Research

These research projects have been conducted by BILC participants and may be of interest to the greater military language community.

• An Exploratory Study of OPI Ratings across NATO Countries Using the NATO STANAG 6001 Scale
• Investigating the effects of reducing the number of options per item on the quality of a multiple-choice reading test
• Military English versus General English. A Case Study of an English Proficiency Test in the Italian Military
• Multilingualism as an intercultural phenomenon in the framework of Peace support operations

• Developing partnership between teaching and testing listening: exploring the degree of alignment between teaching and testing listening comprehension in the context of NATO STANAG 6001 exam preparatory courses
  • Research on alignment (or lack of ) between the Level 1 listening taught in the classroom and the Level 1 listening construct tested in the STANAG 6001 exams

STANAG 6001 Testing-Related Studies

• The Report on the Study “How Often Is ‘Sometimes’? Interpreting Frequency Expressions in Language Proficiency Descriptors”, Gerard Seinhorst, NLD

BILC Working Group Projects

• Report on the BILC Review of Joint Terminal Attack Controller (JTAC) Language Requirements