foreign language program office

OFFICE OF THE DIRECTOR OF NATIONAL INTELLIGENCE

LEADING INTELLIGENCE INTEGRATION

Foreign Language Program Office

Florida Foreign Language Association Conference14 October 2011


LEADING INTELLIGENCE INTEGRATIONLEADING INTELLIGENCE INTEGRATION

Critical Need for Language Skills

• The Intelligence Community, the Department of Defense, and the entire Federal Government has a critical need for a workforce with professional level foreign language proficiency as well as a deep cultural understanding of other people and nations

• 1,000’s of skilled requirements

• We are working to help you develop these skills

http://startalk.umd.edu/



STARTALK•STARTALK increases the number of Americans learning, speaking, and teaching critical need foreign languages by offering K – 12 students and teachers creative and engaging summer experiences

•Exemplifies best practices in language education & teacher development

•150 K-16 programs in Arabic, Chinese, Dari, Hindi, Persian, Portuguese, Russian, Swahili, Turkish, and Urdu in 2011

•The University of Florida and the University of South Florida hosted STARTALK summer workshops in 2011

•National Foreign Language Center, Univ of MD, is the lead for STARTALK• Programs for next summer will be announced in early 2012 •Multimedia catalog of free training materials on the website • Downloadable curriculum development guides

http://startalk.umd.edu/http://www.nflc.org/sites/default/files/publications/the_teachers_we_need.pdf



Defense Language Institute Foreign Language Center

The Defense Language Institute Foreign Language Center (DLIFLC) is regarded as one of the finest schools for foreign language instruction in the nation. The majority of DLIFLC products are publicly available through its website

Among these publicly available products are: Headstart Language InstructionCultural Orientations, which offer an engaging

introductions to various cultural groupsAn Accent Library with audio samples illustrating

regional speech variations in a given languageNarrated Folktales and Legends, rich and fascinating

bilingual social lessonsOver 2,000 online language lessons with audio and

scripts are available in 24 languages via GLOSS

http://www.dliflc.edu/products.html



National Security Language Initiative for Youth

•State Dept NSLI-Y provides full, merit-based scholarships for eligible high school students to learn less commonly taught languages in summer and academic-year overseas immersion programs

•Eligibility Requirements:U.S. citizen15 - 18 years of age Enrolled in high school at the time of application GPA of at least 2.5 on a 4.0 scale

•In 2012 and 2013, the NSLI-Y program will offer short-term (6-8 week) summer and long-term (8-11 month) academic year programs in the following languages: Arabic, Chinese, Korean, Russian, Hindi, Persian, and Turkish

•Applications for 2012-13 programs are due November 3, 2011

http://www.nsliforyouth.org/



The Language Flagship

•Defense Department National Security Education Program

•The Language Flagship is a partnership among government, education and business supplying educational opportunities from kindergarten through graduate school

•Flagship languages include Arabic, Chinese, Hindi and Urdu, Korean, Persian, Russian, and African languages

•There are currently:

22 Centers and Programs8 Overseas Programs3 K–12 Programs

http://www.thelanguageflagship.org/



NSEP Boren Scholarships and Fellowships•Provide funding opportunities for U.S. undergraduate and graduate students to add an international and language component to their education

•Boren Scholarships provide up to $20,000 to U.S. undergraduate students to study abroad in areas of the world critical to U.S. interests. Application deadline for 2012-13 program is February 9, 2012

•Boren Fellowships provide up to $30,000 to U.S. graduate students to add an important international and language component to their graduate education through specialization in area study, language study, or increased language proficiency. Application deadline for 2012-13 is January 31, 2012

•Boren supports study and research in prominent areas of the world including Africa, Asia, Central & Eastern Europe, Eurasia, Latin America, and the Middle East. The countries of Western Europe, Canada, Australia, and New Zealand are not included in this program

•Level 3 and 4 ILR proficiency is a common goal

http://www.borenawards.org/



NSEP English for Heritage Speakers Scholarship

•English for Heritage Language Speakers (EHLS) program is an intensive professional development program for adults who have high levels of proficiency in their native or heritage language

•For 2012, the program is recruiting native speakers of Arabic, Dari, Hausa, Hindi, Igbo, Mandarin Chinese, Pashto, Persian Farsi, Punjabi, Somali, Swahili, and Urdu

•Each EHLS scholarship recipient must seek employment in the Department of Defense, the Intelligence Community, the Department of State, or the Department of Homeland Security. NSEP does not guarantee employment, but it does provide several types of assistance to EHLS participants as they carry out their job searches

http://www.cal.org/ehls/



Centers of Academic Excellence

•DIA CAE Program Office performs oversight for ten designated universities. DIA provides competitive grants ($250K-$750K) to academic institutions to promote the alignment of curricula in international relations, foreign language, and cultural immersion

•The goals of the CAE Program are: to develop long-term academic partnerships to support those educational institutions in meeting

specific Intelligence Community (IC) needs to ensure that the IC has a diverse, highly-qualified, and

motivated applicant pool for its mission-critical occupations

•Two universities in Florida have received CAE grants:Florida International UniversityFlorida Agricultural and Mechanical University

http://www.dni.gov/cae/index.htm



Critical Need for Language Skills

• We need your help to develop the workforce of the future

• We will help you to improve your programs

• Set high standards for yourselves and your students

• Be Passionate!

Dan Scott703-874-8430

[email protected]

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