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@soton5teve

Жыл бұрын

Can you do a video of military words and phrases used on the battlefield... in japanese 🤔

@brucecowin

Жыл бұрын

It still says it's closed and enrolment is reopening in July 2022.

In the Australian Army I learnt Arabic full time at the defence force school of languages. Very comprehensive full time course where I went from knowing absolutely nothing to fluent in 10 months.

@perpetualgrin5804

Жыл бұрын

I'm impressed, only 10 months, well done, very useful language to know.

@jesse_maslen

Жыл бұрын

How do you join?

@miamor5929

Жыл бұрын

@@jett8225 do they have a language barracks in Queensland ? I can’t find any

@jett8225

Жыл бұрын

@@miamor5929 school of Lang’s in Laverton vic is the only base in Australia

@cyanideinmycereal1077

Жыл бұрын

Bruh I've taken about 8 months of Russian and I feel like I know less than I did going in.

The moment my mind was opened up to languages was reading a book called 'Fear Drive Your Feet' by Peter Ryan, who was an Australian Soldier who was alone reporting on Japanese troops occupying northern Papua New Guinea during WWII. He had to work with the local people which meant learning their culture and languages. He wrote about sitting in circles of elders trying to speak Pidgin English, making grammatical mistakes and everyone laughing at him. What hooked me was that he said that a lot of people thought that Pidgin was a baby version of English, but that it had its own grammar vocabulary, pronunciation and rules, and that to earn people's respect, you had to diligently learn those rules.

@MicMc539

Жыл бұрын

A Great Book.

@Elitist20

Жыл бұрын

Tok Pisin (Pidgin) emerged because PNG is the most linguistically diverse country in the world, with 839 languages developing in isolated villages in rugged mountain valleys.

@timothypezet

Жыл бұрын

I was in Sierra Leone where they speak a creole. It was a similar thing that expats called it a baby language. They were wrong as it was very rich as it originated from 17th century English mixed with slaves rescued from the slave trade. Plus included lots of idiomatic phrases

@21mozzie

Жыл бұрын

@@timothypezet I read once about how in Venezuela, they started a school for deaf students. Few deaf kids interacted with other deaf kids until the school was founded. When it did, they created their own language, but it was very simplistic. And then suddenly the five year olds in the school created a complex grammar for the language. Apparently this is how 'creole' languages are formed when people come together from many language backgrounds. Incidentally. The first generation of.language, before improvement is called a Pidgin language, so Pidgin English is actually a Creole language.

I did the test when I was serving. I didn't do so well. They wondered how I even managed to learn English.

A relative of mine got his way into the SASR after his officer training and always says that his linguistics expertise was by far his greatest asset whilst being selected and during his tours in the middle east and Africa. Learnt three languages over time... I believe Arabic, Persian and French. Which surprised me, because he's not that great at speaking English. 😁

@dicostigan1449

Жыл бұрын

It's not Persian, it's Farsi.

@Banana_Split_Cream_Buns

Жыл бұрын

@@dicostigan1449 Yes, sometimes Chinese Mandarin is just called Chinese or just Mandarin. Names can be interchangeable: en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Persian_language

@noobarium

Жыл бұрын

@@Banana_Split_Cream_Buns damn di costigan got put in his fucking place

@Charles-nc4zj

Жыл бұрын

Didn't know Australian SAS was always deployed overseas despite being part of a "Defence Force".

Great video. I'm an ex-Australian soldier who often worked with recruitment projects and this definitely feels like it was sponsored by the Australian Defence Force. But we need soldiers and its honestly a fun job so I'm all for it! Sign up, people!

@eye_lube6022

Жыл бұрын

DFR's getting sneaky eh?? Haha, I've got appointment day January heading NEOC, can't wait!

@chazlewis8114

Жыл бұрын

@@eye_lube6022 Awesome! And good luck! You've got quite an adventure ahead of you.

@ludaMerlin69

Жыл бұрын

They can't retain troops for a reason.

@jett8225

Жыл бұрын

@@ludaMerlin69 yeah I wouldn’t rejoin if they paid me

@jameshuang2677

Жыл бұрын

@@jett8225 how come?

