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<P style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt" class=MsoNormal>US Department of Defense</P>

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<P style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt" class=MsoNormal>‘Dot-edu’ Migration Promotes Language Training</P>

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<P style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt" class=MsoNormal>A pilot program that gives students at the <?xml:namespace prefix = st1 ns = "urn:schemas-microsoft-com:office:smarttags" /><st1:place w:st="on"><st1:PlaceName w:st="on">Defense</st1:PlaceName> <st1:PlaceName w:st="on">Language</st1:PlaceName> <st1:PlaceType w:st="on">Institute</st1:PlaceType> <st1:PlaceName w:st="on">Foreign</st1:PlaceName> <st1:PlaceName w:st="on">Language</st1:PlaceName> <st1:PlaceType w:st="on">Center</st1:PlaceType></st1:place> unprecedented access to language training resources is proving so successful that it’s being expanded throughout the school.<BR><BR>The pilot, launched Feb. 1, enables 200 students studying Dari -- a dialect spoken in Afghanistan -- to tap into materials and capabilities offered through the educational, or “dot-edu”, network, said Jonathan Russell, the language center’s chief technology officer.</P>

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<P style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt" class=MsoNormal>Full story:</P>

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