Module 1
Introduction to Tactical Language and Cultural Training System
Essential Question(s)
What is the tactical language and cultural training system?
Learning Outcomes:
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Understand the impact of foreign language, and intercultural competency, in a global environment and in cross cultural context.
Assessment:
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Skill Builder Lessons Quizzes: 1-6 (TI 4.0)
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Discussion Forum: Grade
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Participation Grade: Surveys
Content
Software Application:
Tactical Iraqi 4.0 (TI 4.0)
(Free download, available through your @army.mil email).
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Content Video: Tactical Iraqi: how learning a foreign language can be fun on a computer
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Power Point: Introduction to Tactical Language and Cultural Training System https://docs.google.com/presentation/d/1L325z8xsnzzg5_CwuuH4c8rsVeaFiWtYVemBJ8tJjkw/edit?usp=sharing
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Skill Builder Lessons: 1-6 (TI 4.0)
(Getting started, meeting strangers, introducing your team, easy pronunciation lesson, explaining your mission, making inquiries,).
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Mission Game Dialog: Explore Content (TI 4.0)
Arcade Game: Pronunciation
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SOLDIER’S HANDBOOK TO IRAQ- (Printable handouts/e-book)
(https://irp.fas.org/world/iraq/1IDguide.pdf)
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Handbook of Virtual Environments: Design, Implementation, and Applications 2nd ed. ISBN: 13:9:978-1-4665-1185-9 (e-Book PDF)
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Reading Assignment:
Read Section I Introduction
Hale, K. S. & Stanney, K. M. (2015).
Read Article
In Country with Tactical Iraqi: Trust, Identity, and Language Learning in a Military Video
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Sociological Survey
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Content Module Survey
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