In reagrd to immersion, I lived in Hanoi in 2009 & 2010 and in my apartment was a young Aussie soldier with his family. He was there for 12 months language study, which I thought was a fantastic opportunity for him. From memory he picked it up pretty quickly. With any foreign language, living amongst the locals will speed up your learning to no end

Good video, I remember in 1990 the School of langs came to our unit cos we were being deployed to PNG, so we had a crash course in Tok Pisin. Of course when you're on the ground most of which you learnt was not what was heard LOL. Everybody quickly reset to the actual dialect in country. Have been back a few times since and still able to have a good conversation in Pisin.

Salut Olly ! Thank you for the time and effort you put into these videos.

Thanks for inspiring me to learn languages olly I had your course and improved very fast im currently on the hill trying to climb to fluency

I found this video so enjoyable and interesting. I currently serve in the RAN and when I was applying for the ADF one of my preferences was Cryptologic Linguist in the Navy. I ended up undertaking a different role in the end, but my interest in foreign languages still remains. I come from mixed decent, Thai-Australian. So it always interested me to learn my heritage and become a Thai speaker. What I find very interesting, is even though I'm not serving as a linguist, the Defence Force gives opportunities to members that have bilingual, trilingual or polyglottal abilities to use them. Things such as foreign correspondents or representative roles. Now my Thai is not nearly at the level to be considered bilingual, but I do plan on continuing my personal study to eventually have it recognized.

I have fond memories of the School of Langs….. just reminds of how important the school is. Australia is very culturally diverse. As such, these community groups were invited so students could immerse themselves in the language and culture.

Was selected to do the mlats test back when i first joined my Battalion. No real experience learning languages other than failing french is high school. Ended up scoring in top bracket and off i went to study Thai. By far the most valueable and rewarding thing i ever got out of my service. Speaking a second language not only opened up some amazing opportunties during my time in but also lead to working for the UN and other multinational corporations after i discharged.

@kaveebee

Жыл бұрын

Were you in a good Battalion?

@bcooper7618

Жыл бұрын

@@kaveebee I think most guys would say their battalion is the best :)

@RaffieFaffie

Жыл бұрын

@@bcooper7618 Did you study for the MLAT?

@bcooper7618

Жыл бұрын

@@RaffieFaffie No I didn't, tbh in true Army fashion I didn't even know I had to take it until the day before. It's been a long time since I took the test but I would imagine it's not something that would be easy to study for.

I did some training with The Australian Army back in 72. In my unit, training to acquire proficiency in Weapons, Submarine familiarisation, parachute skills etc and a few other were held to be the the best courses. What excited me however was the radio course, I found it quite interesting. One of the blokes from headquarters platoon was a radio wizard, and he attended the course to help and brush up on his teaching skills. He was pale, slightly built and in no way looked like he had done all the hard yards. One of the platoon sergeants spoke highly of him for lugging a radio set around all day in the bush.

The marines inspire me, I'm identify with them, I'm going to start learning Korean 🇰🇷 this last months of the year , and my new year's language on 2024: Turkish 🇹🇷. Greetings from Guatemala 🇬🇹🤠.

I spent a year at the Australian school of languages and learnt Thai in 2005, had a great time

@perpetualgrin5804

Жыл бұрын

I did 15 days at Thai school, it's a fun language, I make an effort which is greatly respected by the locals.

@raymaersdosch2753

Жыл бұрын

How much Thai did you know before you went, and how good was your Thai after you had finished?

@edwardfletcher7790

Жыл бұрын

You spelt Pilgrim wrong... LoL

@perpetualgrin5804

Жыл бұрын

@@raymaersdosch2753 Our class wasn't the best, can say a few things but understanding not much. After 1 month I learn leave and forget. Still it's an interest when I'm there.

RAAF Williams Point Cook is the second oldest air force base in the world and number 1 for the longest continuously operating base.

In the 80's I did the aptitude test. I was RAN in intel. Only 3 out of about 120 of us passed. The actual course was intense.

@honestpat7789

Жыл бұрын

I remember the test. It made little sense, and yeah, bugger all passed.

