An unhappy rumor about Russian's critical language status: anyone out there know anything?

[Dianna Murphy]

Dear All,

This policy refers to "bonus points" to applicants for foreign service 
specialist positions in the U.S. Department of State who demonstrate a 
certain level of proficiency on Foreign Service Institute-administered 
tests (a 2 or a 3, depending on the language).

Go to the following URL and click on the link "Learn more" under 
"Foreign Languages."

http://careers.state.gov/specialist/selection-process#nogo

Russian does, in fact, seem to be on the list of languages for which 
applicants would receive bonus points. Other Slavic languages (but not 
all) are on the list too.

Best regards,
Dianna

On 9/24/12 1:57 PM, Goldberg, Stuart H wrote:
> ...but this list actually has Russian on it.  Can you send us a link 
> to the page from which the .pdf can be accessed?
>
> Regards,
> Stuart Goldberg
>
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> *From: *"Katie Evans" <evan0280 at UMN.EDU>
> *To: *SEELANGS at LISTSERV.UA.EDU
> *Sent: *Monday, September 24, 2012 2:34:59 PM
> *Subject: *Re: [SEELANGS] An unhappy rumor about Russian's critical 
> language status: anyone out there know anything?
>
> Dear all,
>
> I can confirm that this is true with the foreign service. Russian is 
> no longer considered a critical language and therefore you don't not 
> get any additional bonus points for it.
>
> Here's the updated listing of critical language information from the 
> State Department website:
>
> *Beginning with the June 2012 FSOT cohort*, Generalist candidates can 
> receive .17 bonus points for all languages listed here 
> <http://careers.state.gov/media/pdfs/language-points-2012> (pdf) if 
> they pass the telephone language test at a speaking level 3 after 
> passing the Oral Assessment. Candidates testing in the eight languages 
> eligible for higher bonus points need only a level 2 speaking ability 
> (as measured on the telephone test) to obtain the .17 language bonus 
> points. Only the following eight languages are eligible for higher 
> bonus points: Arabic; Chinese (Mandarin); Hindi; Persian (Dari); 
> Persian (Farsi); Pashto; Urdu; and Korean.
>
> I'm not sure about scholarships or other grant programs through the 
> state department.
>
> Katie
>
> On Mon, Sep 24, 2012 at 12:41 PM, Monnier, Nicole M. 
> <MonnierN at missouri.edu <mailto:MonnierN at missouri.edu>> wrote:
>
>     Dear all,
>
>     I just heard an unhappy rumor that Russian may be stripped of its
>     critical language status. (My source is a student who had an
>     internship in Moscow through the State Dept this summer.)
>
>     I am hoping that it is groundless, but wondered whether anyone out
>     there had any information?
>
>     Troubled,
>
>     Nicole
>
>
>
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>     German & Russian Studies
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>     University of Missouri
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>
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Dianna L. Murphy, PhD
Associate Director, Language Institute
Associate Director, Russian Flagship Center
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