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