@jacktar4146

Жыл бұрын

Dutchy Weerts? Went onto JTS 3/87?

@olafweerts7653

Жыл бұрын

@@jacktar4146 Maybe - who you?

@jacktar4146

Жыл бұрын

@@olafweerts7653 Heinzy

@olafweerts7653

Жыл бұрын

@@jacktar4146 Well hi there Peter

Witnessed this first hand, prior to deployment we would spend weeks learning customs and language of country, we went in with full respect. In East Timor 1999 first days of conflict we had up to 500 locals walking past us, we asked why.. Answer “ they want to make sure you are Australian and not American 😱” which shocked me. Until I saw how the Americans totally ignored local customs.

My mate Did this he already Spoke English and Vietnamese but they sent him School of Languages and he said it was so chill it was like going to school without the military side and they get heaps of freedom and get paid to have fun. Another cool fact is the Special forces are required to bilingual and One of the SASR guys I met speaks 5 languages.

You are reminding me of my adult electronics course in the Australian Army. We had to learn mathematics first, like 3 year university maths in 8 week. I have never taken so much Panadol, and my brain was mush.

Thanks for all your videos and books! I watched your US military video and found a great path for me with the Army that didn’t even knew existed. I’m taking the ASVAB next week to see if I qualify for even being able to take the DLAB.

@jasonjohnson6938

Жыл бұрын

When you take the dlab, keep in mind it's 100% audio, one -take multiple choice. Practice your listening skills

@Colyde25

Жыл бұрын

@Nicte Heredia Thanks!

@Colyde25

Жыл бұрын

@@jasonjohnson6938 Awesome. I hope my previous language learning skills will help me with that test as well.

@AltesBuddha

Жыл бұрын

Also when you go to MEPS do not let them bully you into something you don't want. They will and they will lie to your face about what you can choose. Leave and wait to come back no sense in doing something you don't want for the next 4-5 years

@Colyde25

Жыл бұрын

@@AltesBuddha for sure man! My uncle who was a sailor told me the same thing! I will stick by what I want.

I want to start learning Latin because of your videos.

The Australian Defence Force School Of Languages at the RAAF base Point Cook Victoria have excellent teachers (like me mum who taught Fijian there...haha)and Australian defence force personnel make excellent students.

What an amazing video.🖤

That was fascinating to see how they do it these days. I graduated LANGS Chinese in 1988 and we most certainly did a lot more reading and writing than seems to be the case these days. One of the absolute bonuses was time spent in-country during the course. In August (iirc), so after 8 months of full-time Chinese language study we went for a week to Beijing Foreign Language Institute (北京外国语学院) and then a few days in Xi'an having travelled there and back by train. I doubt that would even be possible in the current climate.

@mcb4067

Жыл бұрын

mate ive been to a pretty intense chinese language course too but ive had to learn it for years and now only around touching the HSK 6 level. im curious did you guys really feel like you reached near native flunecy in 10 months in Chinese? im curious because i never anyone go from 0 to hero at the place i was at.

@JustJimWillDo

Жыл бұрын

@@mcb4067 No. Absolutely nowhere near native speaker proficiency. Enough to get by in-country or to act as an interpreter for a visiting delegation (with lots of overnight vocab swotting for each industry visit).

@mcb4067

Жыл бұрын

​@@JustJimWillDo thanks for the reply. in my country they send the diplomats to taiwan and learn at an intensive proficient for two years there. like 4- 5 hours a day with 1-1 and 3-1 one classes, but even after two years and a lot of progress - we'd still struggle to understand two native Chinese speakers talking to each other, read a random news article line to line ect even if we got the general idea. like imagine a 14 year old explaining news or something haha. and even then that wad focusing on listening/reading, the diplomats still would struggle with tones because the teacher doenst have the time to correct every sentence and gets used to the students bad pronunciation. i was thinking if the military's program had it nailed better, especially if their sending people along with delegations.

On the topic of immersion. It varies by course, I know people who did the Tetum course switched entirely to tetum where possible as soon as they could.

As a US Navy Linguist this was interesting to see. Very similar training pipeline with DLI.

