Training and Educational Material
Foreign Language
Building Capabilities for Language and Culture in Defense Intelligence
Critical Language Program Flyer
The Defense Language Institute Foreign Language Center (DLIFLC) has designed a new program called Headstart, consisting of an interactive 80-hour self-paced DVD which teaches basic language, culture and limited reading and writing. . Headstart is currently available in Iraqi Arabic, and Dari and Pashto spoken in Afghanistan. These language materials can be ordered via [DLIFLC’s Language Materials Distribution System.|http://www.dliflc.edu/lmdsemail.aspx|target='_blank']
[Demystifying Regional Languages Afghanistan-Pakistan Regional Expertise Trng Program|https://forums.army.mil/SECURE/adl/en-US/1684033/Attachment/102601/120206_RegionalLanguages_DIA.pdf|target='_blank']
DLI Afghan Pashto Survival Guide
DLI Basic Arabic in MP3 Format
[INSCOM Language Branch Newsletter|https://forums.army.mil/SECURE/adl/en-US/1228966/Attachment/79341/120309_INSCOMLangBranchNewsletter.pdf|target='_blank']
Iraqi Security Forces Advisor Audio
[Joint Language University|http://jlu.wbtrain.com/sumtotal/jlu2.0/HOME/index.asp|target='_blank']
To support the general purpose force, DLIFLC produces [Language Survival Kits (LSK)|http://www.dliflc.edu/products.html|target='_blank'] which are pocket size pamphlets with CDs designed to be used in the field and range in topics from search and cordon, to medical terminology. LSKs exist in more than 30 languages and can contain up to 12 different topical domains within one language. Each year the Institute ships more than 250,000 LSKs to deploying forces.
[Soldiers Manual and Trainers Guide for Interpreter Translator MOS 09L|https://armypubs.us.army.mil/doctrine/DR_pubs/dr_c/pdf/stp34_09lt14.pdf|target='_blank']