Arabic-L:PEDA:Caveat Emptor re DLPT 4 book

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1) Subject:Caveat Emptor re DLPT 4 book

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Date: 29 Apr  2005
From:Mutarjm at aol.com
Subject:Caveat Emptor re DLPT 4 book

Greetings to all.
 
With all due respect to this enterprising offer, may one advise -- as a  
forethought before someone shells out good money for this reference --  
that the DLPT 4, the currrent version of DLPT for Arabic (MSA only),  
will be replaced, in its entirety, by DPLT 5. DLPT 5 series will  
include a new series of test items, as well as additional versions of  
DLPT 5 with content developed and normed in selected regional Arabic  
dialects (Iraqi being the first of those).
 
Per a briefing presented last week during a conference at a US Army  
post that has many military linguists, the final version of DLPT 5  
package should be distributed  around the end of this year (ISA)  
to Test Control Offices of US Government organizations (esp.those in  
DOD and FBI, which have been astonishingly fixated / addicted to DLPT  
4).
 
While this advertised new book may well be useful otherwise for  
learners of Arabic, its intended primary and direct utility in  
preparing and thus gaining advantage over others being tested in the  
new version of DLPT 5 seem very likely to drop and fade.
 
HTH.
Khair, in sha' Allah.
Regards,
Stephen H. Franke
San Pedro, California
 
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