Building language skills and cultural competencies in the military / Edgar D. Swain, editor.

"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]

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Corporate Author: United States. Congress. House. Committee on Armed Services. Oversight and Investigations Subcommittee
Other Authors: Swain, Edgar D. (ed.)
Format: eBook
Language:English
Published: New York : Nova Science Publishers, Inc., [2009]
Series:Languages and linguistics series.
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500 |a Statements originally presented before the United States House of Representatives, Committee on Armed Services, Subcommittee on Oversight and Investigation in 2008. 
504 |a Includes bibliographical references and index. 
505 0 |a 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"" 
505 8 |a 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"" 
505 8 |a 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"" 
505 8 |a 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"" 
505 8 |a 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)"" 
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