1. Through surveys and analysis establish the use of English, (possibly German and French) as foreign language(s) in practice and in education of police officers.
   
2. Define "common core" of linguistic needs in police foreign language communication in different countries and establish a method (or methods) applicable to different countries in police education and vocationally oriented language learning.
   
3. Define and establish an European system of evaluation and certification of basic competence for police and related services.
   
4. Produce and distribute teaching materials accompanied by multimedia and with didactic support.

   As visible from the above said, there are several stages in defining Europolice language starting with the needs analysis and finishing with the implementation of produced teaching materials and issuing certificates upon successful completion of the course.

   The reasons for carrying out the projects are many, but the main are:

   • linking of foreign language teaching programmes to real vocational needs; which would enable updating and revising existing language courses for police officers and creating new language courses.
   • internationalisation of the problems encountered by the police forces and taking into account the advent of removing of border barriers, accompanied by more frequent travels and movements of people speaking different languages.

   The above project to succeed would need a co-operation of several countries and joint well planed use of teachers and researchers' manpower and resources.

1 NEEDS ANALYSIS

A survey of typical situations has been conducted in order to enable police officers (and related services) to render better service to foreign visitors.

1. Analysis procedure:

Three ways of data collection were used:

• The survey. The informants (police departments and individual officers) were asked about situations in which they need foreign language. Experts were contacted as well.
• Field study (direct observation). Several weeks were spent in different police

  departments (traffic, port, airport, etc.) to observe the need to use foreign languages.

• Checking the existing literature (textbooks, manuals) in Germany, Croatia and France.

2. Survey questions were:

In what kind of situations are foreign languages used?
Which language is most frequently used?
What is the importance of knowledge of foreign languages in professional practice?
The results were worked out to obtain the content.

3. Findings

Police officers have to use foreign languages in order to communicate effectively.

In the survey foreign languages have not been specified, but most reports recognize that English has the leading position, although language depends very much on the location of the region in which it is being used. The informants have pointed out job specific nature of activities.

Aural / oral communication is of highest priority. Accuracy of comprehension and precision of expression is very important. Social and formal English are present. Variety of speakers and variety of accents are to be taken into account. Further pragmatic and linguistic analysis is possible on the basis of the most frequent situations in which foreign languages are needed, which can be summarized as follows.

a) Contact with foreign visitors

Giving directions
Tourist information
Emergency situations

Direct contact
On the phone
Reporting a crime

Information
Control
Accidents

Crime
Drug
Illegal weapons, etc.

Registration
Licences and permits

Airports, sea crossings
Cooperation with the customs

2 SYLLABUS AND CURRICULUM DESIGN

The research data are to be used for the development of language programmes or setting up language courses in vocational education and in-police language training. So further tasks are pragmatic and linguistic description of the established needs.

The specification of a common core English for police and related services is planned to be devised on the same principles as the series Foreign languages in Adult and Continuing Education developed within the framework of the Language Certificate Programme of the German Adult Education Association and the International Certificate Conference. It is based on 200 to 240 contact hours.

The specifications for English for Police and related public services are designed for those who require or will require English language in that professional context. It is not likely to cover all the requirements - but to set out the common core language likely to be used by the majority in their job situations.

Designers of the course can use the specifications as the basis for a syllabus and a curriculum design for courses for police officers, for assessment of the teaching materials and for evaluation of their experience.

Learning objective is receptive and productive use of the language:

• listening comprehension
• speaking ability
• reading ability
• writing

To some extent reading and writing skills may be judged as not so important, but they are very important in the framework of language learning in general.

1. Speech intentions

Social contact
Addressing someone: reacting to being addressed
Greeting someone: reacting to greetings Introducing oneself: reacting to introductions
Official introduction
Asking for identification

naming
identifying sth.

what's happened
where's happened
suspicious behaviour

accepting / rejecting

Assuring and confirming
Contradicting / negating

belief, conviction
uncertainty
concern, worry /hope
sympathy / regret
pleasure / discontent
approval / disapproval
disappointment

belonging (possession, part of)
location, direction
time
manner
Expressing modality
possibility / capability
necessity / obligation
Condition
Comparing

2. Topics

People
Name, address (location)
Nationality, mother tongue
Occupation
Appearance
Places (roads, streets, parks, seaside, rivers, lake)
Services (post office, bank garage, TIC, public transport, places to eat and drink)
Sizes, weights, prices, currency, measurement, quantities Illness - accident

3. Language tasks

Conversation with one person
Giving directions / instructions
Use of telephone
Asking questions
Obtaining information
Formulating demands, suggestions
Apologizing appropriately
Understand what is written in documents of foreign origin

4. Alphabetical wordlist

Up to 1.000 words with examples in the context.

5. Common abbreviations

6. Table of affixes (word formation)

7. Grammatical structures

Verbs (Division, tables)
Noun
Articles
Pronouns
Numerals
Adjectives
Adverbs
Prepositions and prepositional phrases
Subordinate clauses (nominal, relative, adverbial, if-clauses, etc.)
Reported speech

Indirect questions
Indirect commands

3 METHODOLOGY OF MATERIALS DEVELOPMENT

Methodological side of materials development depends on the data obtained through needs analysis and on set objectives. Based on that, it is possible to develop different approaches depending on whether materials are intended for developing activities in spoken language, writing or for developing reading and text processing skills. Spoken language is the priority here, and different types of authentic personal documents should be presented.