DLI isn't the only intensive 3-letter language school. See how Mormon missionaries learn languages fast at the MTC 👉🏼 kzread.info/dash/bejne/gaxqr8aLhMaWqag.html

@wbobth

2 жыл бұрын

DLI Russian grad. ask me anything!

@madnecessity

2 жыл бұрын

Please make more vids like this. I loved it

@SonPhan-uw2wf

2 жыл бұрын

In Frankfurt am Main, Germany I met some Americans who belong to Mormon Christianity

@alanguages

2 жыл бұрын

Hopefully FSI is another three letter intensive language school future video upcoming also.

@andrew3404

2 жыл бұрын

@@calitaliarepublic6753 Good thing we pulled out like we did. Thats was a good idea, right?

Having studied Russian, Japanese, and Korean, I can't imagine having to learn any of those in 64 weeks. Very impressed with anyone who can stick out something like that.

@marshingo5262

2 жыл бұрын

The topics are focused on military and political topics mostly, I'm active duty and I know several people who have gone to the school, they struggle with daily conversation, but can translate classified documents like it's nothing

@marysueper140

2 жыл бұрын

Nice assortment. My daughters and I each took Spanish in school. One daughter has studied Russian, the other has an interest in Japanese, and I’ve been dabbling in Korean. From time to time we will all have a “conversation” in these languages, with a little French and German for good measure.

@tyunpeters3170

2 жыл бұрын

@@marshingo5262 Yes, I'm at DLI now. There are definitely still areas where one can improve in even after passing the DLPT. You can speak about some high-level stuff by graduation, but you may not be able to flow colloquially like a native speaker.

@marshingo5262

2 жыл бұрын

@@tyunpeters3170 Nice man, what language did they give you?

@alainvosselman9960

2 жыл бұрын

When learning Russian i found that using the basic methods as language is taught in high school. If you stop to think about it... why it is presented that way you find out that language is just a tool, easy to make use of. Combined with practical experience talking to Russians.. it did miracles. That was a long time ago and i forgot a lot. But it was good to find out that methodic study makes things really easy.

The quickest path to learning a language is total immersion. It is paramount that you ONLY speak the target language. You CANNOT use your native tongue. Remember, the greatest obstacle to learning a language is already knowing one.

@eponymous_graphics

Жыл бұрын

ja, sicher. Das stimpft.

@miovicdina7706

Жыл бұрын

The quickest path to learning a language is to first learn all the grammar and THEN the complete immersion. Otherwise the complete immersion method will take you years and even then with mediocre results.

@taylorcandelaria3582

Жыл бұрын

@@miovicdina7706 That's an erroneous claim. Look up Stephen Krashen's comprehensible input theories for second-language acquisition. Studying grammar is never necessary unless you'd like to teach the language professionally. Immersion is the only way to acquire a language in the same way that you naturally acquire your native language.

@eeaotly

Жыл бұрын

@@taylorcandelaria3582 I don't believe that. I have some friends who speak our native language so poorly, that if a foreigner would "immerse" in their community, he would end up speaking like an uneducated person. This would affect his image and it will take longer for him to relearn in a correct manner. I am glad that I have studied English long before I have "immersed" in the English society, because I have discovered that many people (native speakers) write and even speak incorrectly (for example, the "famous" apostrophe!).

@Constantin_C

Жыл бұрын

The Peace Cors do it, but almost none of them ends up speaking the language. And this, considering that they live in families there, in the local culture and linguistic environment. So, it's a myth.

One of my uncles grew up in the Bronx, he spoke English, Italian, and some Yiddish...In WWII he ended working as an interpreter in North Africa and Sicily, he then learned German, then Japanese, then Korean.....and after 20+ years in the US Army he learned Vietnamese. He had a remarkable ability to pickup on languages.

@eileensullivan4924

7 ай бұрын

Gets easier as you go along! Bravo!

@johnscanlan9335

7 ай бұрын

Learning and even simply hearing a foreign language actually changes a person's brain, creating new neural pathways. Once a person is familiar with a second language, it becomes significantly easier to learn a third or fourth language!

@user-qz3wh5xw5x

7 ай бұрын

@@bluegoth Gua your dad is a U.S Army , I'm too Honduras immigrant but I just speak Spanish, how did your dad get into the army? Explain me please ? I want to into too

@user-qz3wh5xw5x

7 ай бұрын

@@bluegoth Yes of course thank you very much for this Information, I'm is studying G.E.D it's tool's to apply after continuing and improving my english. You has than parents immigrant. what advice you give me for improve my english?

@CAGonRiv

5 ай бұрын

Most foreign born military brats grow up speaking two languages at home. Your uncle's generation literally paved the way for my generation to learn these languages growing up. Myself knowing nine plus learning another three due to work.

