Russian at DLI

[Alina Israeli]

Here's the answer of someone who is in charge of Russian training in DTRA
(which was created after the Open Sky treaty) here in Washington:


Russian training at DLI is on the decline, and Arabic and Farsi (plus
Chinese) are the hot languages.  My only advice would be to make sure
that her enlistment contract guarantees Russian language training.  Each
service is unique, so I don't know how much of a choice she will have.



>Dear SEELANGers,
>
>One of my students wants to do Russian at DLI.  She got a very high
>score on the aptitude test, and she's worried that she'll end up doing
>Arabic or Farsi (or some other language) instead of Russian.  Does
>anyone have a sense of how actively DLI is presently training people in
>Russian or about how much choice she would have once she enlists?
>
>Many thanks for any info,
>Joe Peschio
>UW--Milwaukee


__________________________
 Alina Israeli
 LFS, American University
 4400 Mass. Ave., NW
 Washington, DC 20016

 phone:    (202) 885-2387
 fax:      (202) 885-1076

-------------------------------------------------------------------------
 Use your web browser to search the archives, control your subscription
  options, and more.  Visit and bookmark the SEELANGS Web Interface at:
                    http://seelangs.home.comcast.net/
-------------------------------------------------------------------------