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Visual Language Survival Guidefor

AUCON / EUFOR TCHAD/RCA

EUFORTCHAD/RCA

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CHAD

SUDAN

LIBYA

RCA

NIGER

NIGERIA

CAMEROON

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1,284,000 sq km

CHAD

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CHAD

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• Population 10.3 m (1999)

• Median age: 16.5 (!!!)

• North-South divide

• Religions:

• 50% Muslims (Sunnites)

• 30% Christians

• 20% African religions

• ca. 200 ethnic groups

Basic data:

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Mission

“An EU military force is to deploy to Chad and the RCA,

in close co-ordination with the UN, for a one-year period

following the achievement of the IOC, to contribute

to establishing a Safe And Secure Environment in the AOO,

in order to contribute to”

Protection of civilians in danger

Encouraging the return

of IDP’s

Protection of UN and

associated personnel

Facilitating the delivery of

humanitarian aid

Mission and goal of EUFOR TCHAD/RCA:

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Phases

Phase 2: IOC preparation

Phase 3: Execution

Launching of the

operation IOC FOC

12-month mission

15 MAR 08 MAR 09

EUFOR TCHAD/RCA – EU timeline:

from 30 JAN 08: advance party

from mid-FEB 08: initial deployment AUCON

28 JAN 08

mid-MAY 08

OCT 07Task for AAFLngInst

end of NOV 07COMPLETION AAFLngInst

Phase 1:Preconditions

Phase 4:Relief by UN’sMINURCAT II

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N`DJAMENAN`DJAMENA

TASK for AAFLngInst:

• Linguistic survival tool for AAF troops• French language training for special functions• Timeframe: 2 months

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Language situation

• more than 120 languages and dialects

• official languages

French 7 %

Arabic 26 %

• Arabic in the Chadian/Sudanese versions

• high degree of illiteracy

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Language survival tool suitable for:

• long-range surveillance unit

• headquarters duty

…according to the mission:

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…linguistic tools for Headquarters AAF?

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Estimate:

• military French terminology geared to the mission

• standard Arabic

• 120 languages impossible to cover & illiteracy visual approach

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Guideline of the AAF Language Institute:

Imparting intercultural competence

DOs

&DON'Ts

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Solution:

• combination of verbal and non-verbal

French written version

French phonetic version

Arabic phonetic version

• including cultural advisory function

two businessmen born in N'DJAMENA

• use of the language survival guide

part of pre-mission training

• special pre-mission training for interpreterswater-proof paper

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Example:

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Examples:

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Example:

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FEEDBACK:

• neutral up to positive

• additional terminology led to 2nd volume

• "PSYOPS weapon"

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Q & A

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