@onlybetasgetoffendedbystri8030

4 ай бұрын

Hey man could you answer some questions regarding the process to become one

Great video I am not sure I heard Nate's last recommendation. Was it vocabulary memorisation and wrote learning? Could not quite get that last part

for the bonus pay to be maintained you do have to do a minimum number of training support activities within every 2 years to maintain that bonus allowance. Also as mandarin is a tonal language it is something that not everyone can quickly learn, basically the tone deaf really struggle. Another thing that supports people on the LAT testing is having learned an instrument using sheet music.

Спасибо за видео, очень познавательно! Каждый день узнаем новое:)

Speaking of languages and the way things are said, Melbourne is not pronounced "Mell-born", but "Mel-b'n", as if there are no vowels in the second syllable. It might be a lazy way of saying it, but that's how we say it.

Was an alright time at the school. I didn't sleep very well though, so warning to those from North QLD, the sun doesn't set until late, so it fks with your sleep. RAAF Laverton was a very run down old base but it wasn't too bad for a few months. When I did the MLAT at recruiting I went through with a few polyglots, I was the only one that passed it and I only knew English.

四十年まえに豪州空軍語学校で日本語を習いました。40 years ago I learned Japanese at the RAAF School of Languages. Yes, it was intense. I believe determination is as important as aptitude.

@bwv211

Жыл бұрын

@@sr00012 Sorry, I don't know what OSB and RPL mean. I resigned from the RAAF in 1998. There are very few jobs for linguists. It's good to have a career + language. Not just language. Good luck with your studies 🙂

@echelon2k8

Жыл бұрын

@Space Lizard How's Japanese a real easy language to learn again?

@echelon2k8

Жыл бұрын

@Space Lizard The expression of terms and phrases? You mean like giving the correct pitch accent of every word? Because when I hear someone saying that learning Japanese is easy, I'm typically dealing with some weeb that has been mispronouncing Japanese since day one and forever more. Oh, yeah, and how many letters do you have to learn to read and write Russian again compared with how many kana and Kanji there are in Japanese?

@victormurray8940

Жыл бұрын

Hey Colin :)

@injanhoi1

Жыл бұрын

@@echelon2k8 I often hear people say it is easy to learn but I just wonder whether it is a language genius or someone who has an inflated opinion of their skills. You soon find out your level when you're actually in Japan. The fact is Japanese is one of the hardest languages in the world for English speakers to master. The main difficulty is the Kanji and the complicated keigo. I asked my Japanese friends what they think of foreigner's Japanese language abilities. They replied with only some speak it well.

In the UK It used to be tri-service courses at Chicksands, not all that different from what you depict here. Go hang out in Cheltenham, you'll meet plenty of them around the Donut.

Hi Olly, at 13:30 you said Samoan. Though I think this this guy is Samu. I worked on Sabai island, Part of Australia though a couple of miles from Papua. They speak about 5 languages in the area, maybe more and English. Though ive no doubt we have Samoan Speakers in the Defence Force. I was a soldier and then a Remote Area Nurse and moved around mostly Australia and Papua New Guinea. I found it hard to nail a common language. In one State of Australia, The Northern Territory, I was told there are 48 different languages. I worked in one community and they spoke one Language though another community only 50km away spoke an entirely different language, they even looked different, where much slimmer, taller and had straighter hair.

@freeflynz1983

Жыл бұрын

Agreed, he mentions he is Mer Island (Murray Island) and Saibai Island warrior. Both islands in the Torres Strait. I've worked with a few ADF guys up that way, such an amazing place

Hi Olly. I did 3 Courses at Langs and got to do plenty of tasks as a linguist.

@soton5teve

Жыл бұрын

Tips?

@fireskycam9889

Жыл бұрын

@@soton5teve Learn English grammar first. People will ask why of course, but understanding your own grammar first really helps with learning another.

@lisanarramore222

Жыл бұрын

@@fireskycam9889 Agreed!

