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We make a difference… We make a difference… one student at a one student at a time time The Intellectual and Leadership Center of the Air Force The Intellectual and Leadership Center of the Air Force Air University: Air University: Culture and Culture and Language Update Language Update Col Dave Harwood (USAF-Ret) Col Dave Harwood (USAF-Ret) Dep Dir, AU Culture and Language Ctr Dep Dir, AU Culture and Language Ctr

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The Intellectual and Leadership Center of the Air Force. Air University: Culture and Language Update. We make a difference…. Col Dave Harwood (USAF-Ret) Dep Dir, AU Culture and Language Ctr. one student at a time. EMBEDDED VIDEO. The Charge:. - PowerPoint PPT Presentation

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We make a difference…We make a difference…

one student at a timeone student at a time

The Intellectual and Leadership Center of the Air ForceThe Intellectual and Leadership Center of the Air Force

Air University:Air University:Culture and Culture and

Language UpdateLanguage Update

Col Dave Harwood (USAF-Ret)Col Dave Harwood (USAF-Ret)Dep Dir, AU Culture and Language CtrDep Dir, AU Culture and Language Ctr

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EMBEDDED VIDEO

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Develop America's Airmen Today ... for Tomorrow

Intellectual and Leadership Center of the Air Force

Integrity - Service - Excellence

“Beginning next academic year… I want to start language and focused regional training for all attending SNCOA, ACSC and AWC.” General Moseley, Feb 2006

• Objectives:• Develop airmen prepared to function effectively, tactically and operationally, in every region of the world and within any culture• Develop airmen with focused expertise, able to operate in every major region of the world with cross-cultural competence aided by language

• Air University Approach:• Stand up AU Culture and Language Center (CLC)• Develop a coherent, rational plan for culture and language content in AF PME that is sustainable• Enhance education and training in cross-cultural competence throughout PME• Develop CLC into Air Force Center of Excellence to support requirements for Expeditionary Air Force cross-cultural competence

The Charge:

Our goal for AU Culture and Languageis effects based operations

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Build Relationships

Communicate

Negotiate

Influence

Lan

gu

age E

du

cation

and

Train

ing

Regional Familiarity

Cross-C

ultural Com

petence

Effects we want to Produce

Air University is expanding in three areas to support Air Force level goals…

Air University is leading the way in

cultural and language studies. Every PME school attended will move Airmen closer to

the top of the pyramid.

• Goal: Expeditionary Airmen ready to deploy, operate, and communicate with people of other cultures in any region of the world

• Objectives:

• Develop cross-cultural competence to meet contemporary global demands

• Develop language skills to facilitate cross-cultural communication and influence

• Develop specialized regional familiarity to optimize air, space, and cyberspace capabilities

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Foreign Language

Regional Familiarity

Cross-Cultural Competence

Leveraging language for effective operations

Specific locality information

Tools to operate, communicate and influence

Culture and Language Education

– Learn strategic languages• Arabic, Chinese, French, and Spanish

– Identify militarily- relevant local values, events, institutions, personalities

– Recognize and exploit cultural processes

These skills directly impact the continuum of education…

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Enlisted Culture and LanguageEnlisted Culture and Language

Enlisted PME: Practical skills

Let’s take an in depth look at C&L in Enlisted PME

Basic cultural awareness

Political/Militarycultural awareness

Cross-cultural communication

Refresh Cross-Cultural

Skills

Language Skills, Regional Familiarity, and Cross-Cultural Competence

Airman Leadership

School

4-5 yrs

NCOAcademy

10-12 yrs

SeniorNCO

Academy

15-17 yrs

CMSgtLeadership

Course

20-22 yrs

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Enlisted Culture and Language initiatives within Enlisted Culture and Language initiatives within the Continuum of Educationthe Continuum of Education

• Airman Leadership School (ALS)4-hour class titled “ Global Diversity”, lesson focuses on cultural differences and how they affect our ability to operate globally.

