Method for Determining Language Objectives and Criteria. Executive Summary.
Abstract
This executive summary describes the communication/language objectives-based system (C/LOBS) developed to support the front-end analysis efforts of the DLIFLC. The C/LOBS functions as a subsystem of the ISD approach currently in use in the TRADOC school system. It is congruent with the principles set forth in the Interservice Procedures for Instructional Systems Development (TRADOC Pam 350-30). The task assigned to this project was to develop a systematic set of procedures for determining Terminal Skill Objectives (TSOs) and their supporting Enabling Objectives (EOs) for foreign language training within the ISD framework. This system must be capable of determining the TSOs and EOs for any job/duty position in any language. It must be compatible with TRADOC school guidelines, cost-effective, generalizable, and performance oriented. Five job/duty positions and three languages were selected for field testing and system validation. Three phases were developed for the C/LOBS: (1) the task analysis phase; (2) the TSO conversion phase and (3) the EO phase. Job and task analysis was conducted through on-site interviews with MOS holders, interviews with high level decision makers, observation, and follow-up surveys. Validation of all analyses, instruments, procedures, and objectives was done both with User Agency personnel and with DLIFLC faculty, task analysts, course developers, and evaluators.
Document Details
- Document Type
- Technical Report
- Publication Date
- May 25, 1979
- Accession Number
- ADA073730
Entities
People
- Betty Feng
- Clem Chow
- Hubert H. Setzler Jr.
- Judith A. Trabert
- Nicholas Karateew