@user-dg3ug7ny5d

Жыл бұрын

I also recommend learning the International Phonetic Alphabet (IPA), which just helps picking up pronunciation so much faster (for me and others I know that use it). Even if you cease your foreign language learning career, knowing how to use the alphabet when searching up English words is great fun! It's listed in dictionaries and other word-based resource lists next to the desired word. The IPA is actually how most (if not all) opera singers learn how to sing in the many languages they do. It's extremely useful and I wish more people were aware of it, and that language institutions pushed for a greater knowledge of (in our case) English grammar and usage of the IPA as introductions to learning every language. Happy language learning! :)

@jamesbond-xl3xs

Жыл бұрын

@@user-dg3ug7ny5d I know this might seem like a silly question but how do I learn the IPA? Any recommendations of techniques/methodology or resources or courses would be greatly appreciated. Thanks in advance.

Great vid! Very inspiring. Wish my country had such options. But the most important thing is to have fun while learning the language. Sadly my experience was a bit depressing. The last language academy I did for a company was a shit show. Our tutor expected us to be perfect in the language almost from the first day. I was demoralized in nearly every lesson, especially at one on one's. My teacher always said (not in direct words but very closely when I pissed her off with my bad language skills): "Your garbage! Better leave as fast as possible and save time for others who are successful in the language." I was cursed with this because the rest of my coursemates had prior knowledge of the language while I didn't. This is a very hard time for me. + The language academy was only 5-6 months long which usually in normal terms would've been 1 year. In the end, I did survive and I am working in the company but I had to re-learn the language on my own - at my own pace again because it was too much, too rushed and too demoralizing to find the motivation to do the course.

@gizhou3034

Жыл бұрын

Happened in my Chinese class at ANU. Subsequenttly taught myself to read and write. :)

Las historia son la mejor herramienta para aprender el idioma. La semana pasada estuve en la playa con mi amigo y llego Karol G a bañarse calata.

I did the Kurdish language test for ADF, it's very old school - a boombox with a tape of a man that reads out words that correlate to shapes

Great video. One little quibble: at 3:24 it should be "...Defence Force School .." i.e. "Defence" with a "c", the Australian way ! (You got it right at the very beginning of the video, though.)

On the first day of Indonesian the instructor first came in and started speaking Indonesian for an hour straight and no one had a clue what he was saying but it’s absolutely insane they just talk it 24/7

Olly (or anyone who cares to answer): I am an English speaker learning the German language. I am also fluent in Spanish. After having lived in Peru and being married to a Bolivian national, Spanish has been a relatively easy language to learn just simply because of constant exposure to the language. Unfortunately, because there seems to be no one around that speaks the German language in my area, I have no way to practice. I was able to purchase both of your books of German stories from Amazon. My vocabulary and reading comprehension have improved immensely just after reading two of the novels. However, I think there is a listening component to the stories and am not sure where to get it. I really need to better improve my listening. So here are my two questions: Does reading comprehension improve listening (if read aloud)? Where can I get the audio version of the German stories you are suggesting? Thank you so much! Aaron Greenway

@lajoyalobos2009

Жыл бұрын

I'm in a bit of a similar situation (live in Arizona and have a LOT of exposure to Spanish, almost none to German here). I follow HR Fernsehen on KZread and try to listen as much as possible. Most of it is in a docu-series format and they'll follow people around as they go about their day and interview them (my favorite is Mittendrin, which centers around Frankfurt's airport). Other than HR Fernsehen, I'll try to find other documentaries or news in German so I can hear the language. Sometimes I'll actually sit and watch, other times I'll have it going while doing the dishes. Hope that helps.

@nendoakuma7451

Жыл бұрын

I think you can purchase the audio component from audible

Out of all the schools I have been too in Australia, the only thing they all had that was exactly the same was an Indonesian language class. Did Indonesian in my first few years of my schooling (whilst I was about 6 to 12)

@nathanieltraynor3326

Жыл бұрын

Huh. In NSW I think French is the mandatory language class

@scottjurrjens8954

Жыл бұрын

@@nathanieltraynor3326 I'm not sure about other states. Only ever been in Vic

@nathanieltraynor3326

Жыл бұрын

@@scottjurrjens8954 ah ok, yeah I’m a NSW guy and that’s what we did. Japanese is actually becoming big now

@scottjurrjens8954

Жыл бұрын

@@nathanieltraynor3326 yeah it doesn't suprise me. We are trying to work closer with Japan, South Koera and other western friendly Asian countries to counter Chinese influence. So it would be pretty useful to have a good amount of people who can speak thoes languages.

