| Description |
1 online resource. |
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text file |
| Series |
Languages and linguistics series
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Languages and linguistics series.
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| Note |
Statements originally presented before the United States House of Representatives, Committee on Armed Services, Subcommittee on Oversight and Investigation in 2008. |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| Summary |
"This book consists of public domain documents which have been located, gathered, combined, reformatted, and enhanced with a subject index, perhaps edited and bound to provide easy access."--P. [vii]. |
| Contents |
""Building Language Skills and Cultural Competencies in the Military""; ""Contents""; ""Preface""; ""Building Language Skills and Cultural Competencies in the Military: DOD's Challenge in Today's Educational Environment""; ""HASC Oversight and Investigations Members""; ""SC Oversight and Investigations Staff""; ""Preface""; ""Acknowledgements""; ""Executive Summary""; ""Introduction""; ""Key Questions""; ""Background""; ""Language Skills, Regional Expertise, and Cultural Awareness for the Few"" |
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""The Roadmap Vision for Transformation: What is the Department Trying to Accomplish, What is the Military Requirement, and how is the Department Trying to Accomplish its Goal""""The Services' Efforts""; ""Screening for Foreign Language Capability""; ""Cost and Risk Tradeoffs""; ""General Recommendations""; ""Conclusion""; ""Appendix A: Glossary of Acronyms""; ""Appendix B: Hearings, Briefings, Interviews""; ""Appendix C: Supporting Documents""; ""Appendix D: Defense Language Transformation Roadmap"" |
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""Appendix E: U.S. Navy's Language Skills, Regional Expertise, and Cultural Awareness Strategy""""Appendix F: NSLI Funding, by Agency""; ""Endnotes""; ""Statement of Dr. Robert O. Slater before the House Armed Services Committee, Subcommittee on Oversight and Investigations on September 23rd, 2008""; ""Introduction and Background""; ""What Is the Language Flagship?""; ""New Curricular Approaches""; ""K-12 Articulation""; ""Articulated Overseas Immersion""; ""Diffusion of Innovation""; ""Peer Review and Quality Assurance""; ""Engagement of the Business Sector"" |
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""A Closer Look at Flagship Centers""""Statement of Mrs. Gail H. McGinn before the House Armed Services Committee, Subcommittee on Oversight and Investigations on September 23rd, 2008""; ""Introduction""; ""Supporting a National Agenda""; ""Conclusion""; ""Presentation to the Committee on Armed Services, Subcommittee on Oversight and Investigations, United States House of Representatives, Language and Culture Transformation Efforts on September 10, 2008""; ""Introduction""; ""Air Force Culture and Language Transformation Efforts"" |
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""The End State: Airmen with Key Joint-Warfighting Capabilities/Airmen-Statesmen""""Trade-Offs""; ""Conclusion""; ""Statement by BG Richard C. Longo before the House Armed Services Committee, Oversight and Investigations Subcommittee, Second Session, 110th Congress, on September 10, 2008""; ""Statement of BG Gary S. Patton before the Oversight and Investigations Subcommittee of the House Armed Services Committee on Foreign Language and Cultural Awareness Transformation on 10 September 2008""; ""Guidance""; ""Joint Professional Military Education (JPME)"" |
| Local Note |
eBooks on EBSCOhost EBSCO eBook Subscription Academic Collection - North America |
| Language |
English. |
| Subject |
Military education -- United States.
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Military education. |
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United States. |
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Language and languages -- Study and teaching -- United States.
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Language and languages -- Study and teaching. |
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Soldiers -- United States -- Language.
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Soldiers. |
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Cultural competence.
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Cultural competence. |
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Communicative competence.
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Communicative competence. |
| Genre/Form |
Electronic books.
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| Added Author |
Swain, Edgar D., editor.
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United States. Congress. House. Committee on Armed Services. Oversight and Investigations Subcommittee.
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| Other Form: |
Print version: Building language skills and cultural competencies in the military / Edgar D. Swain, editor. New York : Nova Science, c2009. 1607411261 (DLC) 2009279129 |
| ISBN |
9781608765973 (ebook) |
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1607411261 |
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9781607411260 |
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1608765970 |
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9781608765973 |
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