LMTs help teach Kosovo citizens
Story and photo by U.S. Army Staff Sgt. Cody Harding 4th Public Affairs Detachment
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embers of Liaison Monitoring Team Five, Joint Regional Detachment – East, presented a series of English language questions to members of the Shtime administrative building in Shtime July 11.
to place focus on a series of important words and phrases. The LMT taught the class about who, what, when, where, why and how, and then moved on to actions. According to Gazmen Krivca, an interpreter working with LMT-5, the idea originally came from the mayor of Shtime, who thought it’d be better for his employees to know English when working with their multinational partners. Through the class, LMT -5 has built a rapport with the people in Shtime. “We are much closer to them now,” said Krivca. “Besides the English class, we can discuss business. They have more freedom to approach us, tell us about their problems. We feel as if we’re a part of them now.”
The English classes, which have been going on for over a month, help bring the people of Kosovo closer to the NATOled Kosovo Forces mission and its personnel, said U.S. Army Pfc. Kevin Garcia, a member of LMT-5. “It builds a rapport with people and builds con?dence,” Garcia, a native of El Monte, Calif., said. “We’re not only here to patrol the area, we’re here to converse, get to know them, see how they’re doing.” The class ran through a series of questions, each one meant
Staff Sgt. Ariel White, a member of Liaision Monitoring Team Five, participates in a question and answer session with citizens of Kosovo during an LMT-hosted English Language class inside the Shtime administrative building.
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