Birth of Presentation & Language Testing at NATO
Explore the journey of language testing & international collaboration at NATO, featuring insights on testing criteria, cross-national results, and questionnaire responses. Discover the challenges and considerations in testing personnel from various countries.
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The Birth of the Presentation 1 NATO UNCLASSIFIED
Language Testing Tourism Michael Adubato SHAPE Language Testing Centre ACO/SHAPE, Belgium 2 NATO UNCLASSIFIED
OR Michael Adubato SHAPE Language Testing Centre ACO/SHAPE, Belgium 3 NATO UNCLASSIFIED
My countrys test is harder than your country s test so I m coming to your country to take my test! Michael Adubato SHAPE Language Testing Centre ACO/SHAPE, Belgium 4 NATO UNCLASSIFIED
STANAG TESTING FOR YOUR NATION QUESTIONNAIRE DO YOU TEST PERSONNEL FROM COUNTRIES OTHER THAN YOUR OWN? IF YES, WHAT IS THE CRITERIA FOR TESTING OTHER NATIONALITIES? WHAT NATIONS HAVE YOU TESTED? HAVE MILITARY PERSONNEL FROM YOUR NATION BEEN TESTED IN OTHER COUNTRIES (EVEN BY NON-MILITARY ORGANIZATIONS)? WHAT NATIONS HAVE TESTED YOUR PERSONNEL? WHAT IS THE CRITERIA FOR ALLOWING YOUR PERSONNEL TO TEST IN OTHER COUNTRIES? IF TESTED IN YOURS AND ANOTHER COUNTRY, WERE THE TEST RESULTS THE SAME? HAS YOUR NATION USED THE BAT FOR THE TESTS YOU ARE CURRENTLY USING? ANY OTHER COMMENTS OR EVEN QUSTIONS? 5 NATO UNCLASSIFIED
15 REPLIES TO THE QUESTIONNAIRE DO YOU TEST PERSONNEL FROM COUNTRIES OTHER THAN YOUR OWN? YES 13 & NO 2 IF YES, WHAT IS THE CRITERIA FOR TESTING OTHER NATIONALITIES? IMPOSSIBILITY TO TAKE THE NATIONAL TEST AUTHORIZATION OF CANDIDATES HOME COUNTRY PERMISSION FROM THEIR COUNTRY (TO AVOID TRAVELING TO GET BETTER RESULTS) - ATTENDING COURSES - REQUEST FROM OTHER COUNTRIES - ATTENDING A LANGUAGE COURSE OFFICIALLY ASK OUR MOD FOR PERMISSION TO TAKE TEST - FORMAL REQUEST OF THE SENDING NATION IF THEY ARE CURRENTLY WORKING IN MULTINATIONAL STAFF IN OUR COUNTRY - SPECIAL REQUEST AT MINISTERIAL LEVEL - - - - - 6 NATO UNCLASSIFIED
IF TESTED IN YOURS AND ANOTHER COUNTRY, WERE THE TEST RESULTS THE SAME? - - WE TESTED ONLY ONE & THE RESULTS WERE THE SAME - - YES, YES, YES, NO - IN SOME CASES NO - GENERALLY SPEAKING: YES - PARTLY - IN SOME CASES YES BUT SOMETIMES THERE WAS ALSO A CONSIDERABLE AMOUNT OF TIME BETWEEN TESTS - NOT NECESSARILY; DEPENDS ON CIRCUMSTANCES AND COUNTRIES YES NO WHAT NATIONS HAVE YOU TESTED? WHAT NATIONS HAVE TESTED YOUR PERSONNEL? 7 NATO UNCLASSIFIED
HAS YOUR NATION USED THE BAT FOR THE TESTS YOU ARE CURRENTLY USING? YES 8 NO 7 8 NATO UNCLASSIFIED
WHAT CAN WE CONCLUDE FROM THIS? - THE MAJORITY OF COUNTRIES TEST PERSONNEL FROM OTHER COUNTRIES - THERE IS NO CLEAR, CONCRETE POLICY ON TESTING ACROSS BORDERS IN MOST CASES - HALF OF THE NATIONS WHO DEVELOP THEIR TESTS DON T USE THE BAT TO ASCERTAIN IF THEY HAVE GOOD OR NOT 9 NATO UNCLASSIFIED
Comparing results B-H Style! 10 NATO UNCLASSIFIED
