Instrument for a Survey of Army Linguists

Abstract

The survey focuses on two major issues. The first concerns the relation of the linguist's reenlistment plans to language utilization, career options, job satisfaction and language training. The second issue concerns language skill retention versus language use and type of learning. A small team of ACSI and ARI staff analyzed the ALPS and other staff materials, and conducted interviews to develop questions for the survey. During the developmental interviews, the team uncovered a third issue: some soldiers enter the linguist program for language training or benefits with clear plans for leaving the Army after their first enlistment. The team developed questions for these issues, drafted a questionnaire, and field tested it on linguists at a CONUS post.

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Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Aug 01, 1977
Accession Number
ADA077931

Entities

People

  • H. D. Barton

Organizations

  • U.S. Army Research Institute for the Behavioral and Social Sciences

Tags

Communities of Interest

  • Biomedical

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Education
  • Enlisted Personnel
  • Formal Languages
  • Job Satisfaction
  • Language
  • Management Personnel
  • Military Intelligence
  • Military Personnel
  • Motivation
  • National Security
  • Organizational Structure
  • Personnel Management
  • Recruiting
  • Reenlistment
  • Social Sciences
  • Training
  • United States

Fields of Study

  • Education

Readers

  • Computational Linguistics
  • Instructional Design and Training Evaluation.
  • Naval Personnel Management