The need for more linguists in what DLIFLC officials consider Category IV languages -- Arabic, Chinese Mandarin, Korean and Japanese -- requires students to be at the top of their games
My brother studied languages at the Defense Language Institute Foreign Language Center in California. The pace of study was intense. Students had to master the language course in 36-64 weeks. Psychologically it was very difficult, but fortunately he was helped by Yuriy Ivantsiv's book "Polyglot Notes. Practical tips for learning foreign languages”. The book " Polyglot Notes" became a desk book for my brother, because it has answers to all the problems that any student of a foreign language has to face. Thanks to the author of the channel for this interesting video! Good luck to everyone who studies a foreign language and wants to realize their full potential!
Nice ! So you know about this place! Oh and please let me know this. I'm planning on joining myself. But can you join knowing any languages ? Besides English , I know French , Spanish , Portugese, Romanian and German really well. I wish I could learn stuff like Korean etcetera. But I cannot learn any language with a different writing system. Are these ok too ?
Okay this was for 2 days I got scared to death for a second as I thought this was for a year and a half of only the target language. Phew. 2 days sounds difficult, but also very fun. (in a I love to challenge myself type of way)
It takes 17 months for DLI to teach someone a catIV language such as Korean. hopefully they will graduate a 3 or better meaning that they are as proficient as a native speaker. That is not a lot of time. The military needs linguists fast, not cultural professors. They have a Target language and thats it.
In principal, a good idea; however a mere two days for "full-immersion," is a completely and utterly inadequate. This idea, by the way, is not original to DLI; it has adopted from Middleburry College's highly successful Summer Language Program. As an aside, if a prospective linguist finds it "challenging" to keep exclusively in their target language for two days, they shouldn't be in the program to begin with. I know; I was there.
Hii, I wanted to be a military language instructor currently an NCO. Any insight would be appreciated. I’ve tried reaching out to the organization but never heard back from them.
How can I prepare for a French language test? I don't remember the name of the test but I since I speak French, my recruiter said that I'm gonna take A French language test to see where I'm at or my level. Does anyone has an idea of what kind of test it is and how to prepare for it? Thanks
The Defense Language Proficiency Test is the test of record to measure foreign language proficiency for military linguists. If you are taking this test, expect a Listening and a Reading portion (each three hours long) in multiple choice format. The questions and answers are all in English, but the passages you will listen to or read are entirely in the foreign language. Your best general preparation is to listen and read authentic news articles. Review the Interagency Language Roundtable (ILR) proficiency levels for an idea of expected difficulty and fluency.
I heard that the US military is looking for languages like Arabic, Korean, Chinese, ... but I didn't hear anything about French. I am going to get the DLAB soon to determine my ability to learn new languages as I would like to become a Cryptologic Language Analyst in the Air Force. But since I speak French (it is my native language), I would love to be trained for that language if there are opportunities. Does anyone know if the Air Force is currently recruiting Cryptologic Language Analysts in French? My recruiter knows I speak French, but he did not tell me about the Language Proficiency Test, so I assume the Air Force is not looking for French speaking Cryptologic Language Analysts
My brother studied languages at the Defense Language Institute Foreign Language Center in California. The pace of study was intense. Students had to master the language course in 36-64 weeks. Psychologically it was very difficult, but fortunately he was helped by Yuriy Ivantsiv's book "Polyglot Notes. Practical tips for learning foreign languages”. The book " Polyglot Notes" became a desk book for my brother, because it has answers to all the problems that any student of a foreign language has to face. Thanks to the author of the channel for this interesting video! Good luck to everyone who studies a foreign language and wants to realize their full potential!
Nice ! So you know about this place! Oh and please let me know this. I'm planning on joining myself. But can you join knowing any languages ? Besides English , I know French , Spanish , Portugese, Romanian and German really well. I wish I could learn stuff like Korean etcetera. But I cannot learn any language with a different writing system. Are these ok too ?
Okay this was for 2 days I got scared to death for a second as I thought this was for a year and a half of only the target language. Phew. 2 days sounds difficult, but also very fun. (in a I love to challenge myself type of way)
It takes 17 months for DLI to teach someone a catIV language such as Korean. hopefully they will graduate a 3 or better meaning that they are as proficient as a native speaker. That is not a lot of time. The military needs linguists fast, not cultural professors. They have a Target language and thats it.
no you don't get to chose and I'm not sure that Portuguese is even open to enlisted servicemen.
It violates opsec for me to talk in detail about what I learn. I do not speak Korean anyway, I was using it as an example.
I'm thinking about going into military intelligence and was wondering if you can choose what language you want to take (I was thinking Portuguese).
In principal, a good idea; however a mere two days for "full-immersion," is a completely and utterly inadequate. This idea, by the way, is not original to DLI; it has adopted from Middleburry College's highly successful Summer Language Program.
As an aside, if a prospective linguist finds it "challenging" to keep exclusively in their target language for two days, they shouldn't be in the program to begin with. I know; I was there.
I wish i knew about this 10 uears ago. I would've joined right out of college.
You still can. I believe the military will take you until 30, at least I believe this is true for the Army.
I hope I can go....
Hii, I wanted to be a military language instructor currently an NCO. Any insight would be appreciated. I’ve tried reaching out to the organization but never heard back from them.
How can I prepare for a French language test? I don't remember the name of the test but I since I speak French, my recruiter said that I'm gonna take A French language test to see where I'm at or my level. Does anyone has an idea of what kind of test it is and how to prepare for it? Thanks
The Defense Language Proficiency Test is the test of record to measure foreign language proficiency for military linguists. If you are taking this test, expect a Listening and a Reading portion (each three hours long) in multiple choice format. The questions and answers are all in English, but the passages you will listen to or read are entirely in the foreign language.
Your best general preparation is to listen and read authentic news articles. Review the Interagency Language Roundtable (ILR) proficiency levels for an idea of expected difficulty and fluency.
I heard that the US military is looking for languages like Arabic, Korean, Chinese, ... but I didn't hear anything about French.
I am going to get the DLAB soon to determine my ability to learn new languages as I would like to become a Cryptologic Language Analyst in the Air Force. But since I speak French (it is my native language), I would love to be trained for that language if there are opportunities. Does anyone know if the Air Force is currently recruiting Cryptologic Language Analysts in French?
My recruiter knows I speak French, but he did not tell me about the Language Proficiency Test, so I assume the Air Force is not looking for French speaking Cryptologic Language Analysts
Your not in the airforce