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Lessons Learned in Multinational Deployment. Introduction. Epigraph.
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Lessons Learned in Multinational Deployment Introduction
Epigraph • “Compassion is sometimes the fatal capacity for feeling what it is like to get inside somebody else’s skin. It is the knowledge that there can never really be any peace and joy for me until there is peace and joy finally for you too.”
Language (definition) • “Language is the blood of the soul into which thoughts run and out of which they grow”. • “Language is “the most imperfect and expensive means yet discovered for communicating thought”. • “Language is the means of getting an idea from my brain into yours without surgery” • “Language is wine upon the lips”.
Origins of language • Polygenetic origins of languages • Monogenetic origins of languages
Teaching • Behavioral Approach • Cognitive Approach
Varieties of English • ESL • ESOL • EAL • EFL • EIL • ELF • EAP • ESP ESP • Business English • Technical English • Scientific English • English for Medical Professionals • English for Waiters • English for Tourism • English for Art Purposes • Aviation English • Military English • NATO Speak
Eccentricities of General English Examples: • A non-stop flight • It is neither here nor there • Watch your head • Put on your shoes and socks • Put your best foot forward • Keep a stiff upper lip, etc
Military English • general mess vs. private mess • shipment vs. cargo • assent/dissent vs. ascend/descend • uplift vs. lift up • upset vs. set up • private • pocket • magazine • foxhole • saddle • spur
Lessons learned (abbreviations, acronyms) • HEL • OIC • CCP • ROE • RTB • QRF • BOG • DFC • COC • AO • PB • EFL • DFL • RB • PP
Lessons Learned (minimal pairs) • rake/rack • bake/back • lake/ lack • mate/met • ------------- • bay/buy • bike/bake • space/spice • walk/work • warm/worm • bed/bud • pour/purr • cab/cub • cap/cup • pen/pan • ship/sheep • check/chick • pill/peel • slip/sleep • grin/green • fit/feet • hill/heel • wick/week • ------------ • back/bag • coat/code • feet/feed • ice/eyes • rich/ridge • bus/buzz
Lessons Learned (false friends) • Ammunition • Aggressive • Corpse • Focus • original • Fraction • Intelligence • Barracks • Colon • Mark • complexion
Conclusion • Reasons of problems • Ways of problem elimination • Looking ahead