@goodshipkaraboudjan

Жыл бұрын

@@nathanieltraynor3326 about 15 years ago the choices in QLD were Mandarin, French, German, Japanese or Indonesian. The European languages weren't very popular because no one saw them as particularly useful compared to learning an Asian language before uni.

I'm Australian and a language nerd...and I had no idea about the ADF's reputation for language learning!

fun fact Australian defence force are the highest paid in the world in most cases almost twice that of the rest of the western world

@thecartsman

Жыл бұрын

🤣🤣🤣

A question.Where do you buy these cool tshirts?

So that first clip is of Torres strait Islanders. Who are first nation Australians. IIRC thats NORFORCE welcoming a dignitary by combining new and old traditions.

Can you do a language video about the Canadian military

People wonder why training like this would be stressful, but imagine basically being constantly evaluated and if you fail something, it's not like college where you just need to balance it out by the end of the semester, it's more like you didn't get an 80% on the test this week, so we're going to write that down and you'll redo it the next day and if you fail anything else, we're going to have a board and ask what's going on or why you aren't performing and after that, if we keep you, and you fail anything again, we're going to kick you out of the school unless there's a really good reason to keep you and you're going to go through a lot of uncomfortable meetings as to why you're inadequate.

Australian Army Personnel receives a huge amount of training just generally.

"In conflict zones, even understanding graffiti on a wall can be critical to survival" This made me think of coming across a sign in a language you don't understand that says "danger, mines".

Nate sounds great.

3:25 Actually its Defence, not Defense. Cos we speak proper English ;) Excellent video!

I found the music comments interesting! When I was a kid I learned a lot of French from listening to songs, who else can sing, "Sur le pont, d'Avignon..."? And then when I moved to the US, I have a Mexican friend who did her engineering degree here and learned a lot of English from listening to Elton John.

As an Armoured Corps Trooper, in 1990, I did the Australian Army Language test, which is probably not the same one as used today. Unfortunately, I failed, because I was unable to identify tonal differences required for Asian languages. At the time, every person who passed was required to be able to be slotted into whatever language was needed, so it was either pass, or fail. Had I done the current test, I probably would have been OK, because while I don't speak anything apart from English, my father was a linguist, who spoke about a dozen European languages, and I grew up hearing him speak and had familiarity with sounds present in Slavic languages. Mind you, I completely bombed out on learning French at school, so maybe I'm just really crap, when it comes to other languages. Thankfully, my English, is very good (which is why I was asked to do the test), and it was always one of my best subjects at school, although I can't spell to save myself...

The mandatory language for CTLs (1990-2020) is/was Indonesian. Deal with the closest threat first.

took the MLAT in 2020 for the ADF, was itching to know what level I got but they told me it was only a fail or a pass, I passed though :)

Am DLI grad, 1966-67.

I attended the RAAF School of Languages the same year as Colin (see below), only I studied Chinese while he studied Japanese. Since graduation (we're talking 1979) I think I have spoken, or at the very least thought about, Chinese every single day. The course has taken me all around the world (several times) and given me many wonderful opportunities and some not-so-good experiences. From graduation until I left the military, I never attended a refresher course, although under normal circumstances I would need to complete one every two years. I was just too busy. I did not lose my pay grade because I was actively working "in the language", so was excused the attendance on refresher courses. My course was 44 weeks in total. Prior to going to "Langs", I had served in the Infantry and was a fairly new Intelligence Corps operator when the opportunity to study Chinese came up. I've never regretted it. Prior to serving in the Intelligence Corps, I had no idea we had linguists in the Army. When I was undergoing assessment to transfer to Intelligence, I was told I had absolutely no aptitude to learn a foreign language (in 1977), but the following year, I attended the M-LAT assessment and was told I could study any language they taught at the school. Obviously, the first assessment was not an M-LAT test. I often wonder how different my life would have been if I had not attempted the M-LAT based on the earlier assessment. Some things that were different in my time than when "Nate" did his course: We learnt reading, writing and speaking Chinese with equal importance. So, where he says "it wasn't really tested" - we were. It takes active knowledge of about 3,500 Chinese characters to be able to read a Chinese newspaper. We graduated as "interpreter/translator" so we had to be competent in the written word as much as the spoken word - in long form and short form characters. Pronunciation had to be as near perfect as possible. We had to mimic the spoken word of a native speaker. Near enough was not good enough. The structure of the syllabus as Nate described it was totally different in my time. All my experience was pre-internet time, so it was all done by using cassette tapes and books. The reputation of the RAAF School of Languages is impeccable when it comes to the calibre of graduates and that is a testimony to the standards and professionalism of the staff and the student selection process.