"7 hours of class a day, 2 hours of homework, and an hour of study, five days a week" Yeah I don't care what "technique" they're using to learn... the time spent is probably the biggest factor.

I studied German at DLI in the late Eighties. Here was their secret: daily testing and assessment. They’d give you lessons, tons of homework, and a test every morning on the previous day’s work. For us Air Force troops, anything under an 88 was a failing grade. Imagine a school where a “B” is a failing grade! If you failed two days in a row, you washed out. If that happened, they made you a cook or another career. Motivation was high! Throughout the course, they cranked the rigor. At first, they’d give you 50 vocabulary words to memorize daily. By the end of the course, it was 300 words to memorize DAILY! The DLI prepared me to get through college and grad school.

@058becs

2 жыл бұрын

That sounds intense. i don't think I can memorize 300 words in one day. I'm sure college and grad school were a breeze for you compared to DLI.

@GWGuitarStudio

2 жыл бұрын

@@058becs You could do it, but you work up to it gradually. I also served as a Latter-day Saint missionary in the years before I joined the Air Force. I went through the Church’s language training for French. We were there for eight weeks. It was challenging, but not nearly like DLI.

@jamesboulger8705

2 жыл бұрын

I could see how you got to have a sense of unity and fun with your teammates, just to make it, to get all that extra reinforcement of the concepts.

@kane04561

2 жыл бұрын

This is crazy and insane and whatever other word works 😂 Mad respect to you, learning a language was fun for me cus I took my time, never knew there were courses like this that prioritised speed and results first. Nuff said, the way you learnt was super efficient. Shoulda implemented this strategy or learning style when i was learning German 😂

@mhm6

2 жыл бұрын

If you can do that, college should be a walk in the park.

Elle is my daughter! She loves everything Korean and enjoyed her experiences there. I got to visit her while she was stationed in South Korea; it's a wonderful place. Great video!

@Major_Rain

2 жыл бұрын

Mom stop you're embarrassing me

@ChrisBadges

2 жыл бұрын

In 32:15 Elle gives *the* secret tip for all languages/cultures ("Find something to love about the language/culture"), which I am sure helped a lot in achieving all that progress. The story was all well told too. Thank you for telling your language learning story, Elle!

@GeoRockNerd

2 жыл бұрын

I really loved Elle sharing her experiences learning Korean - my daughter heads to DLI to learn Korean after Basic! Sounds intense but fun. You must be so proud of her!

@locutusdborg126

2 жыл бұрын

Kam sam ni da.

@PL.Borneo

2 жыл бұрын

I bet Elle is an ARMY in the Army:) Boraehae 💜

I studied Italian and on making my first trip to Italy. I was traveling on a train to Rome, when a Japanese girl entered my train compartment and asked me a question in Italian…it was my very first time actually speaking Italian in Italy…I answered her…and we went on to have a great conversation together in a language that was not our own native languages. I will never forget how amazing that felt…the world changed in my mind!!!

@mooredefense

2 ай бұрын

Great experience

One of my highschool teachers was in this program for spanish. The way he described it was insane, it sounded so so rigorous. He learned spanish entirely in like six months

@bilcarter

8 ай бұрын

I have spoken Spanish my entire life. I grew up in Puerto Rico. I went to DLI for Russian (12 months), but I had friends in the Spanish course (6 months). You are correct. I saw many students come in who could barely say "Taco", and they were having full conversations with me by the time they graduated.

@jonathanland5073

7 ай бұрын

​@@bilcarterHow is your Russian?

@nattidread5844

7 ай бұрын

​@@bilcarterwhat's the secret of their success?

@ImNeoFr

6 ай бұрын

@@nattidread5844having a native speaker to speak to. learning the language in the native country is even easier, and 10x easier for kids, because if they wanna know how to say something, they just say “hey how do you say ______” then they learn it.

@BeyondGrassCutter

6 ай бұрын

As for communication skills I learn whole sentences saying them aloud. 5 days - 300 repetitions per day at least. Later I don't need to translate. I know the meaning of words straight away like in my native language. And also I remember the meaning longer than by learning separate words. This method is called: chunking. It was a real game changer in my learning process in English and other languages.😊

My dad was almost fluent in Arabic by the time he came back from jordan, he was there for a year and a half. He has some of the language but he can still have a deep conversation with his Jordanian friends in Arabic. It’s really impressive, not a lot of people expect a Mexican guy to speak more Arabic then Spanish.

@0000USN

Жыл бұрын

My dad was Army and learned Vietnamese at Ft Bliss Texas 71--72. I was surprised to know some of his classmates were Navy.

@jimmyjohnson7883

Жыл бұрын

I am fluent in Arabic, Tagalog, Mandarin, Fench, Italian, Spanish and now I am in the process of learning tongues with your sister.

