Intercultural Situational Awareness Training at the RDDC

Intercultural Situational Intercultural Situational Awareness Training at the RDDCAwareness Training at the RDDC

Presentation Outline

• Definition of ”situational awareness”

• Why do we need it?• Intercultural situational

awareness training• Testing situational awareness

Situational Awareness

• Perception – Comprehension – Projection

• Accessible knowledge – Assessment – Coping

• Information extraction – Integration – Orientation -

• What’s going on, why, and what’s next?

Intercultural Situational Awareness

• When cultures meet…

• Added complexity

• Preconceptions• Negative

transfer

The Endsley Model

Why do we need it?

• We train military linguists who will serve as• interpreters• area experts• cultural advisors• liaison• CIMIC• PSYOPS• HUMINT

Knowledge, Skills, Attitudes?

• Knowledge of social structure in ”foreign” culture

• Knowledge of cultural issues in area of expertise (target country)

• Very active formulaic vocabulary• Active gesticulatory skills• Adequate level of formality• Diplomatic savoir-faire• Strategic cunning• Respect of the ”foreigner”

How do we do it?

• Scripts• Conversation practice• Lectures/Presentations• Situational role plays• Intercultural Situational

Awareness Exam

Scripts

• Dialogues from everyday situations

• Rote memorized• Enacted as ”plays”• Include gesture and body

language• Break down barriers

Conversation Practice

• Conversation face-to-face with native Egyptian-speakers

Lectures/Presentations

• Lectures:• Discussing social and cultural issues in

Danish

• Presentations:• Native Egyptians treating social and

cultural issues in Egyptian Arabic

Situational Role Plays

• Written description of situation• Task-based• Individual

debriefing/”walkthrough” of video recording

• Lengthy conversation regarding performance

What do we want?

• Ability to perceive, comprehend and anticipate a situation in a ”foreign” culture and react adequately, including:

• Verbally,• With gesture and body language,

• Solving the task at hand

Examination

• Same setup as in role play• Performance judged on basis

of:• Task solved?• Role players happy?• Adequate use of language?• Adequate use of gesture?

Knowledge, Skills, Attitudes?

• Knowledge of social structure in ”foreign” culture

• Knowledge of cultural issues in area of expertise (target country)

• Very active formulaic vocabulary• Active gesticulatory skills• Adequate level of formality• Diplomatic savoir-faire• Strategic cunning• Respect of the ”foreigner”

You cannot know everything…

Questions?

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