SECURITY CLASSIFICATION 1 Title of Brief Name, Rank, Country Duty Title Date of Briefing Beyond NATO… Beyond the BILC… Beyond your wildest dreams!!! Beyond NATO… Beyond the BILC… Beyond your wildest dreams!!! MICHAEL ADUBATO presents

2 Order of things to come… -Introduction – “who is this guy?!” -The SHAPE of things to come… -The shape of our SHAPE L&R tests vs. the BAT -The shape of L3 writing at SHAPE or, “L3 writing – who needs it?!” -The shape of things to come and some that have already arrived at SHAPE and ACO (Allied Command Operations)

Introduction I am Michael Adubato New Jersey, USA 20 year US Army vet 3

BA in English – University of Maryland, USA Master of HR – University of Oklahoma, USA 4

17 years experience at the SHAPE Language Testing Centre 5

What is… 6

“the way the future is likely to develop” – oxforddictionaries.com “the form or style that is likely to develop or be popular in the future” – dictionary.cambridge.org 7

The Shape of things to come… 8

Back in 1934, before was born, wrote about and a lingua franca that was known as 9

So, if not and then at least a.k.a. Allied Command Operations takes seriously and tests IAW just as predicted. 10

The shape of our SHAPE L&R tests vs. the BAT VS. 11

SHAPE vs. BAT - Reading Reading test: 12 military members sat both the BAT & SHAPE tests 5 officers (3x LTC; 2x CPT) 7 NCOs (3x Sr. NCO; 4 CPL) 5 Norwegians (CPT, 4x CPL) 3 Romanians (2x LTC, MAJ) 3 Spaniards (CPT, 2x Sr. NCOs) 1 Italian (Sr. NCO) 12

SHAPE vs. BAT - Reading 13 SerialNationsSHAPE resultsBAT ResultsDifference 1CPT-Nor330 2OR9-Ita32++ 3MAJ-Rom330 4CPT-Spa32++

SHAPE vs. BAT - Reading 14 SerialNationsSHAPE resultsBAT ResultsDifference 1CPT-Nor330 2OR9-Ita32++ 3MAJ-Rom330 4CPT-Spa32++ 5OR8-Spa330 6OR9-Spa330 7CPL B.-Nor330 8CPL K.-Nor32++

SHAPE vs. BAT - Reading 15 SerialNationsSHAPE resultsBAT ResultsDifference 1CPT-Nor330 2OR9-Ita32++ 3MAJ-Rom330 4CPT-Spa32++ 5OR8-Spa330 6OR9-Spa330 7CPL B.-Nor330 8CPL K.-Nor32++ 9CPL N.-Nor CPL Bu-Nor LTC I.-Rom330 12LTC B-Rom330

Reading Levels STANAG Levels

SHAPE vs. BAT - Listening Listening test: 15 military members sat both the BAT & SHAPE test 6 officers (3x LTC; 3x CPT) 9 NCOs (3x Sr. NCO, 6x CPL) 5 Norwegians (CPT, 4x CPL) 2 Romanians (2x LTC) 4 Spaniards (2x CPT, 2x Sr. NCOs) 1 Italian (Sr. NCO) 1 Hungarian (MAJ) 2 Turkish (2x CPL) 17

SHAPE vs. BAT - Listening NATO UNCLASSIFIED18 SerialNationsSHAPE resultsBAT ResultsDifference 1CPT-Nor330 2OR9-Ita330 3MAJ-Hun330 4CPL A.-Tur21++

SHAPE vs. BAT - Listening NATO UNCLASSIFIED19 SerialNationsSHAPE resultsBAT ResultsDifference 1CPT-Nor330 2OR9-Ita330 3MAJ-Hun330 4CPL A.-Tur21++ 5CPL D.-Tur>21+? 6CPT-Spa32++ 7OR8-Spa22++ 8OR9-Spa32++

