1. Ministry of Defence Army of Republic of Macedonia Training Command Foreign Language Training Center Intercultural Awareness in the Macedonian FLTC CPT Zlatko Stojanovski, director

2. CONTENT MISSION STRUCTURE SCOPE ELT CONSULTANTS INTERCULTULAR AWARENESS

3. FLTC MISSION Conduct high quality language training for MoD- ARM. Achieve NATO Partnership Goal / PG-0355: Language training & proficiency –E–English (French, German, Italian, Turkish, Greek) Enable efficient interoperability with NATO Enhance communication and access to knowledge within our military work environment STANAG tests produced and administered by FLTC.

4. FLTC STRUCTURE (current) Training Command General Staff of the Army FLTC CHIEF OF THE FLTC ADMINISTRATORINFORMATICS ELT Section Stip 4 ELT Sections Skopje- G.Delcev Ilinden Mil. Hosp. MoD/GS ELT Section Kumanovo ELT Section Kicevo ELT Section Tetovo ELT Section Veles ELT Section Ohrid ELT Section Petrovec

5. TYPES OF ELT COURSES CURRENT AND PLANNED Intensive: 4-6 hrs per day Semi-intensive: 2-3 hrs per day Courses for declared units mainly One-to-one for senior leaders Military terminology course for senior leaders/key personnel Teacher training courses/seminars

6. SCOPE OF ELT ELT in current year 2007: 11 training sites 20 teachers + 3 instructors 380 students; 32 courses - Elementary through Advanced - Soldier to State advisor

7. SKOPJE: -8 intensive -6 semi-intensive TETOVO: -2 intensive STIP: -3 intensive + 2 semi-intensive KICEVO: -2 semi-intensive  current sites and courses and courses SKOPJE: -8 intensive -6 semi-intensive OHRID: -2 semi-intensive VELES: -2 semi-intensive PETROVEC: -1 intensive KUMANOVO: -4 semi-intensive

8. ELT CONSULTANTS  Britain / PEP - Peacekeeping English Project  USA / DLIELC & BAH - Defense Language Institute English Language Center - Booz Allen Hamilton (contractor)

9. INTERCULTURAL AWARENESS n Are we aware? n Macedonians, Albanians, Turks, Serbs und viele mehr!!?? n Orthodox, Catholics, Muslims… n Don’t learn/teach = practice n Use the resources (people) daily

10. INTERCULTURAL AWARENESS Macedonians – FYROM Albanians – Shquiptare Greeks – Macedonians Serbs & Croatians - language

11. Don‘t: –cross your legs –point your finger/foot –lough loudly/be too quiet –drink up your drink/do –wave your hands –refuse your host –ask a woman her age Result: robot without personality –host will see through you

12. QUESTIONS ???