Culture and Language Learning ResourcesPME and ARFORGEN

BOLC – ALU

Learning Objectives

1. Implement language learning resources into professional self-development

2. Demonstrate the understanding of language ability as a key Soldier skill

Outline

• Army Policy on Culture and Language (C&L) Learning in PME

• Army Guidance on C&L training in ARFORGEN • Overview of DoD Resources• Selected non-DOD Resources• Overview of ALU Resources

Army Policy on Culture & Language in PME

• The Army… requires developing Soldiers who understand… foreign societies & cultures…. and... career development to achieve the C&FL capabilities necessary for FSO. (ALC)

• Entry-level leaders will “have sufficient knowledge of geo politics, culture, ‐language, & IO to recognize the need to consult experts.” Junior leaders “will gain an increasingly more sophisticated understanding of geo‐politics, culture, language, &IO.” (ALDS)

• The human dimension… necessitates that Soldiers at all levels possess some C&FL capability. It is no longer sufficient for limited numbers… in specialized skill sets & units to solely possess these. (ATLD)

End State: Army with right blend of C&FL capabilities to facilitate FSO,… to effectively conduct operations w/ & among other cultures.

Army Guidance on C&L in ARFORGEN

• ALL SOLDIERS WILL RECEIVE TRAINING ON BASIC LANGUAGE COMMANDS, SPECIFIC TO DEPLOYMENT AREA.

• UNITS WILL DESIGNATE A MINIMUM OF ONE LEADER PER PLATOON SIZED

ELEMENT TO RECEIVE MORE ADVANCED LANGUAGE TRAINING.

• ALL SOLDIERS WILL COMPLETE TRAINING IN THE BASICS OF THE CULTURE OF THE COUNTRY OF DEPLOYMENT. TO INCLUDE AWARENESS OF

FUNDAMENTAL VALUES, BELIEFS, BEHAVIORS, AND NORMS.

• THE TRAINING MAY BE PROVIDED BY TRAIN THE TRAINER SESSIONS, MOBILE TRAINING TEAMS, AND VIRTUAL TRAINING

Army Forces Command (FORCSOM) Predeployment Training Guidance, Dec 2010

Overview DOD Resources

• TRADOC Culture Center (TCC)• Defense Language Institute Foreign Language

Center (DLIFLC)• Joint Language University• Rapport

TRADOC Culture Center (TCC)

• Mission: Train/educate Soldiers/DA Civilians on relevant, mission-focused, cross-cultural knowledge, skills, abilities, & attributes to produce a cross-culturally competent Army

• Resources include

– Mobile Training Teams (MTTs), Train-The-Trainer (3T), mission-specific teams

– lesson plans through POIs, Smart Books, Smart Cards,

– On-Line interactive courses, DVDs, mission-specific teams, and resource provision fulfillment.

• This should be a unit’s first & one-stop ARFORGEN shop.

Horn of Africa AfghanistanDemocratic Republic

of the Congo

Smart Cards:

WWW/DVD Interactive: Smart Books:

Army 360:-- Iraq, Afghanistan, and Somalia interactive DVDs -- 8 web based modules -- Yemen, Djibouti, 2 x Colombia, 2 x Afghanistan,-- 2 x Cross- cultural Competency

HoA Virtual Immersive:-- Web / LMS based IMI; instructional and immersive-- Modules for Djibouti, Ethiopia, Eritrea, Kenya,

Somalia Sudan, and Tanzania-- Restore order and Humanitarian mission scenarios

TCC Learning Resources

TCC Website

WWW: https://ikn.army.mil/apps/tccv2

TTT: https://ikn.army.mil/anon/g3mtt/

Help line: DSN 879-5502 // Comm 520-538-5502

Downloadable Offerings

DLI Foreign Language Center(DLIFLC)

• Mission: To prepare and sustain the linguist warfighter with essential knowledge, skills, and abilities through focused language learning programs

• Resources include

– Language Training Detachments (LTDs), Mobile Training Teams (MTTs), Evaluators

– On-Line interactive courses, DVDs, mission-specific teams, and resource provision fulfillment.

• Basic-Survival through Working Competency Level. Great stuff!

DLIFLC Resources: Field Support Modules

http://fieldsupport.dliflc.edu/

DLIFLC Resources: Language Survival Kits (LSK)

DLIFLC Resources: Headstart2

DLIFLC Resources: Ordering

FORSCOM Language Training Guidance

• ONE LEADER PER PLATOON…

• TRAINING MAY BE SATISFIED BY

o 16 WEEKS OF ATTENDANCE AT LTDso 100 HOURS OF HEADSTART PROGRAM

HTTP: FIELDSUPPORT.DLIFLC.EDU/PRODUCTS/HEADSTART/INDEX.HTML.

