20160322 DEFENSE LANGUAGE INSTITUTE FOREIGN LANGUAGE CENTER Agenda - PowerPoint PPT Presentation

DEFENSE LANGUAGE INSTITUTE FOREIGN LANGUAGE CENTER 20160322

DEFENSE LANGUAGE INSTITUTE FOREIGN LANGUAGE CENTER Agenda • Mission, Vision, and Values • DLIFLC Overview and Profile • Current Focus and Way Ahead • Worldwide Presence 2

DEFENSE LANGUAGE INSTITUTE FOREIGN LANGUAGE CENTER Dynamic & Revolutionary Learning Environment 3

DEFENSE LANGUAGE INSTITUTE FOREIGN LANGUAGE CENTER Agenda • Mission, Vision, and Values • DLIFLC Overview and Profile • Current Focus and Way Ahead • Worldwide Presence 4

DEFENSE LANGUAGE INSTITUTE FOREIGN LANGUAGE CENTER Mission, Vision, and Values Values Mission We hold ourselves and others accountable for the following values: Our mission is to provide culturally based foreign language C ommitment - We are committed education, training, evaluation and to our students, employees, sustainment to enhance the stakeholders, life-long learning, and security of the nation. institutional excellence. A daptability – We promote Vision flexibility and drive innovative change as individuals and as an institution. Our vision is to deliver the world's I ntegrity - We expect personal and best culturally based foreign professional integrity. language education and training – R espect – We honor our cultural at the point of need. and social diversity by treating others with dignity and respect. 5

DEFENSE LANGUAGE INSTITUTE FOREIGN LANGUAGE CENTER Core Competencies linguist 6

DEFENSE LANGUAGE INSTITUTE FOREIGN LANGUAGE CENTER Cycle of Excellence 7

DEFENSE LANGUAGE INSTITUTE FOREIGN LANGUAGE CENTER Agenda • Mission, Vision, and Values • DLIFLC Overview and Profile • Current Focus and Way Ahead • Worldwide Presence 8

DEFENSE LANGUAGE INSTITUTE FOREIGN LANGUAGE CENTER Linguistic Readiness 9

DEFENSE LANGUAGE INSTITUTE FOREIGN LANGUAGE CENTER 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 ARMY per day, 2-3 hrs homework MARINES 38% 35% NAVY 12,300 AA degrees awarded since 2002 AIR FORCE 17% 10% 10

DEFENSE LANGUAGE INSTITUTE FOREIGN LANGUAGE CENTER Faculty Profile • Title 10 Department of the Army civilian faculty • 95% native speakers: 16% Ph.D., 56% M.A., 25% B.A • DLI-Washington: Contract faculty provide flexibility and surge capacity • In-house faculty training programs • Professional development opportunities through local and regional higher educational institutions Title 10 DA civilian faculty – Faculty Personnel System allows for flexibility 11 with the surge and dips in language training requirements

DEFENSE LANGUAGE INSTITUTE FOREIGN LANGUAGE CENTER Faculty Profile

DEFENSE LANGUAGE INSTITUTE FOREIGN LANGUAGE CENTER DLIFLC Languages Category I Category II Category III Category IV Spanish Indonesian Persian Farsi Modern Standard Arabic French Russian Arabic - Egyptian Arabic – Sudanese Urdu Hebrew Arabic - Levantine Tagalog Arabic - Iraqi Chinese Mandarin Korean Japanese Pashto Course Lengths CAT I – 26 Weeks CAT II – 35 Weeks CAT III – 48 Weeks CAT IV – 64 Weeks 13

DEFENSE LANGUAGE INSTITUTE FOREIGN LANGUAGE CENTER DLIFLC Languages 14

DEFENSE LANGUAGE INSTITUTE FOREIGN LANGUAGE CENTER Agenda • Mission, Vision, and Values • DLIFLC Overview and Profile • Current Focus and Way Ahead • Worldwide Footprint 15

DEFENSE LANGUAGE INSTITUTE FOREIGN LANGUAGE CENTER 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

DEFENSE LANGUAGE INSTITUTE FOREIGN LANGUAGE CENTER Getting to 2+/2+/1+ FY15 Academic Production Rate 2/2 2+/2+ 3/3 75.8% 35.9% 11.7% Students Instructors • • Recruit the best - no DLAB waivers Provide excellence in instruction • Match language to skills and desires • Professional development (Master Teacher) • • Ensure student readiness Hire the best, retain the best • Increase immersion opportunities • Evolve curricula – not more of the same • • Provide post-DLPT training Student-centered learning 17

DEFENSE LANGUAGE INSTITUTE FOREIGN LANGUAGE CENTER Getting to 2+/2+/1+ 18

DEFENSE LANGUAGE INSTITUTE FOREIGN LANGUAGE CENTER Immersion Programs OCONUS Local Immersions • Initiated August 2005 • 20+ countries/regions • more than 3,000 + participants • 70%+ for Arabic, Chinese, Korean • 2006 - dedicated Immersion facility at Ord Military Community • Immersions conducted twice per language program Students who participate in immersions gain significantly 19 higher levels of proficiency with far less attrition

DEFENSE LANGUAGE INSTITUTE FOREIGN LANGUAGE CENTER Immersion Programs 20

DEFENSE LANGUAGE INSTITUTE FOREIGN LANGUAGE CENTER Agenda • Mission, Vision, and Values • DLIFLC Overview and Profile • Current Focus and Way Ahead • Worldwide Presence 21

DEFENSE LANGUAGE INSTITUTE FOREIGN LANGUAGE CENTER Worldwide Presence 22

DEFENSE LANGUAGE INSTITUTE FOREIGN LANGUAGE CENTER Worldwide Presence 23 As of April 1, 2016

DEFENSE LANGUAGE INSTITUTE FOREIGN LANGUAGE CENTER Non-resident Instruction Military Language Professionals • Quality continuing education for 44,000 language professionals • Language and culture materials for any learner • Command Language Program 24

DEFENSE LANGUAGE INSTITUTE FOREIGN LANGUAGE CENTER Non-resident Instruction

DEFENSE LANGUAGE INSTITUTE FOREIGN LANGUAGE CENTER Online Resources • 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 Majority of products are open to the public 26

DEFENSE LANGUAGE INSTITUTE FOREIGN LANGUAGE CENTER Linguistic Testing

DEFENSE LANGUAGE INSTITUTE FOREIGN LANGUAGE CENTER Linguistic Testing • 1 st DLPT5 deployed: Dec 2005 • DLPT examinees per year = ~ 62,000 • OPI examinees per year = ~ 15,000 • Languages tested = 120 (60 DLPT/ 60 OPI) 28

DEFENSE LANGUAGE INSTITUTE FOREIGN LANGUAGE CENTER After DLIFLC 29