About this ebook
Over 500 Pages ….
Developed by I Corps Foreign Language Training Center Fort Lewis, WA
For the Special Operations Forces Language Office United States Special Operations Command
LANGUAGE TRAINING
The ability to speak a foreign language is a core unconventional warfare skill and is being incorporated throughout all phases of the qualification course. The students will receive their language assignment after the selection phase where they will receive a language starter kit that allows them to begin language training while waiting to return to Fort Bragg for Phase II. The 3rd Bn, 1st SWTG (A) is responsible for all language training at the USAJFKSWCS. The Special Operations Language Training (SOLT) is primarily a performance-oriented language course. Students are trained in one of ten core languages with enduring regional application and must show proficiency in speaking, listening and reading. A student receives language training throughout the Pipeline.
In Phase IV, students attend an 8 or 14 week language blitz depending upon the language they are slotted in. The general purpose of the course is to provide each student with the ability to communicate in a foreign language. For successful completion of the course, the student must achieve at least a 1/1/1 or higher on the Defense Language Proficiency Test in two of the three graded areas; speaking, listening and reading.
Table of Contents
Introduction Introduction
Lesson 1 People and Geography
Lesson 2 Living and Working
Lesson 3 Numbers, Dates, and Time
Lesson 4 Daily Activities
Lesson 5 Meeting the Family
Lesson 6 Around Town
Lesson 7 Shopping
Lesson 8 Eating Out
Lesson 9 Customs, and Courtesies in the Home
Lesson 10 Around the House
Lesson 11 Weather and Climate
Lesson 12 Personal Appearance
Lesson 13 Transportation
Lesson 14 Travel
Lesson 15 At School
Lesson 16 Recreation and Leisure
Lesson 17 Health and the Human Body
Lesson 18 Political and International Topics in the News
Lesson 19 The Military
Lesson 20 Holidays and Traditions
