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

• Superior document: Technical report (Rand Corporation)
• TeilnehmendeR: Hardison, Chaitra M
• Place / Publishing House: Santa Monica, CA : Rand, 2012
• Year of Publication: 2012
• Language: English
• Series: Technical report (Rand Corporation)
• Physical Description: 1 online resource (xxiii, 148 pages) :; color illustrations
• Notes: Bibliographic Level Mode of Issuance: Monograph

Table of Contents

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.