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Mobile Team Training Splicing Requirement with Reality Lieutenant Commander Alex Panić

Mobile Team Training Splicing Requirement with Reality Lieutenant Commander Alex Panić Royal Navy Officer Commanding English Language Wing (ELW) Defence School of Languages (UK). Bridging the Gap. Mobile Team Training Congo Sudan Angola Why the gap? Building the bridge.

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Mobile Team Training Splicing Requirement with Reality Lieutenant Commander Alex Panić

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  1. Mobile Team Training Splicing Requirement with Reality Lieutenant Commander Alex Panić Royal Navy Officer Commanding English Language Wing (ELW) Defence School of Languages (UK)

  2. Bridging the Gap • Mobile Team Training • Congo • Sudan • Angola • Why the gap? • Building the bridge

  3. Mobile Team Training • What? • Tailor made ELW training delivered abroad • Why? • Lower costs, increase attractiveness • More students can be taught • ELW staff enjoy broadening experience • Relieves burden on ELW resources eg classrooms, therefore more courses at ELW • Relieves pressure on limited DSL accommodation • In-country language training leads to new business

  4. Congo • DA requested 6 wk ELT for 12 Congolese Army Officers at DSL • Planning process: • Establish student SLP level • Timetable/course produced and endorsed • Resources allocated • 15hrs before student arrival DA called to say students would not arrive • New Plan • Security: • Dedicated driver • In-country brief/mobiles • Maintain comms throughout

  5. Congo • Requirement v Reality: • Students old enemies, no hostility • Common language French • Not General Interpreters’ ELT, Sub Saharan Defence Force • Not SLP3 • Virtually no resources, PCs limited electricity • Training 0830-1430, no breaks • Students have minimal education • No understanding of modern words

  6. Congo • Requirement v Reality (cont’d): • Reasonable grammar, no functional skills • TEFL English, little professional English • Deprogramming students from TV English • Success

  7. Sudan • DA requested 8 wk ELT • Sudanese logistics = no TNA • Security: • Check Security status • Main UK organisations were informed • Medical Training • Military Intelligence/In-country Briefs • Sat Comms • Mine/Situational Awareness Training • Regular text message Security Info Service • Armed driver • Guarded at hotel • Hotel Lock Down • Maintain comms throughout

  8. Sudan • Requirement v Reality: • Students old enemies, hostility • Not just ELT but encourage cooperation between groups • Course Prep in evenings • Leadership training • No training/sanitation facilities • 45°C daily temperatures • Surrounded by mine fields • North/South educational divide

  9. North/South Divide

  10. Sudan • Requirement v Reality (cont’d): • Teaching method • Only use military instructors • Success

  11. Angola • DA requested similar course as Congo to be delivered in 3 wks • Short notice=no TNA • Took sponsors word for SLP level • Security: • Check security status • Armed driver • Maintain comms throughout

  12. Angola • Requirement v Reality: • Market well supported with TEFL, need to be different • Initial student difficulty in adapting to different methodology • Poor IT • Students poorly educated • Deprogramming

  13. Angola • Success

  14. Why the gap? • Culture • Education • Technology • Conduct of business • Short notice requests

  15. Building the bridge • Create/use TNA template

  16. RESPONSIBILITIES Project sponsor to Contact Lead Training Authority MOD TNA steering group Phase 1 – TNA Scoping Study Phase 2 – TNA Development MOD or Contractor Operational/business Task Analysis OPS/CF Statement Deliverable 1 Training Gap Analysis Training Objectives Deliverable 2 Recommended Training Solution Deliverable 3 Training Options Analysis TNA Final Report Deliverable 4 No No Can trg equipment contract be awarded? Can trg design begin? Yes Yes Training Design & Development Training Equipment Design & Development Ready for Trg Date (RFTD) Relevant Agencies Other SAT Elements Training Delivery Training Evaluation Training Authority Phase 3 – TNA Post Project Evaluation DSAT TNA Process

  17. Building the bridge Revised TNA: • Entry/Exit Level • Aims/objectives • Types of language skill • Training facilities • Exam requirement • End Goal Training Design • Student Numbers • Starting date Course Length/Cost

  18. Building the bridge • Create/use TNA template • Lateral thinking • Flexibility • Power of own convictions • Prepare for grass roots training • Speak national language • Cap class size at 8 • 4 wk course is most practical

  19. Contact Tel: 0044(0)1494 683207 Email: oc-elw-dsl@agctg.mod.uk Website: www.mod.uk/DefenceInternet/AboutDefence/ WhatWeDo/TrainingandExercises/DSL/ EnglishLanguageWingelw.htm or Google ‘ELW DSL’

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