Russian at DLI

[Adam Siegel]

Which aptitude test?  The ASVAB or the DLAB?  Beyond the DLAB there are
other language aptitude tests that measure language-learning strengths for
individual languages--when I went through it, languages were assigned in
basic training.

Adam

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Adam Siegel
Humanities and Social Sciences Reference Librarian
Peter J. Shields Library
100 North West Quad
University of California, Davis
Davis, CA 95616
apsiegel at ucdavis.edu
530-754-6828

On Fri, 1 Apr 2005, Alina Israeli wrote:

> 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
>
>
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