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Ministry of Defence Army of Republic of Macedonia Training Command Foreign Language Training Center Intercultural Awareness in the Macedonian FLTC CPT Zlatko Stojanovski, director. CONTENT. MISSION STRUCTURE SCOPE ELT CONSULTANTS INTERCULTULAR AWARENESS. FLTC MISSION.
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Ministry of Defence Army of Republic of Macedonia Training Command Foreign Language Training Center Intercultural Awareness in the Macedonian FLTC CPT Zlatko Stojanovski, director
CONTENT • MISSION • STRUCTURE • SCOPE • ELT CONSULTANTS • INTERCULTULAR AWARENESS
FLTC MISSION • Conduct high quality language training for MoD-ARM. • Achieve NATO Partnership Goal / PG-0355: Language training & proficiency • English (French, German, Italian, Turkish, Greek) • Enable efficient interoperability with NATO • Enhance communication and access to knowledge within our military work environment • STANAG tests produced and administered by FLTC.
FLTC STRUCTURE (current) General Staff of the Army Training Command FLTC CHIEF OF THE FLTC ADMINISTRATOR INFORMATICS ELT Section Stip 4 ELT Sections Skopje-G.Delcev Ilinden Mil. Hosp. MoD/GS ELT Section Kumanovo ELT Section Petrovec ELT Section Kicevo ELT Section Tetovo ELT Section Veles ELT Section Ohrid
TYPES OF ELT COURSESCURRENT AND PLANNED • Intensive: 4-6 hrs per day • Semi-intensive: 2-3 hrs per day • Courses for declared units mainly • One-to-one for senior leaders • Military terminology course for senior leaders/key personnel • Teacher training courses/seminars
SCOPE OF ELT ELT in current year 2007: • 11 training sites • 20 teachers + 3 instructors • 380 students; 32 courses - Elementary through Advanced - Soldier to State advisor
OHRID: • 2 semi-intensive • VELES: • 2 semi-intensive • PETROVEC: • 1 intensive • KUMANOVO: • 4 semi-intensive • SKOPJE: • 8 intensive • 6 semi-intensive • SKOPJE: • 8 intensive • 6 semi-intensive • TETOVO: • 2 intensive • STIP: • 3 intensive + 2 semi-intensive • KICEVO: • 2 semi-intensive • current sites and courses
ELT CONSULTANTS • Britain / PEP - Peacekeeping English Project • USA / DLIELC & BAH - Defense Language Institute English Language Center - Booz Allen Hamilton (contractor)
INTERCULTURAL AWARENESS • Are we aware? • Macedonians, Albanians, Turks, Serbs und viele mehr!!?? • Orthodox, Catholics, Muslims… • Don’t learn/teach = practice • Use the resources (people) daily
INTERCULTURAL AWARENESS • Macedonians – FYROM • Albanians – Shquiptare • Greeks – Macedonians • Serbs & Croatians - language
INTERCULTURAL AWARENESS • Don‘t: • cross your legs • point your finger/foot • lough loudly/be too quiet • drink up your drink/do • wave your hands • refuse your host • ask a woman her age • Result: robot without personality • host will see through you