Here is the Blackwater "curriculum". Sorry for the poor job of formatting on my part.
BLACKWATERLANGUAGESCHOOL
Learn to Communicate…and Survive in a Foreign Culture…</SPAN>These classes are intended to arm you with language skills and cultural knowledge essential to survival in the Middle East. When time is short and results may decide matters of life and death, choose Blackwater Language School.
IRAQI ARABIC13 to 17 November PASHTO/DARI27 to 1 December
INTENSITY— Live and breathe in Arabic or Pashto/Dari
Blackwater Language School provides an intensive language learning environment in which participants challenge themselves and learn at a rate beyond normal limits. This intensive experience has proven to be very successful. Because you and your team-mates have limited time to study the language and culture of Iraq or Afghanistan, we substitute time with intensity. Every student is encouraged to communicate as much as possible in Iraqi dialect Arabic or Pashto/Dari during the entire week-long course. This is no ordinary course of study— it is an endeavor that is emotionally taxing— and rewarding!
SURVIVAL— Cultural Awareness = Situational Awareness
If you don’t understand the culture…you can cause real trouble. Our team of accomplished staff is dedicated to helping students survive and thrive in the subject culture. A series of cultural activities will take place throughout the program. Students will be encouraged to use their new skills as they eat Middle Eastern meals and engage in situational interviews— in the immersive environment. This highly intensive language environment empowers you to immediately put your language skills into action and test the boundaries of your cultural survival skills!
EXPERIENCE— Train with Professionals
This course was developed by LEIRA Beyond Words and Blackwater USA and is tailor made for operators, analysts, military and civilian support personnel working with or deploying to Iraq or Afghanistan. This course is based on the "Leira Method" developed by Christina Leira to provide a unique language instruction method imparting the maximum amount of language skills and cultural knowledge in a short period of time. It has proven highly effective for instructing US Navy SEAL language students during the past 15 years at the Naval Special Warfare Command.
This is a forty hour course delivered over five days and is intended as a survival course in the target language.
Day 1 Language: Basic Phonetic Sounds, Important Expressions, Greetings - Oral Practice, Numbers,How to Complete a Personal Interview Form
Cultural Awareness: Introduction to the Region Climate and Terrain, Modern History, Problem Solving Activities
Day 2 Language:Important Questions, Days, Months, and Seasons, Telling Time, Pronouns and Basic Verbs, Formal Commands, Dialog "Introducing Yourself" ,
Cultural Awareness Religion in the Area, Political Situation, Economy (Money), The City and Road Signs, Maps and Danger Signs, Problem Solving Activities
Day 3 Language: Getting through Customs, Tariffs, Stamps, and Travel Documents, Food Vocabulary "Please, I want...", Prepositions of Time and Place, Giving Directions "Getting from here to ..."
Cultural Awareness: Social Etiquette Do's and Don'ts, Superstitions and Taboos, Emergencies at the Airport, Food and Drinks of the Area, Proper Eating Etiquette, Problem Solving Activities
Day 4 Language: Parts of the Body, The Hospital and Doctor's Office,Plurals/Possessive Adjectives,Field Emergencies,My Autobiography" by the Instructor, Text for Personal Presentation by the Students,
Cultural Awareness Basic Body Language, Non-Verbal Communication, Social Gatherings and Festivities, Education, Crime, Women in Society, "Means of Transportation, Solving Activities
Day 5 Language: Brief Personal Presentations, Instructions for Handling Weapons
Cultural Awareness: Social Situation before... Weapons and Munitions ...and After September 11, 2001, Etiquette for Personal Queries
Final Training Exercise: Practical Field Interviews
COST: $1495 includes cultural lunch each training day. Bunk in 4 man room and breakfast may be available for only $120.00 per person. Call for availability.
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