@candacerain1

Жыл бұрын

@@0000USN Fort Bliss woo! I'm a local lol

@Agent-ie3uv

Жыл бұрын

@@jimmyjohnson7883 💩🤡

@smokeymcpot69

Жыл бұрын

@@jimmyjohnson7883 Rolling all sorts of R's

Military specialist and technical training is absolutely insane. They manage to teach several years worth of knowledge in a couple months.

@jamesboulger8705

2 жыл бұрын

It really is impressive, if you know a skill set you want, it makes enlisting seem worthwhile. Pay to learn, or get paid to learn?

@OscarMikePrecision

2 жыл бұрын

I just got done with Basic, AIT, and Airborne. I'm a 94E (radio & comms repairs) we learned an MOS that was originally 36 weeks in 17 weeks plus info that was added to the original course and it was cut even shorter due to holiday extended weekends. You do get through it if you keep your head up but it's an insane amount of information. We got an average of 4-6 hours of sleep every night plus they made me PG so I had to get up earlier to keep proper accountability of everyone in my platoon, I looked healthy as hell in basic training compared to AIT. I was honor graduate and I still wasn't very confident in my abilities. I just hope I can be proficient in my job since I am national guard and am only practicing my MOS one weekend a month.

@hawaiianknight6004

2 жыл бұрын

By the second week I was dreaming in German... Worth it, but I used to have hair...

@DrGetgood

2 жыл бұрын

@@OscarMikePrecision you had me until the "4-6" hours of sleep thing. That's really dumb on their part. Sleep is the single most important aspect of improvement and learning.

@eclipset.9683

2 жыл бұрын

@@DrGetgood Usually the military requires like 7 hours minimum each day for trainees at least. I think it's okay to get less every so often. There's a lot of strict rules for that sort of stuff, including 3 meals a day. It doesn't ways get followed, and maybe once you're a real soldier after basic, there's less emphasis. Once I got to my unit, I never heard of a sleep requirement rule or anything, but we usually got 6~8 hours of free time in between days. So, you'd work for 16 and be off for 8. One time I did have to stay awake for 72 hours while on the radio. Had to reply for a radio check once every hour. Edit: Actually found something on it: "The Office of the Army Surgeon General recommends that soldiers sleep at least seven hours per night, although only a minimum of four hours is required during field training exercises.May 27, 2021"

As a former LDS missionary and US military veteran that studied at DLI, I can attest that the language courses are intense and effective if you apply yourself and have some skills.

@sebastianmosqueda5959

7 ай бұрын

What kind of skills do you think would be helpful?

@lukenielsen8397

7 ай бұрын

@@sebastianmosqueda5959 Obviously there are a couple, for example, quick and clear thinking, good memory recall, focus, etc. Some not quite apparent, but equally important for the immersion process are good visualization in your mind and forcing yourself to "think" instead of translate. You do not want to go the route of having a "translation" machine in your head all the time, you want to see objects/actions and think in the language directly. That being said, dedication and focused hard work are irreplaceable.

@sebastianmosqueda5959

7 ай бұрын

@@lukenielsen8397 Great! Thank you sir. I'm currently working on accomplishing the rest of my Spanish. Eventually learning Japanese if possible seeing as how I work with many Japanese people. They learned English. I figure its only fair if I learned a bit of Japanese

@hvnly-gaming

7 ай бұрын

fantastic summary

@1Flyingfist

7 ай бұрын

​@@lukenielsen8397Ahhhh. Interesting 🤔🤔 👍🏿

I learned Spanish quickly by moving to Costa Rica and finding a girlfriend. I moved in with her family and I was fluent in a couple months. Everyone in town was shocked. Now I surprise Spanish speaking people in the states all the time by striking up a conversation in Spanish. I miss Costa Rica, it's a beautiful country with lots of awesome people.

@sumairymendez6936

2 ай бұрын

That’s how I became fluent in German in 9 months. After 3 months I was speaking and laughing along children audio books. Business level took me a few extra months. At the end of the 9th month I was writing college papers.

@comfortablynumb9342

2 ай бұрын

@@sumairymendez6936 I loved Germany and I took some classes because I thought I'd move there. But when I learned Spanish and didn't use the German I forgot most of it.

@oliverneborachko4552

26 күн бұрын

@@comfortablynumb9342can you tell more about how you picked up language that quick, and how you travelled without plan, what job you had ? Very interested

@comfortablynumb9342

26 күн бұрын

@@oliverneborachko4552 I needed to get away from some people and habits in FL and I had always loved Costa Rica and wanted to live there since I was a kid. I went a couple times on vacation with my family and some of them moved there. So they had some friends in Pavones and they set me up down there. I rented a cabina and before long I hooked up with one of the owner's nieces. I moved in with her family. They spoke a little bit of English and I spoke a little Spanish. And I intended to stay so I wanted to learn. I can learn languages pretty easily so it didn't take long. I fished and farmed there too.

