 2015 “Increasing proficiency levels: What works and what doesn't “ Keith L Wert, BILC Chair BILC@marshallcenter. org 1

BILC Update Since last year at Ellwangen • • Annual Conference STANAG 6001 Testing Workshop BILC “Courses” BILC Cooperative Visits Special Initiatives Request from NATO/ACT Some thoughts on theme A Remembrance 2

BILC Steering Committee GRB (1966 -1981) DEU (1982 -1996) USA (1997 -2008) CAN (2008 -2014) USA/PLTCE (2014 - 2016) BGR (2016) Chair Keith L Wert Senior Advisor Dr. Ray T Clifford Secretary Peggy A Garza Julie J. Dubeau Associate Secretaries Jana Vasilj-Begovic 3

2015 BILC Conference • Madrid, Spain 3 -7 May • Theme: NATO requirements versus national policies: Bridging the divide at the language school • Study Groups Topics: 1. 2. 3. 4. 5. Common Challenges Faced by Language Training Managers Assessing NATO Operational Language Performance Bridging the Divide with Advanced Distributed Learning (ADL) Beyond the BILC Website: Marketing BILC Events and Courses Forecasting Requirements: From Needs Analysis to Longterm Planning 4

BILC Courses NATO Standardization (STANAG 6001) NATO ACT 140 • Language Testing Seminars (LTS) 2 wks • Advanced Language Testing Seminars (ALTS) 3 wks • Language Standards and Assessment Seminar (LSAS) 2 wks NATO ACT 547 • English Language Faculty Development Workshop (FDW) 2 wks Language Testing Seminar Funding: § NATO Self-Payers § NATO Subsidies for eligible partners 5

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STANAG 6001 Testing Workshops • Sarajevo, Bosnia and Herzegovina 2010 – Testing speaking • Stockholm, Sweden 2011 – Testing writing • Copenhagen, Denmark 2012 – Testing listening • SHAPE Mons, Belgium 2013 – Integrating test development stages • Reichenau, Austria, 2014 – Item development workshop • Vilnius, Lithuania, 2015 – Challenges in Testing (text editing, authenticity, & Level 4) 7

STANAG 6001 Testing Workshop 8 -10 September 2015 “Challenges in Testing: Text Editing, Authenticity, & Level 4” • The specific challenges addressed: – Text editing (listening and reading): Hands-on practical work – What is authenticity? Presentations and panel discussions – Level 4: An update from the Level 4 Working Group and practical activities in text rating 8

Twenty countries. Seven Facilitators 9

BILC Cooperative Visits • Ukraine, October 2014 • Georgia, March 2015 • United Kingdom, April 2015 • Mongolia, Sept 2015 10

Special Initiatives • Level 4 Working Group • NATO-Partnership Training and Education Centre (PTEC) collaboration • BILC Shar. P 11

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Request from Allied Command Transformation Joint Force Trainer BILC Chair attended Steering Group (SG) NATO Training Group (NTG) Meeting 15 -16 June 2015 Annual meeting to hear reports from and provide guidance to the NATO Training Group and various service and specialty sub groups. Presented on BILC organization and activities and why they are important. 13

Request from Allied Command Transformation Joint Force Trainer 1. In accordance with References A and B, the SGNTG kindly asks BILC to conduct SGNTG 2015 Action Item Numbers 6 and 7 as follows: a. Integration of Language Education and Military Training. BILC to investigate the portability of NATO military language certification into civilian terms and vice versa, based on discussions during SGNTG 2015 Agenda Item #13. 1. b. Integration of Language Education into Military Training & Exercises. Based on discussions during SGNTG 2015 Agenda Item #13. 1, it was determined that a Study should be conducted to assess whether Language Education can be integrated into Military Training and Exercises more efficiently. BILC volunteered to conduct an informal review internally. 14

“Increasing proficiency levels: What works and what doesn't “ Some thoughts on theme 15

BILC Chairman Emeritus Mr Herbert Walinsky (DEU) 16