@jesse_maslen

Жыл бұрын

How do you get into the school?

@Inimitable

Жыл бұрын

@@jesse_maslen Step 1. Join the ADF. Step 2. Apply for language training. If that fails.... Step 3. Apply for transfer to Intelligence. Step 4. Apply for Language training. In truth, I don't know the current system. My comments above are just a guess. Check with ADF Recruiting before you do anything remotely like enlisting. In my day, you couldn't get into the Australian Intelligence Corps unless you had already had substantial service in another corps (preferably a fighting arm e.g. Infantry) because you had an understanding of the battlefield and the type of information a commander might need to know to prosecute the battle. That's for the Army. I have no idea how the RAN and RAAF go about it.

@mcb4067

Жыл бұрын

mate can you be honest with me - did you guys really reach native fluency from 0 knowledge in chinese through these courses? ive been to some pretty intense chinese courses and have been learning the language over 7 years and only touching HSK 6. ive never seen anyone in any classes reach 3500 words in 10 months, or if they just focused on reading their tones are pretty awful.

@Inimitable

Жыл бұрын

@@mcb4067 Absolutely. One of my fellow students graduated with honours in Chinese from Melbourne University the year before he started with us. As a government employee he was exempt from the "zero prior knowledge" rule. We eclipsed his knowledge - by his own admission - after about a month. His classical Chinese (e.g. poetry, philosophy etc) was always better than ours, but we blitzed his day-to-day practical knowledge.

@mcb4067

Жыл бұрын

@@Inimitable In a month! he must of then been feeling pretty funny about his 4 years honors ! haha. would you feel the graduates would get to a level where they would be comfortable talking about politics or news with local Chinese or if someone put a newspaper infront of them they could tell you meaning of the whole thing? i reckon i know abut 5000 words but i still struggle with news and understanding the informal chinese spoken by those locals

How do you join the school?

0:11 - is there a computer game or app like that?

Nate， 你很棒！

I am jealous how well prepared these countries are.

It's all about patterns. I've been learning Russian for about 9 months. I'm from UK so I have to see patterns in the Cyrillic. 'B' is pronounced as 'V' and then you have silent vowels and it is very highly gendered. Saying hello to Dave is different from saying hello to Jane. And then, Good evening is totally different than Good Night.

@oiuhoindds924

Жыл бұрын

Saying hello is not different, knowing B is v is alot for nine months mate

I think moving to another country will make the process a whole lot enjoyable.👊💥💕

all that translation stuff for assessments sounds like torture. i actively lose my ability to translate between two languages as i get better at the foreign one. it doesn't even take long so within a few weeks i'm stuck being terrible at my foreign language but understanding it without translating it regardless. this sounds like sabotage lmao

Fyi its 87,000 total personel including reservists, its more like 57,000 full time.

Doing your basic training before your trade training is standard across all military.

@lisanarramore222

Жыл бұрын

Not with languages, though. Foreign Legion teaches French from day 1.

@eSysmanSuperYachts

Жыл бұрын

@@lisanarramore222 That’s different, not typical. They need to learn French because that’s the language in the country they are serving.

Nate such a typical Aussie lol.

First, great video Olly!

our japanese language class in high school was called LOTE and they never told us what the acronym stood for lol

You know what could be good. To maybe do a vlog. Maybe Going to a Welsh village and talking with them about the Welsh Language. Or maybe going to the island of man. And talking to them about Manx. Or to Japan and with the Ainu people about their language. Or anywhere really. It would surely get this channel much more subscribers. And views. That is part of how youtube works.

