American Military English Course Topics in Counterinsurgency

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American Military English CourseTopics in
Counterinsurgency

• Defense Language Institute English Language
  Center

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AMEC Topics Counterinsurgency

• Background
• Authentic readings in each lesson
• Information about the texts

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AMEC Topics Counterinsurgency

• Background
• Interest
• Research
• NDU
• Internet

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AMEC Topics in Counterinsurgency

• Authentic Material
• New FM-3-24 Counterinsurgency
• Articles
• Lt Gen David Petraeus
• Lt Col David Kilcullen Ph.D., Australian Army
• Dr. Thomas Marks
• Dr. Bard ONeill
• Other unclassified military publications

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AMEC Topics Counterinsurgency

• Design plan
• Development process

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AMEC Topics in Counterinsurgency

• Topics in Counterinsurgency text
• Unit 1 Introduction to Insurgency
• Unit 2 Aspects of Insurgency
• Unit 3 Learning Counterinsurgency
• Unit 4 Counterinsurgency Strategies
• Unit 5 Review

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AMEC Topics in Counterinsurgency

• Unit 1 Introduction to Insurgency
• Introduction and Definition
• The Evolution of Insurgency
• Twentieth-century Insurgency

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AMEC Topics in Counterinsurgency

• Unit 2 Aspects of Insurgency
• Aspects, Approaches, and Strategies of
  Insurgency
• Mobilization Means and Causes
• Dynamics of an Insurgency

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AMEC Topics in Counterinsurgency

• Unit 3 Learning Counterinsurgency
• Lines of Operation
• Best Practices in Counterinsurgency
• Observations from Soldiering in Iraq

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AMEC Topics in Counterinsurgency

• Unit 4 Counterinsurgency Strategies
• Twenty-eight Articles Fundamentals of
  Company-level Counterinsurgency
• Contemporary Imperatives of Counterinsurgency
• Countering Insurgent Networks

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AMEC Topics in Counterinsurgency

• AMEC Series
• Air Force Topics
• Navy Topics
• Army Topics, Books 1 and 2
• General Military Topics
• Topics in Counterinsurgency

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AMEC Topics in Counterinsurgency

• AMEC Series
• Air Force Topics
• Navy Topics
• Army Topics, Book 1
• Army Topics, Book 2
• General Military Topics
• Topics in Counterinsurgency

• High Intermediate/Low Advanced
• ECL/ALCPT 60-70 STANAG 1/1
• Advanced
• ECL/ALCPT 70-80 STANAG 2/2
• Advanced
• ECL/ALCPT 80 STANAG 2/3

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AMEC Topics in Counterinsurgency

• Language components
• Grammar, vocabulary, function, and language
  skills (listening, speaking, reading, and
  writing)
• Language learning strategies
• Promote learner independence
• Authentic materials from US military sources
• Language activities
• Can be used as self-study and/or classroom
  materials

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AMEC Topics in Counterinsurgency

• Approach
• Readings reflect counterinsurgency
• Language learning exercises and tasks
• Small group interaction
• Report writing
• Briefing skills
• Group discussion skills
• Critical thinking skills

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AMEC Topics in Counterinsurgency

• Student Text
• Four units and one review unit
• At the end of each unit
• Glossary
• Objective vocabulary
• Military abbreviations and acronyms
• Military expressions
• On your Own
• Additional readings
• Troublesome grammar
• Homework

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AMEC Topics in Counterinsurgency

• Student Text, continued
• Readings and classroom activities
• Appendixes
• Punctuation, verb forms, modals, stems and
  affixes, prepositions, questions, and handouts
  needed for certain activities
• Glossary of Terms Used in Counterinsurgency
• Instructor Text
• Contains student text
• Instructional guidance and answers

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AMEC Topics in Counterinsurgency

• Instructor Text, continued
• Ancillary materials
• Word cards and language learning games
• Other interactive materials
• Evaluation Exercises
• Instructors can choose which to use
• Need to make copies
• Evaluation Exercise Answers
• Tape scripts

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AMEC Topics in Counterinsurgency

• Training support materials
• Audio
• CDs or cassettes
• Two types of audio activities
• Listening activities in texts
• Oral readings recorded by native speakers
• Audio scripts in the IT
• Video
• From authentic sources
• Accompanied by learning activities in text

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AMEC Topics in Counterinsurgency

• Questions?