AN INEXPERIENCED CREWMEMBER HAD DIFFICULTY MAINTAINING DIRECTIONAL CTL DURING TKOF ROLL. THIS DISTR LED TO FLC'S FAILURE TO RETRACT FLAPS DURING APPROPRIATE PHASE.

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IT WAS THE LAST FLT OF A 2 DAY TRIP AND IT WAS THE FO'S LEG. WE HAD JUST SWAPPED THIS ACFT FOR OUR LAST LEG AND THIS ONE; LIKE MOST OF THE FLEET; HANDLES SOMEWHAT DIFFERENTLY. THE COPLT IS AN ITALIAN GUY WHOSE ENGLISH IS WEAK AND IN THE COCKPIT HE IS SOMEWHAT INADEQUATE DUE TO THE 2 FREQS WE WERE MONITORING PLUS OUR CREW CONVERSATION/COM. AFTER TKOF CLRNC; I ALIGNED THE ACFT AND HELD THE BRAKES. I SAID 'YOUR BRAKES; YOUR THROTTLES; I'VE GOT RADIOS.' HE BEGAN ADDING TKOF PWR SOMEWHAT RAPIDLY AND THE LEVERS WERE UNEVEN AS WELL AS THE ENG SPOOL UP TIME. HE DID NOT HOLD HIS BRAKES UNTIL ENGS SPOOLED UP (AS IS MY PREFERENCE) AND HE BEGAN SWERVING DOWN THE RWY AND WAS FIXATING ON TORQUE GAUGES AS OPPOSED TO CTRLINE. ALTHOUGH HE CALLED 'SET TKOF PWR' HIS VERY LARGE HAND WAS COVERING THE THROTTLES TO WHERE I COULD NOT EVEN SET PWR FOR HIM. I KEPT SAYING 'I'VE GOT PWR; GET THE CTRLINE -- GET THE CTRLINE' FINALLY I FIRMLY SAID TWICE TO LET ME HAVE THE THROTTLES; 'MOVE YOUR HAND.' HE FINALLY GOT THE POINT AND GOT HIS CTRLINE. I EVENED OUT PWR AND WE ROTATED. NO INCIDENT BUT I FELT IT MAY HAVE STARTLED PAX SINCE THE DOOR WAS OPEN AND HE WAS ALL OVER THE RWY; SIDE TO SIDE. WE PROCEEDED WITH ONLY FURTHER EMBARRASSMENT WHEN A PLT SEATED IN THE BACK TOLD US (CLBING THROUGH 10000 FT) THAT IT APPEARED WE STILL HAD FLAPS DOWN. I HAD DONE THE CLB CHKLIST; BUT WAS ANGRY ABOUT THE TKOF ROLL. I LOOKED AT THE FLAP GAUGE INSTEAD OF TOUCHING THE FLAP LEVER. THE FLAP GAUGE READ ZERO DEGS BUT WAS A MEL ITEM. THE FLAP LEVER WAS INDEED STILL IN THE TKOF POS. WE HAD NO INCIDENT NOR HAD WE EXCEEDED ANY LIMITATIONS. THE GREATEST DAMAGE WAS TO MY PRIDE; I WAS A LITTLE ASHAMED OF OUR LACK OF PROFESSIONALISM. HOWEVER; I FEEL THAT THIS COPLT AND OTHERS LIKE HIM SHOULD HAVE A MUCH BETTER UNDERSTANDING AND COMMAND OF OUR LANGUAGE; THAT THIS LANGUAGE BARRIER INHIBITS SAFETY. COM IS VERY DIFFICULT AND I FIND MYSELF SAYING EVERYTHING 2-3 TIMES. I HAD BRIEFED HIM TO ADVANCE THROTTLES TO ABOUT 1200 LBS TORQUE AND THEN REMOVE HIS HAND FROM THROTTLES AND CALL FOR ME TO SET THEM. THE THROTTLES WERE MINE FOR TKOF AS WAS THE DECISION TO ABORT. IN THIS SIT IF AN ABORT WOULD HAVE BEEN NECESSARY; IT WOULD HAVE BEEN IMPOSSIBLE AS I COULD NOT GET TO THE THROTTLES UNTIL AFTER V1; WHEN HE FINALLY MOVED HIS HANDS. ALSO; PROPER TRAINING AND LACK OF FLYING EXPERIENCE ON HIS PART; WERE PART OF THE PROB. I FELT THAT TALKING HIM THROUGH IT WAS THE SAFEST OPTION (AS OPPOSED TO TRYING TO TAKE IT FROM HIM). LATER WE DISCUSSED THE SIT. HOWEVER; I'M STILL NOT SURE HE UNDERSTOOD ALL OF THE SPECIFICS -- HOW TO IMPROVE HIS METHODS; OR THE SEVERITY OF THE PROBS THAT COULD HAVE ARISEN FROM THIS TYPE OF SIT. IF SOMEONE IS NOT QUITE FLUENT IN THE LANGUAGE OF THE CREW; THEY SHOULD NOT BE IN THE COCKPIT. THERE MUST BE A STANDARD. THE ONLY STANDARD IN THIS 'BUY YOUR JOB PROGRAM' IS A COMMERCIAL LICENSE AND $18000. IT'S NOT FAIR TO US TO HAVE STUDENTS INSTEAD OF COPLTS NOR IS IT FAIR TO OUR PAYING PAX.