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Titolo: | 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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