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Methods for Evaluating Text Extraction Toolkits: An Exploratory Investigation
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In: DTIC (2015)
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Performance Assessments of Two-Way, Free-Form, Speech-to-Speech Translation Systems for Tactical Use
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In: DTIC (2011)
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Strengthening Homeland Security through Improved Foreign Language Capability
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In: DTIC (2011)
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In this thesis, I examine the best ways to meet post-9/11 language requirements for homeland defense and security. I look at language programs at the Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI), the Department of State, the Department of Homeland Security (DHS), the New York Police Department (NYPD), and a federally sponsored initiative called the Language Flagship. I then examine how trained linguists reach native-like proficiency, drawing on existing studies and original research of the interpreter program at the Defense Threat Reduction Agency (DTRA). Analysis reveals that motivation, time-on-task, and immersion are the most important individual factors in attaining high-level foreign language proficiency. In addition, organizations which utilize native or heritage speakers, conduct proficiency testing, offer language-related incentives (not to include proficiency pay), and offer regular exposure to foreign language at work, are most successful. While these factors are necessary for an organizations success, they alone are not sufficient. DTRA, NYPD, and FBIs Language Analyst programs successfully utilize foreign language capability for homeland defense and security, although each accomplishes this goal in vastly different ways. This thesis argues that expanded use of native and heritage speakers, more regular and high-level training, and expanded use of immersion, would lead to improved foreign language capability.
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*FOREIGN LANGUAGES; *HOMELAND SECURITY; ANALYSTS; Civil Defense; DHS(DEPARTMENT OF HOMELAND SECURITY); DTRA(DEFENSE THREAT REDUCTION AGENCY); FBI(FEDERAL BUREAU OF INVESTIGATION); HOMELAND DEFENSE; IMMERSION; LANGUAGE; Linguistics; ORGANIZATIONS; POLICE; PROFICIENCY; REQUIREMENTS; SECURITY; SPEECH; TEST AND EVALUATION; THESES; TRAINING
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URL: http://www.dtic.mil/docs/citations/ADA556687
http://oai.dtic.mil/oai/oai?&verb=getRecord&metadataPrefix=html&identifier=ADA556687
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Special Operations Forces Language and Culture Needs Assessment: Defense Language Proficiency Test (DLPT)
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In: DTIC (2010)
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Relevance Feedback based on Constrained Clustering: FDU at TREC 09
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In: DTIC (2009)
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Proactive Intelligence (PAINT) Simulated Exploration of Executable Design Strategies (SEEDS)
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In: DTIC (2009)
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Linking Semantic and Knowledge Representations in a Multi-Domain Dialogue System
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In: DTIC (2007)
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Techniques for Automatically Generating Biographical Summaries from News Articles
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In: DTIC (2007)
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The Effect of Bilingual Term List Size on Dictionary-Based Cross-Language Information Retrieval
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In: DTIC (2006)
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Criteria for Appraising Computer-Based Simulations for Teaching Arabic as a Foreign Language
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In: DTIC AND NTIS (2005)
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Minimum Bayes-Risk Decoding for Statistical Machine Translation
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In: DTIC (2004)
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HITIQA: Towards Analytical Question Answering
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In: DTIC (2004)
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Stochastic Language Generation in a Dialogue System: Toward a Domain Independent Generator
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In: DTIC (2004)
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Generic Sentence Fusion is an Ill-Defined Summarization Task
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In: DTIC (2004)
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The Pragmatics of Taking a Spoken Language System Out of the Laboratory
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In: DTIC (2003)
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Consolidating the Results of the CIRCSIM-Tutor Project and Further Consolidation of the Results of the CIRCSIM-Tutor Project
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Development and Evaluation of a Korean Treebank and its Application to NLP
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In: DTIC (2002)
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Large Scale Language Independent Generation Using Thematic Hierarchies
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In: DTIC (2001)
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