In the early 80’s I had a girlfriend who joined the Air Force as a linguist. After basic training she spent 6 months at Lackland AFB in Texas doing a full immersion Russian course. For 6 months they spent 5 days per week on a section of the base where she said they were only allowed to speak Russian from day one. They were forced to learn Russian just to function.

@LesserMoffHootkins

2 жыл бұрын

I tried for decades to learn Spanish, but failed. I have no talent, and no hope.

@robeettomko5026

2 жыл бұрын

Yes you do. Just don't give up

@blyatifulchao7406

2 жыл бұрын

@@LesserMoffHootkins Got to a spanish speaking country and try to speak as much spanish as possible

@LesserMoffHootkins

2 жыл бұрын

@@blyatifulchao7406 I already speak as much Spanish as possible- almost none.

@kurtthecat3995

2 жыл бұрын

@@LesserMoffHootkins It's all about the methodology. I thought the same about German until I came across the videos emphasizing comprehensible input. Although my speaking and writing ability is almost zero, my listening and reading comprehension reached the intermediate level in 12 months.

These videos about how different groups of people learn languages are so interesting, I'm really enjoying this series!

@storylearning

2 жыл бұрын

So glad you like it

@israellai

2 жыл бұрын

agreed, unlike polyglot celebrities' methodologies, this is something you don't hear much about!

@ErnestoJosePeck95

2 жыл бұрын

Same! Amazing content ngl.

@whiteangel3824

2 жыл бұрын

Yeah right, it motivates me to learn new languages

@laur-unstagenameactuallyca1587

2 жыл бұрын

fr!!!!!

I wish a school like this was available for civililians

@ilv839

5 ай бұрын

Students are already suffering 😂

@Dunriteproducts

4 ай бұрын

From laziness and indoctrination ​@@ilv839

@Pteromandias

3 ай бұрын

I went to DLI. There are civilian programs that we were allowed to attend if we wanted to get additional immersion time after graduation. Middlebury College in Vermont was one of those options. I never did that, I did an in-country immersion, but by all accounts Middlebury is very good.

@TheInterestingInformer

3 ай бұрын

@@PteromandiasI’ve heard great things abt middlebury overall, underrated college

@sycamoretrees8224

3 ай бұрын

@@TheInterestingInformeri was just about to mention this. literally my dream to attend and the fact that you can’t speak ANYTHING other than your target language (unless in certain personal circumstances i think but don’t fully remember) sounds so challenging but so intriguing as well cause everyone is going through the same struggle

My military son went to the DLI to learn a language straight out of Basic Training. Now, five years later he is back at the DLI learning another language (they needed more linguists and he volunteered). I went to Language Day in 2019 and it was an incredible experience! The DLI opens its doors to the public only one day a year (unfortunately I can’t go this year because it’s on a work day). There is native music and dance, poetry readings in different languages, food trucks with many different cuisines of the world…the students get to show some of what they are learning and it felt like a celebration all day! If you ever have the opportunity to go, don’t miss it!

I learned the Czech language in 1985 at DLI. My sister and I eventually flew to the Czech Republic. I was shocked when the Czechs understood what I was saying! It was wonderful.

@nineteenfortyeight6762

2 жыл бұрын

It's fun, like a superpower:)

@DanielCupakTUR

2 жыл бұрын

Češtinu? Ty jo, tak to muselo bejt něco! :)

@branofilipovic9608

Жыл бұрын

Ahoj, snad se ti tady líbilo :-)

@Darjan_Spasojevic

Жыл бұрын

Sta si naucio?

@gumidkova

Жыл бұрын

Wow, I am from Czech Republic and as far as I can say - every nation is very pleased when somebody is learning their language, especially the one which you can not use in other countries - like it is very different to learn spanish because you can use it worldwide but when you learn czech you can only use it in Czech Republic :)

My daughter is a linguist via DLI (military) and learned Korean. She can speak it, read it, and write it. Plus they learn the history, culture, and society. I love to listen to her speak it.

@nineteenfortyeight6762

2 жыл бұрын

Yeah, but you're not Korean.

@culby276

2 жыл бұрын

@@nineteenfortyeight6762, what does that have to do with learning a language. You must not know why that school is used by the military. I’m not Russian, but I’m learning the language anyway. Any person can learn any language, that’s the beauty.

@weirdo.shrimp

2 жыл бұрын

@@culby276 yes! exactly! the more you know the greater.

