1. Designing language training for military purposes
- Some basic challenges from a civilian teacher’s perspective

2. The Norwegian model Established courses, permanent: Russian, Arabic
Project language courses, now: Pashto, Dari
(earlier: Bosnian-Croatian-Serbian, Albanian)
No (substantial) outsourcing of language training – responsible: FSES (NORDISS)

3. Norwegian Defence Intelligence and Security School
Established courses: Russian, Arabic
STANAG level /
60 weeks language training, …. weeks officer’s training
2 years of service
Project language courses: Pashto, Dari
STANAG level
60 weeks language training
2 x 6 months deployment

4. Defining learning (proficiency) goals
What do they need to know?
What functions are they supposed to fulfil?
The need for dialogue
Is it possible to achieve the proficiency level asked for?
Time
Students’ language learning ability
Course quality

5. Language training – cultural components
Series of lectures with separate exams (according to university courses)
Arabic:
Islam
The history of the Middle East
Russian:
Russian and Soviet history
Russian politics, culture and society (History of ideas)
Literature