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Building language skills and cultural competencies in the military : DOD's challenge in today's educational environment / U.S. House of Representatives, Committee on Armed Services, Subcommittee on Oversight & Investigation.
- Format:
- Book
- Government document
- Author/Creator:
- United States. Congress. House. Committee on Armed Services. Oversight and Investigations Subcommittee, author.
- Series:
- Committee print (United States. Congress) ; 110-12.
- Committee print ; 110-12
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Military education--United States.
- Military education.
- Cross-cultural orientation--Study and teaching--United States.
- Cross-cultural orientation.
- Intercultural communication--Study and teaching--United States.
- Intercultural communication.
- Language and languages--Study and teaching--United States.
- Language and languages.
- Intercultural communication--Study and teaching.
- Cross-cultural orientation--Study and teaching.
- Language and education.
- Language and languages--Study and teaching.
- Languages, Modern--Study and teaching.
- United States.
- Genre:
- legislative records.
- Legislative materials.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (117 pages) : color illustrations
- Place of Publication:
- [Washington, D.C] : U.S. House of Representatives, 2008.
- Summary:
- Explores the role of foreign language skills and cultural expertise in facing today's military and security challenges. Argues the necessity of language skills in the combat environment and concludes the Department of Defense must work more closely with each branch of the Service to achieve a common understanding of the language skills required in today's force.
- Contents:
- Language skills, regional expertise, and cultural awareness for the few
- Roadmap vision for transformation
- Services' efforts
- Cost and risk tradeoffs
- Addressing the larger challenge
- Findings and issues for further study
- ... Appendix D: Defense language transformation roadmap
- Appendix E: U.S. Navy's language skills, regional expertise, and cultural awareness strategy
- Appendix F: NSLI funding by agency language skills, regional expertise, and cultural awareness for the few
- Roadmap vision for transformation.
- Notes:
- Description based on online resource; title from PDF title screen (DTIC web site, viewed on Nov. 12, 2019).
- "Committee print 110-12."
- "November 2008."
- Includes bibliographical references (pages 75-80).
- OCLC:
- 1127288193
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