<abstract xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml"><p>The new requirements regarding the professionalization of the Romanian armed forces derived from our country’s becoming a NATO and EU member state. The challenges of the 21<sup>st</sup> century battlefield demand the development not only of certain soldierly skills, but also of the abilities to properly function in a multicultural context. The cadets of the military academies are the future officers that will operate in the international theatres of operations. Being engaged in multinational formations and having to work side by side with foreign military personnel, our cadets need to have a good command of the English language, as well as to acquire and develop the intercultural skills necessary to appropriately function in a multicultural environment. Thus, a shift in the curricula of the Romanian military academies has been made, from an emphasis on the transmission of knowledge content to a focus on relating language to the target culture and developing cadets’ linguistic and intercultural competences. This paper suggests some methods and techniques that have proven efficient when teaching basic military English in the Land Forces Academy.</p></abstract>

The new requirements regarding the professionalization of the Romanian armed forces derived from our country’s becoming a NATO and EU member state. The challenges of the 21st century battlefield demand the development not only of certain soldierly skills, but also of the abilities to properly function in a multicultural context. The cadets of the military academies are the future officers that will operate in the international theatres of operations. Being engaged in multinational formations and having to work side by side with foreign military personnel, our cadets need to have a good command of the English language, as well as to acquire and develop the intercultural skills necessary to appropriately function in a multicultural environment. Thus, a shift in the curricula of the Romanian military academies has been made, from an emphasis on the transmission of knowledge content to a focus on relating language to the target culture and developing cadets’ linguistic and intercultural competences. This paper suggests some methods and techniques that have proven efficient when teaching basic military English in the Land Forces Academy.

Contribution of Foreign Languages to Building the Professional Career of the Land Forces Academy Cadets

The Foreign Language Centre of the Land Forces Headquarters

Land Forces Academy Review

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The new requirements regarding the professionalization of the Romanian armed forces derived from our country’s becoming a NATO and EU member state. The...

Contribution of Foreign Languages to Building the Professional Career of the Land Forces Academy Cadets

Published Online: Oct 23, 2019

Page range: 213 - 219

DOI: https://doi.org/10.2478/raft-2019-0025

Keywords
multicultural environment, military higher education, teaching foreign languages, basic military terminology

© 2019 Brânduşa-Oana Niculescu et al., published by Sciendo

This work is licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives 4.0 License.

Contribution of Foreign Languages to Building the Professional Career of the Land Forces Academy Cadets

Published Online: Oct 23, 2019

Page range: 213 - 219

DOI: https://doi.org/10.2478/raft-2019-0025

Keywordsmulticultural environment, military higher education, teaching foreign languages, basic military terminology

© 2019 Brânduşa-Oana Niculescu et al., published by Sciendo

This work is licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives 4.0 License.

Keywords
multicultural environment, military higher education, teaching foreign languages, basic military terminology