@paddington1670

Жыл бұрын

@@nineteenfortyeight6762 angry nationalist spotted

@HereGoesKevin

Жыл бұрын

@@culby276 May I test her Korean by having a conversation in Korean with her? I'm Korean and living in Korea, what's her social media if it's okay? I'm really curious! I want to know if she sounds natural or if she sounds like google translate when talking

In brief: The video is about the Defense Language Institute (DLI) in Monterey, California, where the US military trains its personnel in foreign languages. The DLI offers an intensive language learning program that lasts between 36 to 64 weeks, depending on the complexity of the language. The video provides an in-depth look at the training process, the daily schedule, and the experiences of the students. Here's a summary of the main points: 1. **Admission**: To qualify for the linguist job in the military, candidates must pass the Defense Language Aptitude Battery (DLAB), a test that assesses their ability to learn new languages. The test is based on a made-up language to ensure fairness. 2. **Language Assignment**: After basic training, recruits are assigned a language based on their test scores and the military's current needs. They don't necessarily get to choose the language they want to learn. 3. **Training**: The training is extremely intensive. Students spend up to a year and a half immersed in their chosen language. The instruction is initially in English, but as students progress, teachers use less English and eventually switch to teaching entirely in the target language. 4. **Instructors**: The instructors are either civilian native speakers or highly educated military language instructors. They come from over 90 countries. 5. **Classroom Experience**: Classes are held from Monday to Friday, with six hours of language learning each day. The course is divided into three semesters, each focusing on a different theme such as history, geography, or culture. The instruction includes grammar, vocabulary, and comprehension work. 6. **Self-Study**: Students are expected to do a lot of self-study, including memorizing vocabulary words, making recordings of themselves speaking the language, and transcribing recordings. 7. **Immersion**: The DLI has an isolation immersion facility where students can live for up to three days, interacting in an environment where only their new language is understood. They also have simulations to prepare them for real-world situations. 8. **Assessment**: To graduate, students must reach level two, which means being able to understand the gist of a conversation or accurately pick out facts from a news broadcast. Some jobs require a higher level of understanding. 9. **Advice**: The video ends with advice from former students, who emphasize the importance of finding something to love about the language and appreciating the unique opportunity to learn a language intensively. The video also mentions some resources available to the public, including the Global Language Online Support System (GLOSS) and a practice DLAB test available on Amazon.

@FrozenMermaid666

9 ай бұрын

I learned Dutch to an advanced level in about 3 months or 300 hours of study as I focused on it for about 3 or 4 months, and I didn’t even try hard, and still watched mostly entertaining videos, because Dutch words are so pretty, and one’s hern tends to remember prettier and more distinctive words faster, and I’m learning pretty languages for fun, so it’s a hobby for me, and I am also intermediate level in Norwegian / Swedish / German and beginner level in Icelandic / Welsh / French / Breton / Gallo / Hungarian / Galician / Old Norse and most other Germanic / Celtic / Latin languages and a few other pretty languages, and I also discovered Slovenian a few days ago, which also seems to have a lot of pretty words - I noticed that, after learning Dutch, learning German has magically become so easy, and I find that I can understand lots of sentences in German now, just because some of the words have the same root as the Dutch words, and I can tell what they mean in that context, and I can even remember new words in German faster, so this makes it even easier, plus the sentence structure is the same in German as it is in Dutch, so I don’t even have to worry about it because I am already used to it!

@JL_____

8 ай бұрын

Thank you GPT!!!

@fattestallenalive7148

8 ай бұрын

Thank you, my AI overloard

@kaze953

8 ай бұрын

I highly recommend the learning method of transcribing recordings. This is a quick way to check if your hearing and pronunciation are correct. This method also trains learners to adapt to the pronunciation of gernal native speakers, rather than what a teacher with standard pronunciation speaks.

@carolnahigian9518

8 ай бұрын

the Latter Day Saint do it, Too!!

Hey my parents both work at the DLI! One thing thing to note is that they learn these languages because they are completely immersed into the language it’s honestly pretty cool to see them improve at the languages

@RetreadPhoto

3 ай бұрын

This is not true. It’s not immersion.

@80xdplays88

3 ай бұрын

well its as close as they're getting. I would say it is immersion. The teachers talk only in the language they're learning. The entire school day (8 hours) is nothing but Farsi.@@RetreadPhoto

I am active duty navy and I studied to be a military Russian linguist at DLI it is no exaggeration when I say it is definitely the hardest thing I’ve ever done in my life the stress levels of the school puts Bootcamp to shame but if you make it through the course it is one of the most gratifying experiences you’ll ever have. When you get to that point in class where you realize three months ago you had trouble pronouncing the difference between a chair and a table and now you can listen to a news broadcast and understand is just amazing. It reminds you that the almost unsustainable amount of effort you’re putting in isn’t worthless. this video was fairly accurate about the schooling structure, more so than any other video I’ve ever seen about DLI. The instructors there are extremely skilled often knowing English grammar better than most college students and being able to explain their native language grammar in their second or even third language sometimes. The school is not for the faint of heart but it is a once in a lifetime opportunity that if you’re given it hit the ground running and do your best just remember that even more than your ability to learn the language having a positive attitude can make or break whether you make it through the course.

