Second-Language Skills for All? Analyzing a Proposed Language Requirement for U.S. Air Force Officers

• मुख्य लेखक: Hardison, Chaitra M. (auth)
• अन्य लेखक: Miller, Louis W. (auth), Li, Jennifer J. (auth), Schroeder, Amber (auth), Burkhauser, Susan (auth)
• स्वरूप: इलेक्ट्रोनिक पुस्तक अध्याय
• भाषा: अंग्रेज़ी
• प्रकाशित: RAND Corporation 2012
• विषय: Advice on careers & achieving success; Personnel & human resources management; Educational strategies & policy; Business; Education
• ऑनलाइन पहुंच: DOAB: download the publication; DOAB: description of the publication

In an effort to determine the feasibility of requiring all Air Force officers to attain a specific level of proficiency in a second language, the authors conducted a survey of current Air Force officers. The results suggest that such a requirement is not currently feasible. However, it would instead...