Weaknesses in the Resident Language Training System of Defense Language Institute Affect the Quality of Trained Linguists

Abstract

The Defense Language Institute's Foreign Language Center is responsible for providing foreign language training to military personnel who are being prepared for intelligence activities. The Institute's mission is to conduct and supervise language training for these personnel and to provide technical support for all other foreign language training conducted for the services except for military academies and overseas schools. Document presents a report whose objectives were to identify and analyze significant internal Defense Language Institute problems that diminish the overall effectiveness of language training at the Institute.

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Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
May 06, 1982
Accession Number
ADA114398

Entities

Organizations

  • United States Government Accountability Office

Tags

Communities of Interest

  • Human Systems

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Army Training
  • Business Administration
  • Congress
  • Department Of Defense
  • Doctrine
  • Foreign Languages
  • Governments
  • Grammars
  • Instructors
  • Language
  • Linguistics
  • Management Personnel
  • Military Personnel
  • Organizational Structure
  • Professional Development
  • Students
  • Training

Fields of Study

  • Education

Readers

  • Computational Linguistics
  • Defense Technology Research and Development.
  • Instructional Design and Training Evaluation.