SHAPE Update BILC Professional Seminar Bucharest Romania 5

SHAPE Update BILC Professional Seminar Bucharest, Romania 5 - 9 October 2008 ☺Mike Adubato SHAPE Language Testing Centre (mike. adubato@shape. nato. int)

ØIndividuals assigned to an ACO PE position should arrive with a valid STANAG 6001 certificate ØThose who arrive without one will be tested by the SLTC

NOTE: This policy is for ALL ACO postings however, outside of SHAPE, none of the other subcommands seem to follow the Chief of Staff’s policy!

In processing Data 1 Jan – 15 Sep 2008 Total in processed: 185 Certificates provided: 119 Tests passed: 24 Tests failed: 13 Pending: (you do the math!)

In processing Data by nations Belgium – 0 of 7 provided certificates Bulgaria – 0 of 1 provided certificates Czech Republic – 1 of 3 provided certificates Denmark – 1 of 1 provided certificates Estonia – 1 of 5 provided certificates France – 1 of 8 provided certificates

In processing Data by nations Germany – 3 of 19 provided certificates Greece – 30 of 32 provided certificates Hungary – 3 of 3 provided certificates Italy – 9 of 19 provided certificates Latvia – 0 of 1 provided certificates Lithuania – 2 of 4 provided certificates

In processing Data by nations Netherlands – 0 of 5 provided certificates Norway – 6 of 8 provided certificates Poland – 1 of 2 provided certificates Portugal – 4 of 5 provided certificates Romania – 3 of 3 provided certificates Slovakia – 1 of 6 provided certificates

In processing Data by nations Spain – 15 of 15 provided certificates Turkey – 38 of 38 provided certificates

NOTE: A valid certificate is one that meets the PE post requirements! example: if the post requires SLP 3333 & the certificate presented is 3332, that is NOT a valid certificate!

So what does all this mean anyway? ?

ØNations are sending their people to NATO without testing them ØNations are sending their people to NATO linguistically unqualified ØIn some cases, nations are sending people to NATO with certificates that are questionable!

SHAPE Tests q. Bi-level reading test still being developed q. Last week, it was pre-tested (2 nd time) at the Belgian language school in Lombardijse

SHAPE Tests Listening tests are still in the early stages üCollecting texts/audio üWriting items üModerating items

SHAPE Tests SHAPE is also looking into “buying” tests q. University of Westminster was visited q. DELASO was also contacted

SHAPE Tests If your nation out-sources testing, please provide me with some information – Name of organization & contact details – email and/or phone number

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