US: New Military Language Learning Program

[Francis Hult]

US Department of Defense

 

'Dot-edu' Migration Promotes Language Training

 

A pilot program that gives students at the Defense Language Institute Foreign Language Center unprecedented access to language training resources is proving so successful that it's being expanded throughout the school.

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.

 

Full story:

http://www.defense.gov/news/newsarticle.aspx?id=65184

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