• NCO Academy: 1-hour guided discussion with ties to Terrorism. All students are assigned a

regional studies topic and required to brief it.

• Senior NCO Academy:1-hour lecture on Cultural Awareness, followed by 2 hour guided discussion. All students assigned a regional studies topic and required to brief it. SNCOA capstone event is the Combined Ops Exercise with Air and Space Basic--

students use a Language Skill Kit and communicate in a foreign language.

• Chief’s Course: Cultural and language expert provides 1-hour lecture on cross-cultural

competence.

Now Let’s take a look at the Officer continuum…starting with our Commissioning Programs

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Commissioning Programs Commissioning Programs Culture and LanguageCulture and Language

Planting the seeds for the futureLanguage Skills, Regional Familiarity, and Cross-Cultural Competence

29 hrs in Cultural Awareness

Basic OfficerTraining (BOT)

12 weeks 2/4 Years

Cultural Awareness

4 weeks

Foreign Area StudiesMajor/ Minors offered

Air Force Academy

4 Years

Commissioned Officer Training

(COT) and Reserve (RCOT)

Reserve OfficerTraining Corps

(ROTC)

Let’s take a look at the way forward for commissioning programs

12 Sem hrs Required

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Language Initiatives Plan for USAFA, ROTC and OTS

 

MID-TERM (by class of 2010)

       With language

  USAFA 940     940

  ROTC 1900 scholarship/tech 600 50

      scholarship/non-tech 700 600

      non-scholarship 600 100

  OTS 500     500

    3340     2190 65%

LONG-TERM (by class of 2012)

       With language

  USAFA 940     940

  ROTC 1900 scholarship/tech 600 300

      scholarship/non-tech 700 700

      non-scholarship 600 400

  OTS 500     500

    3340     2840 85%

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ROTC, 2121

BOT, 540

COT, 1140

RCOT, 172

Fall 06 Initiative for AFROTC:

• Four year scholarship recipients pursuing non-technical majors must take 12 semester hours in Foreign language before senior year

• All ROTC cadets are required to take the Foreign language self-assessment (FLSA) and Defense Language Aptitude Battery prior to contracting

• FY08 and 09 – Foreign Language Express Scholarship Program will include Foreign Area Studies—requires 21 semester hours/33 quarter hours of language courses as part of degree program

Number of projected AY07 students

AY07 Language Studies inCommissioning Programs

Let’s take an in depth look at Air Force Officer PME

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Officer Culture and LanguageOfficer Culture and LanguageOfficer PME: from Awareness to Influence

Language Skills, Regional Familiarity, and Cross-Cultural Competence

CultureIntroduced-

Survival Language Skills

Air & Space Basic

Course

0-18 mos

Culture Reinforced-

Language Learning (DL)

SquadronOfficerSchool

4-7 yrs

Culture & Regional Familiarity Emphasized-

Language Learning

Air Commandand StaffCollege

9-11 yrs

Culture & Regional Familiarity Applied-Language Learning

Air WarCollege

16-22 yrs

Let’s take a more in depth look at C&L in Officer PME

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Officer Culture and Language Initiatives within Officer Culture and Language Initiatives within the Continuum of Educationthe Continuum of Education

• Air and Space Basic Course Participate in Combined Ops Exercise with Senior NCO Academy— students are required to use a Language Skill Kit and communicate in a foreign language.

• Squadron Officer School : Auditorium lecture on Cross-Cultural Competence, followed by briefings from the International Officers in flight rooms.

• Air Command and Staff College Each student is required to sign up for one of 4 languages: Arabic, Chinese, French and Spanish through Rosetta Stone. Students also participate in 5 “Culture Awareness Days”- taught by international students from the class. Embassy Immersion program: 5 USAF students sent to 5 US Embassies for 5 weeks—objective is to increase AF interagency coordination with expeditionary Air Forces.

