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Visual Language Survival Guidefor
AUCON / EUFOR TCHAD/RCA
EUFORTCHAD/RCA
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CHAD
SUDAN
LIBYA
RCA
NIGER
NIGERIA
CAMEROON
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1,284,000 sq km
CHAD
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CHAD
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• Population 10.3 m (1999)
• Median age: 16.5 (!!!)
• North-South divide
• Religions:
• 50% Muslims (Sunnites)
• 30% Christians
• 20% African religions
• ca. 200 ethnic groups
Basic data:
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Mission
“An EU military force is to deploy to Chad and the RCA,
in close co-ordination with the UN, for a one-year period
following the achievement of the IOC, to contribute
to establishing a Safe And Secure Environment in the AOO,
in order to contribute to”
Protection of civilians in danger
Encouraging the return
of IDP’s
Protection of UN and
associated personnel
Facilitating the delivery of
humanitarian aid
Mission and goal of EUFOR TCHAD/RCA:
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Phases
Phase 2: IOC preparation
Phase 3: Execution
Launching of the
operation IOC FOC
12-month mission
15 MAR 08 MAR 09
EUFOR TCHAD/RCA – EU timeline:
from 30 JAN 08: advance party
from mid-FEB 08: initial deployment AUCON
28 JAN 08
mid-MAY 08
OCT 07Task for AAFLngInst
end of NOV 07COMPLETION AAFLngInst
Phase 1:Preconditions
Phase 4:Relief by UN’sMINURCAT II
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N`DJAMENAN`DJAMENA
TASK for AAFLngInst:
• Linguistic survival tool for AAF troops• French language training for special functions• Timeframe: 2 months
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Language situation
• more than 120 languages and dialects
• official languages
French 7 %
Arabic 26 %
• Arabic in the Chadian/Sudanese versions
• high degree of illiteracy
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Language survival tool suitable for:
• long-range surveillance unit
• headquarters duty
…according to the mission:
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…linguistic tools for Headquarters AAF?
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Estimate:
• military French terminology geared to the mission
• standard Arabic
• 120 languages impossible to cover & illiteracy visual approach
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Guideline of the AAF Language Institute:
Imparting intercultural competence
DOs
&DON'Ts
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Solution:
• combination of verbal and non-verbal
French written version
French phonetic version
Arabic phonetic version
• including cultural advisory function
two businessmen born in N'DJAMENA
• use of the language survival guide
part of pre-mission training
• special pre-mission training for interpreterswater-proof paper
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Example:
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Examples:
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Example:
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FEEDBACK:
• neutral up to positive
• additional terminology led to 2nd volume
• "PSYOPS weapon"
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Q & A
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