1. CHALLENGES AND LESSONS IN MULTINATIONAL TEACHING ENVIRONMENT Cpt. Andrius Kiesas Institute of Foreign Languages General Jonas Žemaitis Military Academy of Lithuania

2. OVERVIEW Statistics Student Profile Clash of cultures Conclusions / Open Questions?

3. o 21 January 2004(4 months/twice a year) o 17 Classes o 166 students: senior40 junior118 non-commissioned4 civilian cadre4 o countries: Albania, Armenia, Azerbaijan, Belarus, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Croatia, FYROM, Georgia, Kazakhstan, Kosovo, Kyrgyzstan, Moldova, Montenegro, Ukraine, Uzbekistan STATISTICS (LEVEL 2)

7. o 31 August 2009 o 4 Classes o 9 students: senior officers2 junior officers7 o countries: Byelorussia, Georgia, Kazakhstan, Moldova, Ukraine STATISTICS (LEVEL 3)

9. STUDENT PROFILE ExpectedReal Appropriate level of English? Disciplined? Motivated? Able to learn? Adaptable? Different levels of English if necessary before STANAG 6001 “My father is General” “I hate potatoes”

10. CLASH OF CULTURES Axis of the world Wishlist and other menus Previous experience abroad Reconciliation

11. CONCLUSIONS / OPEN QUESTIONS? Teachers are not only teachers Students learn not only English Where is the axis of the world? THANK YOU