@0rhythm_divine0

Жыл бұрын

But it certainly does not sound very encouraging to me, rather instilling fear in me, for my penchant for language learning. These days I am learning French for no set purpose and I am feeling that I am enjoying the process more in this free casual approach!

@alexptvz1076

Жыл бұрын

you don't even try Thai....

@lisaahmari7199

Жыл бұрын

You are amazing!

@ninon5958

Жыл бұрын

Очень интересно!

@theymademepickaname1248

Жыл бұрын

I call bs. The military likes to make things difficult and stressful just for the sake of being difficult and stressful. Language learning is a process that involves continuous exposure over time. It is not something that can be intensely drilled into you. It would be like trying to drink from a fire hose.

This goes with my theory that you SHOULD focus on a particular accent/regional dialect from the beginning of language acquisition. The more accustomed to accents and phonics in a language, the more intuitive and fluent you can become. People always say "accent is not as important", but I've met too many people who speak a language fluently with absolute unintelligible pronounciation.

@vadimalfimov3987

2 жыл бұрын

I'd say, it depends. People study languages for different purposes, and some of them may require as subtle accent as possible, and some may not. If you just want to communicate, accents aren't important. You may even notice them (for example, I can notice major features of Argentinian or Andalusian Spanish) - but mimicking them is a separate task, and many times it isn't necessary at all.

@BallisticaMetal

2 жыл бұрын

pronunciation ≠ accent

@4kaSOSiso

2 жыл бұрын

​@@BallisticaMetal indian join to chat say how much they glad.

@billyhorton5779

2 жыл бұрын

Worked in Iraqi with a graduate of DLI with a Navy Seal Team, the native speaker interpreters had trouble understanding her as she had no "accent" in her Arabic. My self taught arabic they had no trouble understanding what I spoke as I always listened very carefully to native speakers Arabic.

@Anon54387

2 жыл бұрын

Technically one isn't considered fluent unless one can speak a language without any discernible foreign accent, but to do so often means a bit of accent from the second language creeps into one's first language.

Graduated Spanish in 91, and this seems far more rigorous than when I was there. There seemed to be a lot more partying going on amongst my group at least. I remember the poor group that was halfway through German when the Wall came down and they got moved into Spanish. I think they lost 1/4 of their students within a month because the change was so extreme.

@bigheadface

9 ай бұрын

Yeah, it's not that extreme. I graduated Russian in 2000, and spent the last 5 years of my career heavily involved in the entire language learning program, before I decided to retire. No one is studying as much as this video claims, the formation requirements, lights out, curfew etc are only really applicable to brand new folks right out of basic. It's still intense but nothing like the implications in this video.

@jenbair7399

4 ай бұрын

Interesting. Graduated Korean in 2002 and this was fairly accurate with the exception of that final hour of study hall until 2200.

@Pteromandias

3 ай бұрын

That era was the stuff of legend when I was there. I went there in 97-98 after they did some major house cleaning (there were stories of people smoking weed in the barracks.) My commander there - who incidentally was the candidate for Pennsylvania governor last election - represented the new breed of leadership who brought in strict enforcement of standards and regulations after the partying 80s and early 90s.

@RobotDCLXVI

3 ай бұрын

​@bigheadface Depends on the culture and your teachers. Russians are pretty chill. I'm sure you've heard about how kids suicide by train in Japan and Korea because they didn't pass their college entrance exams? That culture is very pervasive in Japanese, Korean, Chinese people and it will most likely apply to your instructors as well. It was common for us to receive 3-5 hours of homework a night and 8+ on weekends. High school kids in those countries ROUTINELY go to cram school every day after regular school AND on Saturday. The culture that fosters this behavior often is ingrained in the instructors from those cultures. Having learned something about Arabic culture and subsequently studied Russian I do not doubt that the instructors of those languages were probably not that intense, but not everyone's DLI experience is the same.

@Pteromandias

3 ай бұрын

@@RobotDCLXVI You're absolutely right. The Chinese instructors would label someone who didn't spend at least 3 hours studying at night a "lazy worm."

I was at DLI Monterey in 1971 for Japanese and 1981 for Chinese Mandarin. Back then the level 4 courses were 47 weeks. I didn't have to hope I got the language I wanted, because it was written into my contract that I would be enlisting for training in that specific language, both times. Of course if I flunked out, the agreement was null and void, and the Army could assign me as they thought best. My DLAB score was 150. There is no secret to learning languages when it is your full-time job for 11 months. Lots and lots of hard work.

