I like this but still these people need to become immersed in all cultures and languages through technology just training one soldier in one language with the change and the slang wont cut it sorry. But Keep up the wonderful work.
In principal, a good idea; however a mere two days for "full-immersion," is a completely and utterly inadequate. This idea, by the way, is not original to DLI; it has adopted from Middleburry College's highly successful Summer Language Program.
As an aside, if a prospective linguist finds it "challenging" to keep exclusively in their target language for two days, they shouldn't be in the program to begin with. I know; I was there.
I like this but still these people need to become immersed in all cultures and languages through technology just training one soldier in one language with the change and the slang wont cut it sorry. But Keep up the wonderful work.
SBARTSTV 8 months ago
I bet if army had a goal give every person a Ph.d. they would of been the best place to young men spend their time.
johnfox1johnfox1 1 year ago
In principal, a good idea; however a mere two days for "full-immersion," is a completely and utterly inadequate. This idea, by the way, is not original to DLI; it has adopted from Middleburry College's highly successful Summer Language Program.
As an aside, if a prospective linguist finds it "challenging" to keep exclusively in their target language for two days, they shouldn't be in the program to begin with. I know; I was there.
TheYankeeSamurai 1 year ago