• Refine your search:
  • 
    Keyword
  • 
    Creator / Publisher:
    
    • SWA CONSULTING INC RALEIGH NC (4)
    • Surface, Eric A (2)
    • Bienkowski, Sarah C (1)
  • 
    Year
  • 
    Medium
  • 
    Type
  • 
    BLLDB-Access

Search in the Catalogues and Directories

All fields Title Creator / Publisher Keyword Year AND OR AND NOT All fields Title Creator / Publisher Keyword Year AND OR AND NOT All fields Title Creator / Publisher Keyword Year AND OR AND NOT All fields Title Creator / Publisher Keyword Year AND OR AND NOT All fields Title Creator / Publisher Keyword Year Sort by creator [A → Z]' creator [Z → A]' publishing year ↑ (asc)' publishing year ↓ (desc)' title [A → Z]' title [Z → A]' Simple Search Hits 1 – 4 of 4 1 Predicting Proficiency without Direct Assessment: Can Speaking Ratings be Inferred from Non-participatory Listening and Reading Ratings? Surface, Eric A In: DTIC (2013) BASE Show details 2 Special Operations Forces Mission-related Language Requirements: What Skills Should Be Tested? Bienkowski, Sarah C; Surface, Eric A In: DTIC (2013) BASE Show details 3 Evaluating Predictors of Foreign Language Learning In: DTIC (2011) BASE Show details 4 Special Operations Forces Language and Culture Needs Assessment: Defense Language Proficiency Test (DLPT) In: DTIC (2010) Abstract: This study is one component of the Special Operations Forces (SOF) Language and Culture Needs Assessment Project. The larger study consisted of23 focus groups conducted across the SOF cmmnunity and an issue-oriented web-based survey. This report examined SOF operators' aud leaders' perceptions of the Defense Language Proficiency Test (DLPT). Overall, results of this study indicate a misalignment between testing and SOF operators' language-related mission needs. Survey and focus group results indicated that SOF leaders do not !lilly support the use of the DLPT for language proficiency testing in the SOF community for two main reasons. First, SOF operators and leaders indicated that the DLPT does not assess language proficiency skills needed for SOF missions and believe instead that speaking is the most relevant language skill for their missions. Second, almost half of SOF operators reported experiencing scheduling and technical problems during DLPT testing. Combining past research with the cmrent study, it is evident that the DLPT does not meet the testing needs ofthe SOF community. USSOCOM and SOF component leadership should take steps to address these concerns to better align foreign language proficiency testing with the needs of the SOF community. Keyword: *FOREIGN LANGUAGES; *PROFICIENCY; *SPECIAL OPERATIONS FORCES; COMMUNITIES; CULTURE; DEFENSE SYSTEMS; LANGUAGE; LANGUAGE PROFICIENCY TESTING; LEADERSHIP; Linguistics; Military Forces and Organizations; MISSIONS; NEEDS ASSESSMENT; SCHEDULING; SKILLS; SURVEYS; TEST AND EVALUATION; TESTING ALIGNMENT URL: http://www.dtic.mil/docs/citations/ADA618284 http://oai.dtic.mil/oai/oai?&verb=getRecord&metadataPrefix=html&identifier=ADA618284 BASE Hide details

Mobile view All Catalogues UB Frankfurt Linguistik 0 IDS Mannheim 0 OLC Linguistik 0 UB Frankfurt Retrokatalog 0 DNB Subject Category Language 0 Institut für Empirische Sprachwissenschaft 0 Leibniz-Centre General Linguistics (ZAS) 0 Bibliographies BLLDB 0 BDSL 0 IDS Bibliografie zur deutschen Grammatik 0 IDS Bibliografie zur Gesprächsforschung 0 IDS Konnektoren im Deutschen 0 IDS Präpositionen im Deutschen 0 IDS OBELEX meta 0 MPI-SHH Linguistics Collection 0 MPI for Psycholinguistics 0 Linked Open Data catalogues Annohub 0 Online resources Link directory 0 Journal directory 0 Database directory 0 Dictionary directory 0 Open access documents BASE 4 Linguistik-Repository 0 IDS Publikationsserver 0 Online dissertations 0 Language Description Heritage 0