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NDA Briefing for the BILC Professional Seminar 2007. Milestones:. 1656 Establishment of a Foundation. 1717 Engineers‘ Academy. 1752 Military Seminar in Sappers‘ Wing. 1859 War School. 1943 AA Fortification (WW II). 1956 School for Higher Officer Courses. 1967 National Defence Academy.
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NDA Briefing for the BILC Professional Seminar 2007
Milestones: 1656 Establishment of a Foundation 1717 Engineers‘ Academy 1752 Military Seminar in Sappers‘ Wing 1859 War School 1943 AA Fortification (WW II) 1956 School for Higher Officer Courses 1967 National Defence Academy 2004 New Academy Wing
MISSIONOF NDA TEACHING RESEARCH ACTIVITIES
The National Defence Academy Supreme training and research institution of the Austrian Armed Forces Mission: Research and doctrine at the military strategic, operational, and tactical levels Advanced officer training Language affairs Research and training in the areas of strategy, security policy, and conflict management
STUDIES FOR DECISION - MAKERS RESEARCHACTIVITIES SYMPOSIA NDA PUBLICATIONS TEACHING CONTRIBUTIONS TO OTHER PUBLICATIONS LECTURING
National Defence Academy CMDT COS & DCMDT Research Management Austrian Armed Forces Language Institute Institute for Higher Military Command Staff & Infrastructure Institute for Strategic Studies & Security Policy Simulation Centre Institute for Peace Support and Conflict Management Documentation & Information Centre Austrian Military Journal Institute for Human and Social Sciences
Mission of the AAF Language Institute • To make the Austrian Armed Forces interoperable through language proficiency
Tasks of the AAF Language Institute • Core competence: • Language relevant to armed forces • Guideline: Imparting intercultural competence
Core processes Language training
Core processes Language testing
Core processes Translation & interpretation
Core processes Terminological research as one element of applied linguistics
Demand oriented language categories • Command and working languages (English, French, German) • AOO languages (military forces and local population) • Neighbouring languages • Intelligence and information languages (e.g. Arabic, Farsi, Ukrainian, Russian) • Vision: Mandarin, Arabic, Spanish
AAF Language Institute Products: Teaching and testing material
AAF Language Institute Products: Language survival books for service support
AAF Language Institute Products Military dictionaries
The AAF Language Instituterenders assistance to • the Federal Presidential Office • the Ministry of the Interior • the Ministry for Foreign Affairs • the Ministry for Economic Affairs • the Federal Standards and Surveying Agency