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DEFENSE LANGUAGE INSTITUTE FOREIGN LANGUAGE CENTER

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Agenda

• Mission, Vision, and Values

•DLIFLC Overview and Profile

•Current Focus and Way Ahead

•Worldwide Presence

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Dynamic & Revolutionary Learning Environment

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• Mission, Vision, and Values

•DLIFLC Overview and Profile

•Current Focus and Way Ahead

•Worldwide Presence

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Mission, Vision, and Values

Our mission is to provide culturally

based foreign language

education, training, evaluation and

sustainment to enhance the

security of the nation.

Our vision is to deliver the world's

best culturally based foreign

language education and training –

at the point of need.

Mission

Vision

We hold ourselves and others

accountable for the following values:

Commitment - We are committed

to our students, employees,

stakeholders, life-long learning, and

institutional excellence.

Adaptability – We promote

flexibility and drive innovative change

as individuals and as an institution.

Integrity - We expect personal and

professional integrity.

Respect – We honor our cultural

and social diversity by treating others

with dignity and respect.

Values

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Core Competencies

linguist

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Cycle of Excellence

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• Mission, Vision, and Values

•DLIFLC Overview and Profile

•Current Focus and Way Ahead

•Worldwide Presence

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Linguistic Readiness

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ARMY

MARINES

NAVY

AIR FORCE

35%

10% 17%

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Undergraduate Student Profile

• ~ 3,500 multi-service

• 66% - under age 25

• 99% - high school graduates

• 17% - college graduates

• 6% - officers

• 71% male population

• 29% female population

• 87% - students will support intelligence missions

• Schedule: 5 days/week, 6+ hrs

per day, 2-3 hrs homework

12,300 AA degrees awarded

since 2002

38%

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• Title 10 Department of the Army civilian faculty

• 95% native speakers: 16% Ph.D., 56% M.A., 25% B.A

Faculty Profile

Title 10 DA civilian faculty – Faculty Personnel System allows for flexibility

with the surge and dips in language training requirements

• DLI-Washington: Contract faculty

provide flexibility and surge

capacity

• In-house faculty training programs

• Professional development

opportunities through local and

regional higher educational

institutions

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Faculty Profile

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DLIFLC Languages

Category IV Modern Standard Arabic

Arabic - Egyptian

Arabic – Sudanese

Arabic - Levantine

Arabic - Iraqi

Chinese Mandarin

Korean

Japanese

Pashto

Category III Persian Farsi

Russian

Urdu

Hebrew

Tagalog

Category II Indonesian

Category I Spanish

French

Course Lengths

CAT I – 26 Weeks

CAT II – 35 Weeks

CAT III – 48 Weeks

CAT IV – 64 Weeks

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DLIFLC Languages

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Agenda

• Mission, Vision, and Values

•DLIFLC Overview and Profile

•Current Focus and Way Ahead

•Worldwide Footprint

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2+ Overview

•What: 76% 2+/2+/1+ (Academic Production Rate - excludes admin attrition)

•When: By 2022

•How: Incrementally, increasing by an

identified % annually at L2+/R2+ by 2022

•Who: All DLI students

•Why: Increasing complexity of DoD language

needs requiring 3/3 abilities

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Instructors

• Provide excellence in instruction

• Professional development (Master Teacher)

• Hire the best, retain the best

• Evolve curricula – not more of the same

• Student-centered learning

Students

• Recruit the best - no DLAB waivers

• Match language to skills and desires

• Ensure student readiness

• Increase immersion opportunities

• Provide post-DLPT training

Getting to 2+/2+/1+

FY15 Academic Production Rate

2/2 2+/2+ 3/3

75.8% 35.9% 11.7%

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Getting to 2+/2+/1+

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Immersion Programs

OCONUS

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Local Immersions

• 2006 - dedicated Immersion

facility at Ord Military Community

• Immersions conducted twice per

language program

• Initiated August 2005

• 20+ countries/regions

• more than 3,000 + participants

• 70%+ for Arabic, Chinese, Korean

Students who participate in immersions gain significantly higher levels of proficiency with far less attrition

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Immersion Programs

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Agenda

• Mission, Vision, and Values

•DLIFLC Overview and Profile

•Current Focus and Way Ahead

•Worldwide Presence

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Worldwide Presence

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Worldwide Presence

As of April 1, 2016

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• Quality continuing education for 44,000 language professionals

• Language and culture materials for any learner

• Command Language Program

Non-resident Instruction

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Military Language Professionals

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Non-resident Instruction

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Online Resources

Majority of products are open to the public

• DLIFLC postured to support Nation’s language needs - Rapport – 6-8 hrs. language & culture trng.

- HeadStart2 - 80-100 hrs. trng. - 32 languages

- Language Survival Kits - 93 languages

• Sustainment materials - Cultural Orientation - 95

- Countries in Perspective - 75

- GLOSS - 40 languages

- ODA - (diagnostic) -18 languages

• Mobile Aps - iTunes

- Google Play

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Linguistic Testing

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• 1st DLPT5 deployed: Dec 2005

• DLPT examinees per year = ~ 62,000

• OPI examinees per year = ~ 15,000

• Languages tested = 120 (60 DLPT/ 60 OPI)

Linguistic Testing

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After DLIFLC