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US Army Arabic Language Education

August 6, 2008 By admin

The best Arabic language education in the entire world is at the US Army Defense Language Institute, located in Monterey California. People work hard to get the chance to attend the DLS School, and they come from all over. Most of the students are from the United States Military, and they are trained to be skilled translators and linguists for a wide variety of federal agencies, military or government applications. Some of the linguists that are trained at the DLS school work with allies or nations that are friendly to the USA.

Learning Arabic is a job not for the timid. It takes an excellent student to attempt to learn Arabic, it is considered a level 6 language, and only the most gifted DLS students are allowed to try. It takes a special kind of student to attempt it and only a select few emerge successful after an intense sixty-three week course of study. Students study hard, and have up to two hours of homework a night. The instructors have taught for decades, and they are experts, and they treat students with respect, assistance and concern. The selection process is rigorous, but even so about one in three students, or thirty percent, do not make it and are dis-enrolled. The student work hard, and take home Walkman type sound recordings to practice on their own time. It is a school that is very serious, student work after school, and even on weekends during their time there. Students listen to recordings they make in class, and read media published in the language they are studying.

The US Army has maintained the DLS school for nearly 60 years, and learning a language is only part of the process. Students learn to speak, write and recognize the language. They work to become fluent, and conversational use of the language that they are studying is a vital part of what they accomplish. Arabic is just one of the languages taught at the Defense Language Institute, but as such it is a category Six language. There are other languages that are simple and easier, but along with Russian, Arabic is one of the most difficult as a category six skill language.

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One of the best issues that the DLS uses is that the instructors are where ever possible Native speakers. This gives the DLS Language institute an advantage that many other schools don?t have.

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  1. Grant J. Mcduffie says

    August 15, 2010 at 3:46 pm

    I am very interested in how to get in this 63 week school to speak Arab. I am active duty Army. I would possibly be interested in reenlisting for this school, I have a 110 GT score exactly, would I be eligible at all? Thank you.

  2. elias aldaoud says

    September 22, 2014 at 5:04 am

    hello sir,
    i am Elias aldoud from Jordan middle east ,i was wondering if you need some one to teach Arabic sir?
    my country of residence now is jordan.

  3. fatima says

    March 1, 2016 at 1:54 pm

    I have master in arabic littererature but I haven”t citizenship yet,I have a green card

  4. Hassan says

    March 26, 2016 at 6:07 pm

    A highly qualified Arabic teacher
    [email protected]

  5. Mohammad Abufarah says

    May 20, 2016 at 12:19 am

    Hello
    Arabic is my native language, and I’m very interesting in teaching it within the US Military. I’m wondering how I can be able to do,Do I need any kind of certification?

    Thank You

  6. Mr Hassan HAMMA says

    October 9, 2017 at 5:05 am

    Dear Sir,Madam,

    Mr Hamma has already had his BA equivalent from WES
    New USA.

    At 21 years of age, he lived in France for two years to
    study
    French and English in the University of Grenoble.

    After graduating with a BA in Arabic literature from
    Hassan
    the second University in casablanca, Morocco,he has
    received a German Language Certificate from the Geothe
    institute in Morocco.

    Now,he is a highly,qualified and experienced teacher,he is
    fluent in
    Arabic,French,English and German.

    He enjoys teaching students in a French school in
    Casablanca-Morocco.

    He is interested in joining a school to teach Arabic .

    Would you mind reading my CV please.

    Hassan HAMMA

    Born in Casablanca

    On 02-07-1960

    Married

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