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Summer of 2018 French Newcomers SLP 54 NEWCOMERS SLP upon arrival P : Pass F: Fail P : Pass F: Fail requirement on Job description 3333 3333 3333 3333 3333 3322 3333 3322 3333 4343 3333 3333 3333 3333 2222 3333 3333 3322 3333 3322 3333 3333 3232 3333 3333 3322 3333 Rank Service Surname Name Entry test Re test CDT COL CDT CDT ADC SGT LCL MTE LCT COL LCL ADJ LCL LCL SGT LCL ADJ ADC CRP SGT COL LCL ADJ LCL CDT ADJ COL A A A AF A A AF N A A A A A A AF A A A A A A DGA A A AF AF A ALPHA BRAVO CHARLIE DELTA ECHO FOXTROT GOLF HOTEL INDIA JULIET KILO LIMA MIKE NOVEMBER OSCAR PAPA QUEBEC ROMEO SIERRA TANGO UNIFORM VICTOR WHISKEY XRAY YANKEE ZULU ALPHA-BRAVO Fabrice St phane Fr d ric Val rie J r me K vin Thomas Charlotte Emmanuel Benjamin Daniel Yoann Jean-Charles Pascal Fr d ric Beno t Sol ne Fabien Bertrand Florent Dominique Catherine Julien Herv Yann Jessica Charles 2433 2332 none 3232 2222 2221 2432 1121 3332 none 3423 3231 3332 2132 2021 2232 3223 2121 1232 2122 none none 2121 2342 2232 3132 3323 / / P F F F F F F F P / F / F F F F F F F P P F F F F P 3333 3332 2232 3232 2222 2222 2332 1121 3332 3333 3333 3232 3333 2232 1101 3232 3223 2222 1232 3222 2333 3323 1212 2332 3232 2222 3323 P F F F F F F F F F P F P F F F F F F F F F F F F F F 3333 2232 3332 2232 2222 2333 1122 3332 4343 / 3232 / 2232 1111 3332 3223 2222 3332 3222 3333 3333 1212 2332 3232 2222 3333 28 MET THE SLP REQUIREMENTS 26 DID NOT! OF 26 TESTED, 3 PASSED (THOSE 3 WERE NOT TESTED IN FRANCE BEFORE ARRIVING AT SHAPE) 12 NATO UNCLASSIFIED
Service OF 23 TESTED WHO WERE TESTED PRIOR TO THEIR ARRIVAL, 9 HAD THE EXACT SAME RESULTS 40% SLP SLP upon arrival P : Pass F: Fail P : Pass F: Fail requirement on Job description 3333 3333 3333 3333 3333 3322 3333 3322 3333 4343 3333 3333 3333 3333 2222 3333 3333 3322 3333 3322 3333 3333 3232 3333 3333 3322 3333 Rank Surname Name Entry test Re test CDT COL CDT CDT ADC SGT LCL MTE LCT COL LCL ADJ LCL LCL SGT LCL ADJ ADC CRP SGT COL LCL ADJ LCL CDT ADJ COL A A A AF A A AF N A A A A A A AF A A A A A A DGA A A AF AF A ALPHA BRAVO CHARLIE DELTA ECHO FOXTROT GOLF HOTEL INDIA JULIET KILO LIMA MIKE NOVEMBER OSCAR PAPA QUEBEC ROMEO SIERRA TANGO UNIFORM VICTOR WHISKEY XRAY YANKEE ZULU ALPHA-BRAVO WRITING 4 HIGHER Fabrice St phane Fr d ric Val rie J r me K vin Thomas Charlotte Emmanuel Benjamin Daniel Yoann Jean-Charles Pascal Fr d ric Beno t Sol ne Fabien Bertrand Florent Dominique Catherine Julien Herv Yann Jessica Charles 2433 2332 none 3232 2222 2221 2432 1121 3332 none 3423 3231 3332 2132 2021 2232 3223 2121 1232 2122 none none 2121 2342 2232 3132 3323 / / P F F F F F F F P / F / F F F F F F F P P F F F F P 3333 3332 2232 3232 2222 2222 2332 1121 3332 3333 3333 3232 3333 2232 1101 3232 3223 2222 1232 3222 2333 3323 1212 2332 3232 2222 3323 P F F F F F F F F F P F P F F F F F F F F F F F F F F 3333 2232 3332 2232 2222 2333 1122 3332 4343 / 3232 / 2232 1111 3332 3223 2222 3332 3222 3333 3333 1212 2332 3232 2222 3333 LISTENING 5 HIGHER LEVEL (@ SHAPE) & 2 LOWER SPEAKING 5 HIGHER LEVEL READING 1 HIGHER, 2 LOWER 13 NATO UNCLASSIFIED
INTERESTING FACT MILITARY PERSONNEL FROM ONE NATION ARE TRAVELING TO OTHER NATIONS TO IMPROVE THEIR TEST SCORES BECAUSE THE TEST IS MUCH EASIER IN ROPOLVAKVIALAND THAN MY COUNTRY! 14 NATO UNCLASSIFIED
The easiest way to go from 2222 to 3333 SLP 2222 15 NATO UNCLASSIFIED
HOW DO WE FIX THIS OBVIOUS PROBLEM? 16 NATO UNCLASSIFIED
Are there a lot of first-person singular objective pronouns, or is it just me? 17 NATO UNCLASSIFIED
YOUR QUESTIONS 18 NATO UNCLASSIFIED
