Optimizing the Defense Language Institute English Language Center

Optimizing the Defense Language Institute English Language Center
Author: Thomas Manacapilli
Publisher: RAND Corporation
Total Pages: 0
Release: 2012
Genre: Business & Economics
ISBN: 9780833068453

The Defense Language Institute English Language Center (DLIELC) trains foreign nationals in English prior to their attending U.S. military education and training courses and plays a critical role in building partnerships. RAND evaluated options to optimize DLIELC1s output, made recommendations in eight critical management areas, and presented an implementation plan to DLIELC

Defense Language Transformation Roadmap

Defense Language Transformation Roadmap
Author: Barry Leonard
Publisher: DIANE Publishing
Total Pages: 21
Release: 2010-10
Genre: Language Arts & Disciplines
ISBN: 1437935699

DoD needs a significantly improved organic capability in emerging languages and dialects, a greater competence and regional area skills in those languages and dialects, and a surge capability to rapidly expand its language capabilities on short notice. Contents of this report: (A) Goals: (1): Create Foundational Language and Regional Area Expertise; (2): Create the Capacity to Surge; (3): Establish a Cadre of Language Professionals; (4): Establish a Process to Track the Accession, Separation, and Promotion Rates of Military Personnel with Language Skills and Foreign Area Officers; (B) Def. Language Inst. Foreign Language Center Transformation; (C) Offices of Primary Responsibility and Dates for Full Operating Capability.

Dual Language Education

Dual Language Education
Author: Kathryn J. Lindholm-Leary
Publisher: Multilingual Matters
Total Pages: 384
Release: 2001-01-01
Genre: Language Arts & Disciplines
ISBN: 9781853595318

Dual language education is a program that combines language minority and language majority students for instruction through two languages. This book provides the conceptual background for the program and discusses major implementation issues. Research findings summarize language proficiency and achievement outcomes from 8000 students at 20 schools, along with teacher and parent attitudes.