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Outline
CAMPAIGN objectives & target population
CAMPAIGN components
CAMPAIGN references &
peer review
CAMPAIGN instructional design
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CAMPAIGN is an English language course for military
personnel who need English for their work.
Courtesy: UN Photo
Unit
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Military English vs. English for the Military
Through interesting
topics and motivating tasks, CAMPAIGN gives learners the military
language they need and, at the same time, develops their general competence in English.
By focussing on both military language and general competence in English, CAMPAIGN trains learners not only to perform predictable tasks but also to deal with unexpected situations in English.
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The CAMPAIGN components are designed to be an
integrated solution to the English language training needs of
military forces.
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This integrated solution is built on 4 pillars
core
components
supplementary
materials
placement
&
progress tests
teacher training
resources
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The core components include …
Student’s Books
Workbooks
Class Audio CDs
Teacher’s
Books
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The Student’s Books …
are based around interesting topics
in international contexts
provide realistic listening, speaking and writing tasks
require
approximately 120 hrs. of classroom instruction at each level
give students space to learn and talk about their experiences in English.
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Class audio CDs …
include realistic scenarios written by
ex-service members
emphasise listening activities that practice real-world military tasks
have
a wide range of native-speaker and international accents
provide a clear model for pronunciation
include up to 3 hrs. material at each level.
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Work Books …
follow the same syllabus as the
Student’s Books
provide approximately 80 hrs. of consolidation material
for self-study
contain a glossary with key words organised by topic
have an audio CD with tasks that can be used in class or given as homework
include two review tests for learners to check their progress.
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Teacher’s Books include …
a comprehensive introduction to teaching
English in a military context
background briefings on important
aspects of the military
notes on methodology
full answer keys and model answers (“school solutions”).
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Core components are available at 3 levels
CAMPAIGN
1 elementary
CAMPAIGN 2 low intermediate
CAMPAIGN 3 upper intermediate
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Supplementary materials include …
CAMPAIGN Grammar Practice Book
CAMPAIGN Dictionary
of Military Terms
CAMPAIGN Dictionary Workbook
CAMPAIGN Military English website with
…
downloadable maps
useful website addresses for teachers
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At each level, testing resources include …
quick tests
every two units
a mid-course test
an end-of-course test
Tests are free
but can only be obtained by teachers with authorisation from their institution. This guarantees the security of tests.
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Teacher training resources include …
detailed presentations of the
CAMPAIGN components
materials to help teachers with military English
help
with methodology for CAMPAIGN
support for teacher trainers.
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In terms of peer review, one of the
most successful course books in TESP
Duke of Edinburgh ELT
Book Award
British Council Innovation Award
BESIG Award for Innovation in ESP
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Hugely impressed by this entry, particularly the exemplary
Teacher's Book, which is an excellent guide to the
specifics of the military, and elements of professional behaviour (good teaching habits) which should be on all teacher training courses. Very well designed Student's Books that welcomes the learner in, and allows the learner space to learn.
Judges comments
British Council Innovations Award
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An excellent example of ESP / functional language
teaching at its best, and for a very important
contribution to peacekeeping.
Judges comments
Duke of Edinburgh ELT Book Award
An unusual and very specific entry but a gem of its genre (ESP).
Judges comments
Duke of Edinburgh ELT Book Award
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Campaign is an ideal course for all military
personnel who need to learn English for international cooperation
and will be a valuable resource for the British Council’s Peacekeeping English Project in Central and Eastern Europe. Its unique advantage is that it uses a communicative approach in a military context.’
Paul Woods,
Peacekeeping English Project Manager
British Council
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On viewing Book 1, I would like to
say how marvellous and much needed this military coursebook
is
Catherine Furneaux
English Language Training Centre
Britannia Royal Naval College
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Instructional design and materials development
what goes on behind
an ESP coursebook
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Our major concerns at the rationale stage
What
do users want? User expectations
What to include in the
books? Syllabus
How to teach it? Best practice
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WHAT DO USERS WANT?
Expectations of learners, teachers &
institutions (the “market”) as factors that affected planning at
the rationale stage
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The planning (“rationale”) stage
Direct input from institutions and
practitioners especially via PEP project
Focus groups with teachers and
learners
Experience of writing team
The “competition” (New ALC, Command English, in-house materials)
Country reports
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Factors that affected our planning
for LEARNERS included …
Service:
most learners are land forces
Rank & studies: officers, WOs
and ORs
Experience: pre-service or inservice
Expectations of high training standards
Low priority given to ELT
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Factors that affected our planning
for TEACHERS included …
Background
of instructors:
ELT experience but no military training
military experience but
no ELT training
Expectations on what a good text book should look like (e.g. explicit focus on form)
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Factors that affected our planning
for INSTITUTIONS included …
Format:
extensive or intensive courses
Session length & planning
Role / type
of testing (backwash effect)
Restrictions on topics / AW (censorship)
Budget constraints
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SO WHAT?
What conclusions could we draw from the
lists of factors & constraints that we collated?
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Conclusions (selected)
Assumed knowledge & skills at each level
Clear
methodology on the page
Explicit focus on form
General & military
English from day 1
Borrow from military pedagogy
Adaptable to different course formats
Pathways are clear but not fixed
Adaptable to different services
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WHAT TO INCLUDE?
Curriculum design & target language use.
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Start point of TESP / TLSP
It’s impossible to
teach all of a language
Some selection must be made
Select
IAW target language use:
Topics: what learners will need to talk about
Skills: what learners will need to do
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In a holistic approach to TLU, the learner
is
a professional language user (largely transactional use of
language)
a user of services (ibid.)
a sentient being (interactional language)
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Corresponding to domains of language use
occupational
public
personal
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Needs analysis: TLU in the occupational domain
Target situation
analysis
Target language analysis
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Target situation analysis: Process
Identify the different situations where
learners will need to use language, the tasks that
they will need to carry out and the topics that they will need to talk about.
Context: eg. Deployment on PSO
Situation: Mounting a checkpoint
Task: Ask for personal ID, details of journey, etc
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Target language analysis: Process
Analyse the language that proficient
users employ in the target situation.
conversation analysis (ideal but
rarely practicable)
corpus analysis (descriptive)
restricted code (terminology e.g. AAP-6)
rhetorical patterns (doctrinal pubs. & manuals)
NATO STANAG 6001 (v2) & ILR scale
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Conversation analysis
Authentic scripts are ideal but rarely practical
Heavy reliance on scripts written by native-speaker subject-specialist informants
(SSIs). Scipts later simplified by the writing team.
For lower levels, we commissioned scripts from proficient non-native speakers. With correction (where necessary) by writing team.
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Corpus analysis
Bulk language analysis (>25m words)
Frequency: select in/out
of lexical syllabus
Concordances: collocations and prepositional frameworks
Often used to
confirm / deny introspection
Organisation (configure IAW service, type of operation, variety, …)
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Support for teachers and organisations
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Contact me directly for …
supporting documentation
teacher training resources
specialist
materials development
F2F and online teacher training
simon@missionenglish.com