Defense Language Institute
Defense Language Institute
Official telephone: (831) 242-5200
Fax number: (831) 242-6519
Website:
www.dli.army.mil
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| Screen last updated on: January 2009 |
| Year established: |
1941 |
| Type of school: |
public |
| Programs: |
2-year undergraduate |
| Campus enrollment: |
3,000 students |
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| Street address: |
Defense Language Institute
Presidio of Monterey, CA 93944 |
| Main telephone numbers: |
831 242-5200
831 242-6519 (fax) |
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| Main homepage: |
www.dli.army.mil |
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| FICE number: |
1195 |
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| CAMPUS SUMMARY |
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The Defense Language Institute Foreign Language Center (DLIFLC) is the world's largest foreign language institute. The threefold mission is to train, sustain and evaluate foreign language skills under the guidelines of the Defense Foreign Language Program, which provides the Department of Defense and other Federal agencies with linguists fully capable of supporting United States national interests worldwide.
The School was founded in 1941 to produce those linguists and continues to operate today at the Presidio of Monterey, California.
There are approximately 680 civilian instructors employed at the DLIFLC, most of them native speakers of the language they instruct. Currently, some 24 languages are taught in programs ranging from Basic to Advanced.
Admission is limited to members of the U.S. Armed Forces, civilian employees of the Department of Defense or other federal agencies, and to adult family members of elible students.
The DLIFLC has been accredited by the Accrediting Commission for Community and Junior Colleges, Western Association of Schools and Colleges (ACCJC/WASC) since 1979 as a specialized postsecundary institution. Students may receive academic credit for resident language study and obtain an Associate of Arts degree through the joint DLIFLC-Monterey Peninsula College degree program. |
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| UNIQUE/SPECIAL PROGRAMS |
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The DLIFLC offers foreign language instruction on a resident basis in some 24 languages and dialects, and in many more on a non-resident basis.
The primary objective of the instructional program on all levels is to teach the target language as a vehicle of active communication. Instruction is carried out five days a week, with six instructor contact hours a day. Well educated native speakers teach the language within the cultural, political, socio-economic, and military contexts of the country where the language is spoken.
Most of the students are assigned to a Basic Program, with students attending anywhere from 25 weeks to 63 weeks, depending on the level of language difficulty for native speakers of English.
DLIFLC also offers intermediate and advanced level programs and specialized programs to meet the needs of the military services.
All students are evaluated on their language proficiency at the end of the program with the Defense Language Proficiency Test (DLPT). |
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