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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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Agenda
• 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