Associate Professor Kåre Kildevang Danish Army Academy

 WE ARE PART OF THE OVER-ALL ARMY OFFICER TRAINING; SO NO LANGUAGE- ONLY COURSES  CONSTANT (AND UNFAIR!) COMPETITION FROM OTHER SUBJECTS  CLASSES MORE OR LESS INTEGRATED WITH TACTICS AND POLITICAL SCIENCE

BASIC COURSE (3 YEARS)ADVANCED COURSE (1 YEAR)  High-school graduates  NCOs (1-3 years)  Many have been deployed  Early-mid 20s  1st lieutenants (3-5 yrs)  Almost all have been deployed more than once  Early 30s  Most have the entire family package

 Participate effectively in conversations on practical, social, and professional topics.  Discuss particular interests and special fields of competence with considerable ease.  Answer objections, clarify points, justify decisions, respond to challenges, support opinion, state and defend policy.  Convey abstract concepts in discussions of such topics as economics, culture, science, technology, philosophy as well as their professional field.

 CONDITIONS AND WORK ENVIRONMENT THAT MAKE STUDENTS WANT TO TAKE PART IN CLASS ACTIVITIES  MAKE CLASS ACTIVITIES STUDENT-DRIVEN, NOT MERELY TEACHER-ENFORCED  IN THE (CONDENSED) WORDS OF NATION (2001): TECHNICAL-VOCAB SPEAKING ACTIVITIES FOCUSING ON CONVEYING INFORMATION; ENABLING NOTICING AND NEGOTIATION; FACILITATING INCIDENTAL VOCAB LEARNING AMONG AUTONOMOUS LEARNERS

 WHENEVER FEASIBLE, FORM SMALL GROUPS  MAKE PARTICIPATION COOL  WHENEVER POSSIBLE, DELEGATE TASKS AND EMPOWER STUDENTS  RESPECT AND BUILD ON STUDENTS’ EXPERTISE AND EXPERIENCE  FOSTER AND UTILIZE RESPECTFUL DISAGREEMENT  MAKE EVERY STUDENT ”THE ONLY DANE IN CLASS”  USE AUTHENTIC AND UP-TO-DATE TEXTS AND EVENTS  DON’T FEEDBACK EXCESSIVELY  DO PREPARE OBSESSIVELY ON TERMINOLOGY

 WE ARE NOT SMEs AND WE KNOW IT  WE ARE FACILITATORS WHO ENCOURAGE INDIVIDUAL INITIATIVE  WE DON’T JUDGE OPINIONS AND ATTITUDES, BUT WE DO ASK FOR CLARIFICATION  WE TRUST IN STUDENTS’ INTEGRITY  WE REALIZE THAT WE NEED TO GIVE UP (SOME) CONTROL

 DO STUDENTS READ/SKIM/SKIP ASSIGNED READINGS?  INITIAL CADET COMPLACENCY  ADVANCED-COURSE STUDENT DOING ”LEVEL-3 RE-RUN”  INTROVERTS  NO DIAGNOSTIC TESTS

 TACTICAL ASSIGNMENTS RUN BY THE INSTRUCTOR-OF-THE-DAY  ELECTION; PRESENT PARTY PLATFORMS AND IN-CLASS VOTE  LETTERS OF CONDOLENCE; REFLECTION AND DRAFTING  HEROES; A SIGN OF FAILURE?  SAND-TABLE EXERCISE; DOING IT THE USMC WAY  PREPARATION FOR EXAM