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Captivate. Connect. and. Forging effective partnerships through military English. BILC, Bruges, 04-09 May, 2014. Lieutenant Colonel Fiona Curtis Commanding Officer, Defence International Training Centre AUSTRALIA. Interpretation. “ Forging effective partnerships

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Captivate

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  1. Captivate Connect and Forging effective partnerships through military English BILC, Bruges, 04-09 May, 2014 Lieutenant Colonel Fiona Curtis Commanding Officer, Defence International Training Centre AUSTRALIA

  2. Interpretation “Forging effective partnerships to optimise operational success”

  3. Why are we here? “Language is not primarily a means of communication but a means of communion” R.B Le Page

  4. Objectives • To describe the role that DITC plays in forging effective partnerships in the region. • To describe the developmental pathway of some of our products (and what makes them different). • To describe what we’ve got and what we have to offer you. • To encourage resource and information sharing.

  5. DITC

  6. DITC Mission To contribute to Australia’s international engagement objectives by providing training and support through the Defence Cooperation Program.

  7. DITC Staff Australian Public Service (APS) Australian Defence Force (ADF) Foreign Seconded Officer (FSO

  8. DITC Students

  9. Support Australian Language Advisors Indonesia (Jakarta) Thailand/Cambodia (Bangkok) Vietnam/Laos (Hanoi) Timor Leste (Dili) Foreign Seconded Officers Indonesia Thailand Tonga Vietnam Philippines Malaysia

  10. Oz Talk Table of Contents Unit 1: Greetings……………………. 3 Unit 2: Work and daily routine……... 11 Unit 3: Dramas in the workplace…… 17 Unit 4: Ways of making a crust…….. 21 Unit 5: Single life: Sharing a house… 25 Unit 6: Owning your own home……. 27 Unit 7: The bilingual family………... 31 Unit 8: Party fare…………………… 37 Unit 9: Favourite TV programs…….. 43 Unit 10: Holidays in Indonesia………. 49

  11. Australian English Language Course General English in a Defence SettingLanguage Improvement Package Student Books, Teacher’s Books, CD sets, DVDs and ‘End-of-Unit’ Test Packages

  12. Australian Defence Force English Language Profiling System (ADFELPS)

  13. English for Specific Purposes

  14. Material Trials & Evaluation

  15. Virtual On-Line Learning System (VOLLS)

  16. VOLLS Statistics 13% 22% 65% Writing Reading Listening

  17. Pathways Women in Non-Traditional Roles_ Excerpt

  18. BELLS Blended English Language Learning System Special Operations Engineer Regiment SOER Start Lesson Mozzies_Excerpt SOER_Excerpt

  19. Captivate and Connect

  20. Regional English Language Schools Seminar (RELS)

  21. More Information LTCOL Fiona Curtis Commanding Officer Defence International Training Centre (DITC) RAAF Williams, Laverton, 3027 AUSTRALIA fiona.curtis@defence.gov.au 92562818 0417426132 • DITC Home Page • www.defence.gov.au/ditc • DITC VOLLS site • www.ditc.net.au • DITC Facebook Page • www.facebook.com/DefenceInternationalTrainingCentre

  22. Questions

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