• UPON COMPLETION OF THE HEADSTART PROGRAM, SOLDIERS WILL SCHEDULE INTERVIEWS OR PROFICIENCY TESTS WITH THE DEFENSE MANPOWER DATA CENTER AND WILL RECEIVE CERTIFICATION OF THEIR SPEAKING/LISTENING CAPABILITY.

• COMMANDERS WILL TRACK SATISFACTION OF THIS REQUIREMENT.

Joint Language University(JLU)

• Mission: Provide open language training for public, private, academic and government sectors. Aids to acquire, maintain, enhance, or refresh language skills

• Resources include – Catalogues, advertises, assesses HUGE number of printed, electronic,

interactive language learning resources at all levels of skill for HUGE number of languages

– With account (free for all .mil/.gov) can track individual training, rate materials.

– Can help prepare for DLPT • Upside: amazing number of resources. • Downside: Too much, requires big initial time investment to find niche… but

effort repaid in spades

JLU: Resource Consolidator

JLU Website

JLU Learning Categories, and Personalization

JLU Example: Azerbaijan

JLU: Getting Started

http://jlu.wbtrain.com/SUMTOTAL/JLU2.0/HOME/index.asp

DLI / JLU: Rapport

• ALL SOLDIERS AND DEPARTMENT OF THE ARMY CIVILIANS (DAC) WILL COMPLETE THE RAPPORT TRAINING FOR THEIR DEPLOYMENT AREA.

• COMPUTER BASED AND AVERAGES 4 - 6 HOURS TO COMPLETE.

• TO REGISTER FOR THE PROGRAM, SOLDIERS WILL ENTER AKO, SELECT MY TRAINING FROM THE SELF SERVICE DROP DOWN MENU. THEY WILL THEN SELECT FROM THE ATRRS STUDENT CENTER THE ITEM TAKE SELF-DEVELOPMENT COURSES.

• ON SUCCESSFUL COMPLETION OF THE PROGRAMMED LEARNING (REQUIRES 70 PERCENT GO), THE PROGRAM

WILL GENERATE A COURSE COMPLETION CERTIFICATE IN ATRRS, WHICH IS TRACKABLE BY THE CHAIN OF COMMAND.

FORSCOM Guidance

Rapport: WWW-Only

Selected non-DOD Resources• Operational Language and Culture Training Systems: Promotes practical

communication. Emphasizes spoken vocabularies. Tolerates incorrect pronunciation. Interactive 3D video. Personnel with a .mil email address can register automatically. Features mobile app from iTunes.

• Afghanistan Research and Evaluation Unit (AREU): Independent research institute in Kabul. High-quality research, driven by priorities of Afghan people.

• Radio Free Europe / Radio Liberty (RFE/RL): Reports news in 21 countries, in 28 languages, where press not fully established. Over 400 full-time journalists, 750 freelancers, and 20 local bureaus.

• United States Institute of Peace (USIP): Nonpartisan institution funded by Congress to help resolve violent international conflicts; promote post-conflict stability and development; increase conflict management capacity and tools. Provides education and training, and performs research on global issues.

• Human Security Report Project: Tracks global and regional trends in organized violence. Publishes Human Security Report, Human Security Brief series, and the miniAtlas of Human Security. Features online data, research, and news resources. Human Security Gateway regroups electronic and bibliographic resources.

CASCOM-ALU Websitehttp://www.almc.army.mil/ALU_CULTURE/ALUCULTURE.htm

Culture & Foreign Language Resources

TRAININGBACKGROUND INFOREADING LISTS

Culture & Foreign Language Resources

ALU library – language lab (room 3016)– Army 360– Rapport– Headstart2– Rosetta Stone

Culture & Foreign Language Resources

ALU library kiosk– language survival kit– DVD/CDs for language self study

Take-Aways• Army has developed policies, strategies, guidance for Culture and

Language in PME & ARFORGEN• Army has developed resources for use in both: WWW, CD/DVD, printed,

and face-to-face• Individual and collective learning about cultures is a Soldier responsibility,

as codified in ALC, ALDS, etc.• ALU features resources to aid you in courses and self-development. These

resources are the CFLA, kiosk materials, and computer-based materials. • These resources are meant to serve you here, and cultivate an ability to

assess and integrate in ARFORGEN.• Questions?

Army Logistics University Culture & Foreign Language Program2401 Quarters Rd, A-201 • Ft Lee, VA 23801 • 804.765.0745 http://www.almc.army.mil/ALU_CULTURE/ALUCULTURE.htm