2. DITC Defence International Training Centre Captivate and Connect Forging effective partnerships through military English BILC, Bruges, 04-09 May, 2014 Lieutenant Colonel Fiona Curtis Commanding Officer, Defence International Training Centre AUSTRALIA

3. DITC Defence International Training Centre “Forging effective partnerships to optimise operational success” Interpretation

4. DITC Defence International Training Centre Why are we here? “Language is not primarily a means of communication but a means of communion” R.B Le Page

5. DITC Defence International Training Centre Objectives To describe the role that DITC plays in forging effective partnerships in the region. To describe the developmental pathway of some of our products (and what makes them different). To describe what we’ve got and what we have to offer you. To encourage resource and information sharing.

6. DITC Defence International Training Centre DITC

7. Defence International Training Centre DITC Mission To contribute to Australia’s international engagement objectives by providing training and support through the Defence Cooperation Program.

8. DITC Defence International Training Centre DITC Staff Australian Public Service (APS) Australian Defence Force (ADF) Foreign Seconded Officer (FSO

9. DITC Defence International Training Centre DITC Students

10. DITC Defence International Training Centre Support Indonesia (Jakarta) Thailand/Cambodia (Bangkok) Vietnam/Laos (Hanoi) Timor Leste (Dili) Indonesia Thailand Tonga Vietnam Philippines Malaysia Australian Language Advisors Foreign Seconded Officers

11. DITC Defence International Training Centre Oz Talk Table of Contents Unit 1: Greetings……………………. 3 Unit 2: Work and daily routine……... 11 Unit 3: Dramas in the workplace…… 17 Unit 4: Ways of making a crust…….. 21 Unit 5: Single life: Sharing a house… 25 Unit 6: Owning your own home……. 27 Unit 7: The bilingual family………... 31 Unit 8: Party fare…………………… 37 Unit 9: Favourite TV programs…….. 43 Unit 10: Holidays in Indonesia………. 49

12. DITC Defence International Training Centre Student Books, Teacher’s Books, CD sets, DVDs and ‘End-of-Unit’ Test Packages Australian English Language Course General English in a Defence Setting Language Improvement Package

13. DITC Defence International Training Centre Australian Defence Force English Language Profiling System (ADFELPS)

14. DITC Defence International Training Centre English for Specific Purposes

15. DITC Defence International Training Centre Material Trials & Evaluation

16. DITC Defence International Training Centre Virtual On-Line Learning System (VOLLS)

17. DITC Defence International Training Centre 13% 22% 65% ListeningReadingWriting VOLLS Statistics

18. DITC Defence International Training Centre Pathways Women in Non-Traditional Roles_ Excerpt

19. DITC Defence International Training Centre BELLS Blended English Language Learning System Start Lesson SpecialOperationsEngineerRegimentSOER Mozzies_Excerpt SOER_Excerpt

20. DITC Defence International Training Centre Captivate and Connect

21. DITC Defence International Training Centre Regional English Language Schools Seminar (RELS)

22. DITC Defence International Training Centre More Information DITC Home Page www.defence.gov.au/ditc DITC VOLLS site www.ditc.net.au DITC Facebook Page www.facebook.com/DefenceInternationalTrainingCentre LTCOL Fiona Curtis Commanding Officer Defence International Training Centre (DITC) RAAF Williams, Laverton, 3027 AUSTRALIA fiona.curtis@defence.gov.au 92562818 0417426132

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