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Intercultural Situational Awareness Training at the RDDC

Intercultural Situational Awareness Training at the RDDC. Presentation Outline. Definition of ”situational awareness” Why do we need it? Intercultural situational awareness training Testing situational awareness. Situational Awareness. Perception – Comprehension – Projection

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Intercultural Situational Awareness Training at the RDDC

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  1. Intercultural Situational Awareness Training at the RDDC

  2. Presentation Outline • Definition of ”situational awareness” • Why do we need it? • Intercultural situational awareness training • Testing situational awareness

  3. Situational Awareness • Perception – Comprehension – Projection • Accessible knowledge – Assessment – Coping • Information extraction – Integration – Orientation - • What’s going on, why, and what’s next?

  4. Intercultural Situational Awareness • When cultures meet… • Added complexity • Preconceptions • Negative transfer

  5. The Endsley Model

  6. Why do we need it? • We train military linguists who will serve as • interpreters • area experts • cultural advisors • liaison • CIMIC • PSYOPS • HUMINT

  7. Knowledge, Skills, Attitudes? • Knowledge of social structure in ”foreign” culture • Knowledge of cultural issues in area of expertise (target country) • Very active formulaic vocabulary • Active gesticulatory skills • Adequate level of formality • Diplomatic savoir-faire • Strategic cunning • Respect of the ”foreigner”

  8. How do we do it? • Scripts • Conversation practice • Lectures/Presentations • Situational role plays • Intercultural Situational Awareness Exam

  9. Scripts • Dialogues from everyday situations • Rote memorized • Enacted as ”plays” • Include gesture and body language • Break down barriers

  10. Conversation Practice • Conversation face-to-face with native Egyptian-speakers

  11. Lectures/Presentations • Lectures: • Discussing social and cultural issues in Danish • Presentations: • Native Egyptians treating social and cultural issues in Egyptian Arabic

  12. Situational Role Plays • Written description of situation • Task-based • Individual debriefing/”walkthrough” of video recording • Lengthy conversation regarding performance

  13. What do we want? • Ability to perceive, comprehend and anticipate a situation in a ”foreign” culture and react adequately, including: • Verbally, • With gesture and body language, • Solving the task at hand

  14. Examination • Same setup as in role play • Performance judged on basis of: • Task solved? • Role players happy? • Adequate use of language? • Adequate use of gesture?

  15. Knowledge, Skills, Attitudes? • Knowledge of social structure in ”foreign” culture • Knowledge of cultural issues in area of expertise (target country) • Very active formulaic vocabulary • Active gesticulatory skills • Adequate level of formality • Diplomatic savoir-faire • Strategic cunning • Respect of the ”foreigner”

  16. You cannot know everything…

  17. Questions?

  18. Extras

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