BILC Seminar Closing Remarks

Authentic autumn in Budapest

Authentic venue for our BILC seminar

Authentic presenters, workshops’ and panels’ leaders

An authentic royal family

Authentic content Authenticity in what we learnt Authenticity in what we saw Authenticity in what we attended

Authenticity in what we learnt - Day 1 language is the most complex human behaviour; the host nation perspective in the English training; there are challenges to teach militaries within civilian academic environment; cooperating and partnering with local universities; AC DC ‘Shoot to Kill’ song has a lot to do with JTAC training

Authenticity in what we learnt - Day 2 authenticity has many faces; in a language classroom we should try to have authentic lecturers, teaching materials, tasks; authenticity is important for training interpreters; we teach in class but where the real studying begins is in practice; perfect and complex not always means authentic; some tips how to organize an authentic wedding; limitations of realia in a language classroom; like in TV reality shows, classroom reality is in fact scripted reality; English is the Latin of the 21st century; stakeholders want “plug-and-play” officers

Authenticity in what we learnt - Day 3 Google Earth engaging in a virtual “real” world in the classroom; how to give your class a real-life dimension; some tips for developing authentic STANAG 6001 tests and who the FEWEHANS are; difficulties related to authentic assessment; there is “CULTURE BUMP THEORY”; reading-to-write tasks

Authenticity in what we learnt - Day 4 we need nuts and bolts to build a maintenance English course; key factors for language maintenance; learning occurs even without teaching; corpus linguistic analysis of military texts; passing the test: teaching and testing objectives

Authenticity in what we saw

Authentically tired BILCers

Authenticity in what we attended

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