• Air War CollegeStudents offered language electives in Arabic, Chinese, French, and Spanish through DLI. All students participate in Regional and Cultural Studies Trips--40 countries.

Let’s take a look at our language training initiatives

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Language web site enrollment Spanish: 365 German: 179 Arabic: 167 French: 133 Chinese: 120 Italian: 101 Other: 647

Total Courses: 1712 Students Enrolled: 950* Waiting List: 492 Disenrolled: 181 ( infrequent use)

*Some students learning multiple languages

French8%

Arabic10%

Chinese7%

Other38%

Italian6%

German10%

Spanish21%

SOS Rosetta Stone language training (Distance Learning)

Let’s take a look at ACSC language training initiatives

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ACSC Language Enrollment viaRosetta Stone

US Students Spanish: 265 French: 84 Arabic: 81 Chinese: 59 German: 3 Hebrew 1 Japanese 1 Turkish 1 Greek 1 Italian 1 Russian 1

Total 498

International Officers Language training optional (most taking

English via Rosetta Stone) All Rosetta Stone languages available

French17%

Arabic16%

Chinese12%

Other2%

Spanish53%

In addition, all 575 students participate in 5 Cultural Awareness Days throughout the year: Africa, Europe, Middle East, and Latin America

ACSC is executing the CSAF’s vision for an Embassy Immersion Program

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Embassy Immersion Program (5X5X5)

Purpose: • Increase AF interagency coordination with in the

expeditionary AF

Structure: • 5 USAF students x 5 U.S. embassies x 5 weeks

• Applicable Regional Study Seminars & Rosetta Stone Course

• Countries vetted with ACSC, SAF/IA and DoS

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Africa South: Botswana/TanzaniaAfrica West: Senegal, Mali, LiberiaArab World: UAE, Jordan, LibyaCentral Asia: Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, TajikistanCentral Europe: German, Austria, PolandEast Asia: ChinaLatin America: Mexico, Colombia, Argentina

The Muslim World: Egypt, Turkey, Saudi ArabiaNE Asia: Japan, South Korea, TaiwanNE Europe: Russia, UkraineSE Asia (Mainland): Vietnam, Thailand, CambodiaSE Asia: Indonesia, E. Timor, SingaporeSE Europe: Serbia, Bulgaria, MontenegroS. Asia: India, PakistanWest Europe: UK, France, Belgium

AWC Regional and Cultural Studies Trip40 Countries/15 languages

AWC also offers electives in 4 strategic languages

DLI Headstart/Video Ipod

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Troy University Language Initiative

• Primary objective of the Troy University foreign language program -- conversation, grammar, writing, culture, history, and literature

• Students receive college level academic credit (TA available)

• Open to all Maxwell-Gunter personnel and adult dependents

• Languages: Arabic, Farsi, Korean, Mandarin Chinese, Russian, French, Spanish

• Planning for traditional 15 week courses meeting for 1 1/4 hrs 2x/week to provide for more repetition and better absorption

Intent is for students to take the Defense Language Proficiency Test in the particular language studied

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Air University Culture & Language Initiatives

• AU Culture & Language Center• New content in entire continuum of education

• Partnerships Established• DOD, foreign military, academic and commercial institutions

• Cross Cultural Competence Project • Defining militarily relevant requirements

• Cultural Competency Conference• AU hosted Sep 2006, analyzed best practices

• Strategic Language Training• DLI Mobile Training Teams; Rosetta Stone; 42nd ABW Partnership with

Troy University• AFOATS Culture and Language Skills

• Scholarships and input to pre-accession curricula• Sophisticated Distance Learning Culture Simulation

AU is leading the way in the culture and language transformation

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The Future

• Resource allocation

• Incentives to develop/maintain

culture/language skills?

• Sustainable over the long-term?

• Senior leadership role

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The Intellectual and Leadership Center of the Air Force

We Make A Difference …

One Student at a Time

One Faculty Member at a Time

One Idea at a Time