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STUDY GROUPS

STUDY GROUPS. “NATOSPEAK: ENGLISH IN MULTI-NATIONAL SETTINGS” J. Vasilj-Begovic May 2013. FIVE STUDY GROUPS. What is NATO Speak? Enhancing Cross-cultural Communication within Multi-National Settings On-line Language Maintenance Best Practices

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STUDY GROUPS

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  1. STUDY GROUPS “NATOSPEAK: ENGLISH IN MULTI-NATIONAL SETTINGS” J. Vasilj-Begovic May 2013

  2. FIVE STUDY GROUPS • What is NATO Speak? • Enhancing Cross-cultural Communication within Multi-National Settings • On-line Language Maintenance Best Practices • Standardizing Application of STANAG 6001 Across Foreign Languages • Questionnaire on Deployment Lessons Learned

  3. TIME ALLOTTMENT(Breaks included) Monday: 3.0 hrs Tuesday: 2.0 hrs Wednesday: 2.0 hrs Thursday: SG report to plenary (10-15 min each) • SC reviews SG recommendations • Chair reports to plenary in PM.

  4. # 1 - What is NATO Speak? Participants will: • Define this type of specific purpose language • Discuss specific linguistic and other features of this “language variant” • Formulate recommendations for how to best integrate “NATO Speak” into language training Co-leaders: Peggy Garza &Ulla Gudnason Room No. MEETING ROOM 2

  5. # 2 - Enhancing Cross-cultural Communication within Multi-National Settings Participants will: • Discuss if and how pre-deployment cross-cultural training is integrated in language training within their respective organizations • Recommend ways to integrate cross-cultural awareness training language training programmes, or offer it separately, in order to prepare personnel for work within multi-national NATO settings. Leader: D. Sturges Room No. MEETING ROOM 1

  6. # 3– On-line Language Maintenance Best Practices Participants will: • Compile a list of recognized tools and/or maintenance sites or programmes that are available free of charge. Leader: G. Seinhorst Room No. MEETING ROOM 3

  7. # 4- Standardizing Application of STANAG 6001 Across Foreign Languages Participants will: • Produce a document outlining the challenges and recommendations linked to using this STANAG across languages Co-leaders: J. Vasilj-Begovic & Claus Mathiesen Room No. BALLROOM 2

  8. # 5 - Questionnaire on Deployment Lessons Learned Participants will: • Prepare a number of questions to bring to the SG meeting to produce a questionnaire that could later be translated into different languages and used for respective information collection Leader: C. Huellen Room No. BALLROOM 1 (Conference Room)

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