@heycoreytoo

4 ай бұрын

Wei Xiansheng …

@mikex3909

4 ай бұрын

I took the DLAB when I enlisted in the AF in 1981 and passed on the number (89). I started Chinese in January of '82 with a bunch of people much smarter than me. Our attrition rate was ~40%. Somehow I managed to graduate with a 96% average (did the same in Russian a few years later) while watching a lot of the big brains fall by the wayside. Fear is a great motivator, I guess. Wash trucks or be a linguist. Minimum 2.5 hours of study Sunday-Thursday evenings through the entire course.

@aprildanae7487

7 күн бұрын

This. I went to DLI for Dari. Like a dipshit I thought I’d get Russian because I’d studied it previously and the recruiter said I’d get it. What a moron I was. Anyway, I washed out because I hated Dari and never studied. To this day I don’t understand how I made it 6 months lol.

I really like these videos showing how specific groups of people learn languages

@storylearning

2 жыл бұрын

Glad you’re into them!

@yoru900

2 жыл бұрын

@@storylearning imo theyre even more interesting than the "how does [x youtuber/polyglot] learn languages" but i love both series

@CunnyRape

2 жыл бұрын

Remi eating a burger?!

@liverlover1074

11 ай бұрын

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@yoru900

11 ай бұрын

@@CunnyRape yes

My brother studied French from Alliance Francaise. The did a similar thing, the instructor spoke in French the moment they stepped in. They know you are beginner so they did a lot of body language to make you understand but never used English in a sentence. They did movie days where they watch movies and review them, game days when they play children games, all the while only speaking in french. Helped him a lot and he learnt french enough to have a conversation within 6 months.

@chinemeremstephenie7561

Ай бұрын

How can I enrol for Académie Française

I trained in Taekwondo with a man entering the Navy. Possibly the worst at speaking the Korean we used in class (Korean instructor). He came back 12 months later after linguistics training and my instructor was BLOWN away. He said he sounded just like a native speaker from North Korea. He was shocked. It was very impressive.

The way diplomats learn languages to a high level is also really inspiring to me, especially as somebody majoring in International Relations the instruction even at college level is really good and intense. They also assign you a language in college and on the job depending on the government's needs

@storylearning

2 жыл бұрын

That’s quite some planning. Which country?

@honeydew75

2 жыл бұрын

@@storylearning I'm from Russia! Saint Petersburg State Uni, lots of people in my class got assigned difficult languages like Farsi and Japanese/Chinese(+English) and the courses are focused on difficult vocab, pronunciation and fluency, you also have classes about politics and law all in that language

@murillocosta3049

2 жыл бұрын

I am a portuguese teacher and very often I get diplomats from the U.S who need to work in Brazil for, usually, two years and they learn the STANDARD language very proficiently, yes! But they always go for private tutors to get the REAL language lessons. They all say the same, they are paid to learn the language 8 hours a day from monday to friday and it's a very intense course and mostly taught in the target language once they already have the basics of it. But they focus a lot on standard language, that is, content from newspaper, tv news, diplomatic vocabulary and etc. But it's very hardcore the way they study and that's why they get a good fast result!

@Etereys

2 жыл бұрын

I was a student in the Korean school which was in the Asian II School at DLI back in the 1990s. Diplomats definitely attended DLI.

@jamesbedukodjograham5508

2 жыл бұрын

Business and Science graduates need language Skiils in French Portuguese and Turkish to do well in Ghana,

I was a Russian DLI graduate from 1989. Your video is very accurate, and I noticed how much has changed since I went through the course. I work in an elementary school now, and there is a newly arrived student from Russia who doesn't speak English. Unfortunately, not having used Russian since I left the military 30 years ago has me barely remembering even basic words and phrases. I've been Googling those, and the pronunciation is still there, because she understands everything I say, or at least is very happy to hear an adult attempting to speak her language!

@icenova3656

Жыл бұрын

Здравствуйте, выпускник DLI.

@namebokunorobloxhalf5544

Жыл бұрын

Желаю вам удачи)

@Dog_Knot_

Жыл бұрын

Thats good, i suppose you lucky to have experience like that, probably it can not be forgotten in the future?

@ronhunt40

Жыл бұрын

Very cool! I studied there 89-90 at the top of the hill school. Air Force

@marksewell9120

Жыл бұрын

We were there at the same time.

Great video, also Olly is extremely well-spoken and articulate, the way he emphasizes certain words and puts pauses at just the right moment while he speaks is fantastic. The entire video just had a lovely flow to it and was easy on the ears. A great orator - probably one of the best I have heard on youtube.

I graduated from DLI in 1971, German language. Scored a 4 in the course, at that time the highest score attainable. A 5 would indicate native speaker. I can still read German pretty well, 52 years later. That was a GREAT way to learn. We had two teachers over the 8 months, one from Vienna, the other, from Hamburg. The process described here is much advanced over the training we received.

