Dlpt Languages
The Defense Language Proficiency Test is a function of the Defense Language Institute which is responsible for training military linguists in a variety of non-English languages which have in the past included Urdu, Cantonese, Kurdish, and a variety of others.
The DLPT requires a lot of vocab “bottom up” to pass the lower levels; but for the higher levels, it requires “top down” recognition of contexts and “patterns of speech”. Students and linguists who have to translate every word do not do as well on the test as those who understand contextually.
Higher Level Passages and Lower Level Skills:
What does the DLPT consist of?
The DLPT is used to determine proficiency in a foreign language according to well- defined linguistic tasks and assessment criteria. The DLPT 5 (a computer-based test) is now the only test in use for languages of interest to the Coast Guard. For most languages, there are two parts: a reading and a listening part.
Language proficiency ratings for the lower-level tests range ...
What languages are at DLI?
DLI's language guidelines. Category I languages, 26-week courses, include Spanish, French, Italian and Portuguese.Category II, 35 weeks, includes German and Indonesian.Category III, 48 weeks, includes Dari, Persian Farsi, Russian, Uzbek, Hindi, Urdu, Hebrew, Thai, Serbian Croatian, Tagalog, Turkish, Sorani and Kurmanji.
DLI's language guidelines | AUSA - Association of the United States Army
What languages will the military pay you to know?
ADDED Chinese-Mandarin, Korean and Russian as Enduring Languages - ONLY PMOS and Branches in AR 11-6, paragraph 4-4 are authorized to receive FLPB for Enduring Languages.
Foreign Language Proficiency Bonus (FLPB) pay - HRC