How Does Short-Term Foreign Language Immersion Stimulate Language Learning?.

The dramatic events of September 11, 2001 shocked the nation and forced the United States government to acknowledge its tremendously inadequate capability in foreign language proficiency and global cultural awareness. In a memo to top Department of Defense (DoD) leadership addressing Operation Enduring Freedom (OEF) requirements, former Assistant Secretary of Defense Paul Wolfowitz indicated that DoD effectiveness in acquiring, maintaining, and employing language skills and area expertise had been severely limited. The primary reason for this limitation was the absence of a coherent strategy and integrated process within DoD for determining foreign language support requirements and managing DoD language assets. He asked the military services to support the Defense Foreign Language Proficiency Policy Committee in developing an overarching DoD strategy and policy to maximize return on investment in language education (Mueller, 2005).

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