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ITAF’s Experience in Teaching English to
Forward Air Controllers
A lesson in motivationLtc Emanuele Di Castri
Mr Benjamin C PimBLED 2012
Overview
• What is MOE for FAC
• What is L2 motivation?
• Motivation in the L2 classroom
• Motivational strategies
- students
- teachers
• Working example: ITAF ESP course for FAC personnel
What is a Forward Air Controller ? ( FAC)
An FAC is a qualified individual who,from a forward position on the ground or in the air, directs the action of combat aircraft engaged in Close Air Support of friendly Land Forces.
What is Military Operational English ?(MOE)
STANAG 3797 “ English is the language to be used when
controlling NATO aircraft. Therefore FACs need adequate knowledge of and proficiency in the English language to the EQUIVALENT OF NATO STANAG 6001 Level 3.
COMMUNICATION
- IMMEDIATE- CLEAR- EFFECTIVE- CONFIDENT
What is Military Operational English?(MOE)
What is L2 motivation?
“Motivation explains why people decide to do
something, how hard they are going to pursue it
and how long they are willing to sustain the
activity” (Dörnyei, 2001, p.7).
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Motivation in the L2 environment
1. Integrative motivation: becoming part of the community
2. Instrumental motivation: a way of achieving another aim.
But in the L2 classroom:
1. Learners do not usually have sufficient first-hand experience
about the target language community to be able to form
attitudes for or against it, and
2. Language learning typically takes place in a classroom
setting.
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General Framework For L2 Motivation (Dörnyei, 1994)
1) Language level:- Integrative;- Instrumental.
2) Learner level:- Need for achievement;- Self-confidence;
Language use anxietyPerceived L2 competence Attributions about past successes & failures
3) Learning situation level:- Course-specific: Interest, relevance, expectancy, satisfaction- Teacher specific: affiliative, authority type, modeling, task
presentation, feedback- Group specific: goal-orientedness, norm and reward system,
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Social context
Milieu
Learner
Attitudes Goals
Figure 3
Motivated behavior
Self-perceptions
Cognitive factors,dyslexia
Instructional setting
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Motivating Students
Components Of Motivational Teaching Practice (Dörnyei, 2001):
1.Creating the basic motivational conditions
2.Generating initial motivation
3.Maintaining and protecting motivation
4.Encouraging positive restrospective evaluation
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Motivating Teachers
Teacher motivation is reflected in the following:
1. Lesson preparation
2. Teacher/student relationship
3. Classroom atmosphere
4. Self-confidence
5. Interest
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Working Example
• M.O.E Military Operational English course
• Teachers
• Students
• Classroom activities
• Final exam
• Future implications
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Coordinators
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The teachers
• Native speakers
• CELTA (or equivalent) qualified
• Experience teaching ESP
• Open minded
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Motivating Teachers Strategies
• Spark initial interest
• Personal research
• Team research
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The students
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Classroom activities
• Teaching styles
• Use of realia
• Boundaries of the classroom
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Out....
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and about...
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working together
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Final exam
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Future Implications
• Adapt courses for students
• Use whatever realia you have available to you
• Harness human resources to the maximum
• Non- standardized way of teaching
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