Second language skills for all? : analyzing a proposed language requirement for U.S. Air Force officers / / Chaitra M. Hardison

• Pubblicazione: Santa Monica, CA, : Rand, 2012
• Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (xxiii, 148 pages) : color illustrations
• Disciplina: 358.4/161
• Soggetto topico: Second language acquisition - United States; Communicative competence - United States
• Persona (resp. second.): HardisonChaitra M
• Note generali: Bibliographic Level Mode of Issuance: Monograph
• Nota di contenuto: Increasing the language proficiency of incoming Air Force officers -- RAND's study -- Organization of the report -- Background on adult language learning -- Measuring language proficiency -- Categories of difficulty -- The supply of language expertise -- Individual differences among language learners -- Educational programs designed to achieve high levels of proficiency -- After language learning: attrition and maintenance -- Implications -- Survey of Air Force officers -- Survey sample -- Survey content -- Survey results -- Language skills among Air Force officers -- Language learning experiences -- Relationships between language skills and other desirable outcomes -- Mandatory proficiency policies -- Incentives and disincentives for learning a second language -- Open-ended responses -- Conclusions and recommendations -- Conclusions -- Recommendations -- Immediate next steps -- Closing comment -- A. Descriptions of the ILR proficiency levels -- B. List of language flagship programs -- Screenshots of the survey -- Language courses at ROTC detachments -- E. Additional details on "other" and open-ended responses.
• Altri titoli varianti: Second-Language Skills for All?
• Titolo autorizzato: Second language skills for all? : analyzing a proposed language requirement for U.S. Air Force officers
• ISBN: 0-8330-8318-X
• Formato: Materiale a stampa
• Livello bibliografico: Monografia
• Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
• Record Nr.: 9910220093503321
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