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Weaknesses in the Resident Language Training System of Defense Language Institute Affect the Quality of Trained Linguists. Report to the Secretary of the Army.

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General Accounting Office, Washington, DC. – 1982

This report is a summary of the review of the Defense Language Institute (DLI) that was made by the General Accounting Office (GAO) at the request of a member of Congress. The objectives of the study were to identify and analyze significant internal DLI problems that diminish the overall effectiveness of the language training provided there.…

Descriptors: Classroom Techniques, Course Content, Instructional Improvement, Intensive Language Courses

The Defense Language Institute Foreign Language Center Achievement Test Program.

Henderson, Robert G. – 1981

This article describes the organization, functions, and components of the Defense Language Institute. The test division is responsible for aptitude, achievement, and proficiency tests and for test development in a variety of resident and non-resident programs. The progress that has been made over a 10-year period is also described and special…

Descriptors: Achievement Tests, Intensive Language Courses, Language Proficiency, Language Tests

Need to Improve Foreign Language Training Programs and Assignments for Department of Defense Personnel. Report of the Comptroller General of the United States.

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Comptroller General of the U.S., Washington, DC. – 1976

This report discusses specific findings of a review of language training and requirements in the Department of Defense. It contains: (1) a letter to the Secretary of Defense from the Office of the Comptroller General of the U.S.; (2) an Appendix giving a description of the Defense Language Institute and an outline of areas that need improvement;…

Descriptors: Evaluation Criteria, Government Publications, Intensive Language Courses, Language Proficiency