FOREIGN LANGUAGE TRAINING: AN INVESTIGATION OF RESEARCH AND DEVELOPMENT FOR VIETNAM

Abstract

The report describes foreign language requirements for U. S. military personnel going to Viet Nam and research to improve language training. The report examines the nature of the language problem in Viet Nam, the type of training now given in Vietnamese and research results on language training generally that might be applied to the present situation. A recently developed experimental course in Vietnamese is investigated, including a follow-up in Viet Nam of people who had taken the course. Two general types of remedial action are proposed: administrative or policy actions not involving research, and the initiation of new research projects that would be in direct support of Vietnamese language requirements.

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Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Mar 01, 1966
Accession Number
AD0632916

Entities

People

  • H. W. Sinaiko

Organizations

  • Institute for Defense Analyses

Tags

Communities of Interest

  • Biomedical

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Education
  • Employment
  • Foreign Languages
  • Geography
  • Grammars
  • Instructions
  • Instructors
  • Language
  • Linguistics
  • Machine Translation
  • Military Personnel
  • Personnel Management
  • Psychological Tests
  • Students
  • Trainees
  • Training
  • Vietnamese Language

Readers

  • Library and Information Science/ Studies, Southeast Asia Studies, Bibliography of Vietnam and Lao Studies.
  • Systems Analysis and Design