@encorefootball

Жыл бұрын

Like laoshu (RIP)

I am a fluent speaker of a foreign language. ADF was happy to use my linguistic skills on demand while I was serving, but refused to let me sit the qualification exams or be paid linguist allowance. Senior officers thought they were being smart and saving money.

around 2000 when i was going in. i was told i would be learning chinese ;) good old electronic warfare

How do you get in?

Hello, The "Australian Military" is not the usual terminology and does not sound right; it's the Australian Defence Force (ADF) which is in common usage.

brother where are you from?

Being released by your career manager is often one of the most important components of whether you will be able to go on a course. I did well in my aptitude tests however I wasn’t released by my chain of command. It was very disappointing.

Can you do more videos about Potuguese 🇧🇷🇧🇷🇧🇷

Passed the recruitment test. Did mine with Kurdish. Unfortunately got rejected later down the line

I live near the US Army language school at Ft Huachuka (wah-chooka) AZ.

Am I the only one who could not understand Mr. Silhouette at all the first time he appears? What language is he supposed to be speaking?

@languageswithevan

Жыл бұрын

I was waiting for some type of explanation that never came

@MichaelPhillipsatGreyOwlStudio

Жыл бұрын

@@languageswithevan Listening to it again, it sounds like Mandarin, but heavily distorted. I listened three times to see if it was just a heavy Australian accent or something. Sounds like he's from Brisbane in later clips.

@languageswithevan

Жыл бұрын

@@MichaelPhillipsatGreyOwlStudio He later speaks about Chinese, so yes. I believe it's Mandarin too. It still seemed odd and out of context without subtitles. If he was trying to make a point in his words in that language, I couldn't understand that part.

@kevinb2469

Жыл бұрын

Was silhouette guy supposed to have subtitles? There was nothing on the toggleable KZread CC either.

@MichaelPhillipsatGreyOwlStudio

Жыл бұрын

@@kevinb2469 Only auto-generated English on my end. I tried them and got nothing during that particular clip. It spit out an "uh" at one point and that was it. lol.

I wish I could go there and learn

hello from DLI, australian cousins :)

@jmwild22

Жыл бұрын

2:43

Can't wait until these agencies learn about SRS systems

@donaldyeung9658

Жыл бұрын

which is?

@JM-kj3dx

Жыл бұрын

@@donaldyeung9658 look it up

@donaldyeung9658

Жыл бұрын

@@JM-kj3dx is it just called srs

@JM-kj3dx

Жыл бұрын

@@donaldyeung9658 same thing

@voliteon

Жыл бұрын

They would know about spaced repetition systems and would continue to use their superior existing methods of teaching.

2:44 looks like someone needs to go to language school!

lol I couldn’t call the school state of the art.

"...and a few students even committed suicide..." This was too much success. They actually became Japanese. And then worked themselves to death.

Australian officer over the radio: “We’re full rooted cobber, fair dinkum!”. American officer on the other end: “copy…eh….?”

Right now, there is a call on to come up with a name for the ADF Linguists magazine. I shit you not. I want to know how many people submitted 'Cunning Linguists'...

A video on how to learn Australian. Please 😂

@Rage_Harder_Then_Relax

Жыл бұрын

LOL

First Comment: Fantastic video Olly

RAAF base Williams is not state of the art, its average and the sleeping quarters are terrible.. Local pizza shop is pretty good though..

good

a teacher told me that people in the australian defence forced get double the payment of their job for every language they know

Was "Nate" supposed to be understandable? I feel like I was having a stroke trying to figure out what he was saying.

I just realised LOTE stood for something

In school in Qld Australia, in my school anyway we had lote and had to learn Japanese. God only knows why? I did enjoy it at the beginning and was getting B+ and above. Until the teacher left and was replaced by a shit one.

@pearl-pf6xz

11 ай бұрын

A girl I went to school with became an interpreter in Japanese, she travelled the world...High school Japanese is no joke.