SHAPE vs. BAT - Listening NATO UNCLASSIFIED20 SerialNationsSHAPE resultsBAT ResultsDifference 1CPT-Nor330 2OR9-Ita330 3MAJ-Hun330 4CPL A.-Tur21++ 5CPL D.-Tur>21+? 6CPT-Spa32++ 7OR8-Spa22++ 8OR9-Spa32++ 9CPL Bu-Nor330 10CPT C.-Spa CPL K.-Nor330 12CPL Bu-Nor330

SHAPE vs. BAT - Listening NATO UNCLASSIFIED21 SerialNationsSHAPE resultsBAT ResultsDifference 1CPT-Nor330 2OR9-Ita330 3MAJ-Hun330 4CPL A.-Tur21++ 5CPL D.-Tur>21+? 6CPT-Spa32++ 7OR8-Spa22++ 8OR9-Spa32++ 9CPL Bu-Nor330 10CPT C.-Spa CPL K.-Nor330 12CPL Bu-Nor330 13CPL B.-Nor LTC I.-Rom330 15LTC B.-Rom330

Listening Levels STANAG Levels *TU CPL with >2 not included on chart

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Level 3 writing – who needs it? RESEARCH Short questionnaires given to those who require L3 writing Interviews with same military personnel Collect samples of their daily writing requirements Collect samples of what they consider to be their highest level of writing 26

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The shape of things to come and some that have already arrived at SHAPE and ACO (Allied Command Operations) But first a little bit about NATO, ACO and SHAPE 28

What is NATO NATO/NATO HQ is located in Brussels and there are a LOT of committees and other commands under NATO. The main military commands are ACT – Allied Command Transformation and ACO – Allied Command Operations Gen Breedlove, US AF SACEUR 29

This is ACO 30

SHAPE Dir 75-4 becomes ACO Dir 75-4 Allied Command Operations (ACO) Directive 75-4, Verification of Language Proficiency of Military Personnel dated _________. Nothing has really changed from SD 75-4 to ACO 75-4 ACO Dir 45-1 (ACO Military Personnel management and Administration for Peacetime Establishment Posts) dated 29 January 2014 Chapter 3: Manning – Language Skills 31

AD : Mandatory language proficiency requirements identified in the JD must be met IAW STANAG 6001 and AAP-16(D), SMAP a: Test results should be current and dating back to a maximum of 3 years. Prior to posting and at national expense, nations should carry out language testing as necessary upon personnel being nominated for ACO positions. 32

AD d: Language testing within ACO will be limited to those cases where doubt over an individual’s competence exists, whether as a result of the absence of a language test certificate or because of concerns over language competence after some weeks in a post. 3-2e: If an officer or NCO arrives at an ACO HQ without a certificate, they will be required to report to the nearest recognized language testing centre within their geographic posting (at national expense) to take a language test. 33

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Back to AD 45-1, 3-2a: dating back to a maximum of 3 years Test results should be current and dating back to a maximum of 3 years. Prior to posting and at national expense, nations should carry out language testing as necessary upon personnel being nominated for ACO positions. not when the certificate verifying these levels was signed. This means that the language certificate should reflect when the test was taken and not when the certificate verifying these levels was signed. As of 1 April 2015 certificates that do not show the test date and are not in English or French will not be accepted, meaning that the individual will be tested at SHAPE. 35

The SHAPE Language Testing Centre will be returning to J1 Division (most likely Plans & Policy Branch) In 2008 we moved from J1 Military Personnel Branch to BSG (Base Support Group) under Linguistic Services A new home with more support! The division boss is a German Brigadier General 36

In summary… - another Englishman with another book on another future - he invented NEWSPEAK, a new language that was designed to limit individual freedom - OLDSPEAK, also known as English, was spoken by the Proles, the poor but free people who Big Brother was not really watching -soooooo… speaking English meant you were most likely poor but you were FREE! (English speaking people are free people!) 37

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