This is by far the most interesting video I've ever seen. I'm an absolute lover of learning languages. I speak German, Spanish, Italian, and just recently Japanese. I'm almost 50 years old and I marvel when people say you can't learn a language at 50. I'm entirely self-taught and have no difficulty learning languages easily. Hearing about the process is getting me so excited. I'm going to map out a course for myself to learn these ways and I bet I'll learn new languages even better than my old process. Thank you.

@godsfavorite616

Жыл бұрын

Hey Crystal I’m a flight attendant trying to teach myself French can u give me some key tips? Thx 😊

@thedevilinthecircuit1414

Жыл бұрын

While it is true that language, math, and music are processed in the same place in the brain and people with one of those aptitudes can easily usually pick up the other two, anyone can learn a foreign language. It is *outstanding* that you are curious enough to embrace other languages. It enriches one's life by having done so.

@0rhythm_divine0

Жыл бұрын

You cab watch a lot of Japanese dramas for your learning. That indeed is a fun yet very effective way of learning!

@Willie23D

Жыл бұрын

I am 56 hopefully I can learn Spanish in a year

@crystalmckinneycoaches

Жыл бұрын

@kingdomprincess I would suggest adapting some of the techniques in this video. Find things that keep you interested. If you enjoy Journaling or singing then listen to French music and sing with it. Find the translation and when you sing it again, hear it also in English (in your head). I would suggest one song at a time. Maybe just the same song for a week to get pronunciation and translation down. You can re-write a poem that you love in French. Make your grocery list in French. I think the easiest way is to adapt the learned language into your daily life so it is simultaneously being absorbed. Also, when you finally visit you'll be amazed with how your brain has stored the information. The foods you normally eat will be at your verbal fingertips. You'll know how to ask for the food in French. Lastly, I believe that listening to KZread videos in the background or even while sleeping allows some programming. I've done this with basics such as numbers and the alphabet. During your waking hours you can practice the same information. Great process while driving simply because of how the brain runs on auto-pilot when we drive. Listen and repeat the same videos you are sleeping to. You must practice saying everything because the way the mouth is shaped and tongue lands in the face is different with each language. Haha. Sounds strange because I'm not being technical here. Nonetheless, it's factual. Good luck!

I was in German class at DLI when the wall came down in fall of 1990 (yeah, I know--it was reunification, not wall--addressed in comments but editing to avoid more comments 😁). It was an amazing experience. Our instructors used almost no English from the start, but of course that's easier with German than for some other languages. We were housed with fellow German students and encouraged to use the language even when not in class. I knew no German at all when I arrived and could communicate at a pretty high level at the end

@Herp234

2 жыл бұрын

Do you still use your German? How much have you retained since then?

@malcido

2 жыл бұрын

@@Herp234 I read and listen some still, but have lost so much of it from infrequent use. It's been thirty years!

@teacherliufanclub1080

2 жыл бұрын

Stabil

@bikerbardofohio5076

2 жыл бұрын

I was there in 1998, for Russian

@Zipperneck.

2 жыл бұрын

I went through the Russian DLI in 1984-85 which was at San Antonio.

My dad went there and learned Mandarin and was sent to Taiwan in the early 70's. Ironically, he's in his early 70's and can still speak it. In business he had to use it. And I've seen him have conversations with Chinese people for an hour. I asked him where he learned and he told me about DLI and the total immersion.

@Pteromandias

3 ай бұрын

Dude I went there in 97-98 and I still have dreams where I'm talking to people in Mandarin.

This was a great video. I came because I wanted to learn more about how the military teaches languages. You gave me that and even more. Great job on the interviews, clips, and editing. Thank you.

I studied Mandarin Chinese here in 2000-2001, Despite not having taken any formal classes in the past 20-ish years (just a bit of self-study now and then to brush up), and not being exposed to the language regularly, I still feel very comfortable speaking it when the opportunity arises! DLI is literally the only thing about the US military that I can speak positively of.

@darthvader3910

2 жыл бұрын

so is everything else crap?? like what do you mean exactly, what are you saying about the army?? curious as an outsider

@Yurzys

2 жыл бұрын

@@darthvader3910 just another liberal, ignore them.

@Dirty20

2 жыл бұрын

@@Yurzys If you need to result to (1) assuming someones political alignment and (2) attempting to insult them as if their opinion & personal experience is someone less valuable than yours, then what you have to say has about as much value as you attributed to them.

@eclaire._

2 жыл бұрын

@@Yurzys accurate, people need to realize language in absolutes is telling of political/philosophical leaning.

@Yurzys

2 жыл бұрын

@@Dirty20 thought you did something? 🤨

The language aptitude test was really fun. Didn’t want it to end. Spent about 2 years at DLI studying Russian in the 70s. I’m impressed with the improvements made to the program, especially the immersion and simulation exercises.

@worldoftancraft

2 жыл бұрын

That's exactly why Russian is not a pseudo international language. Because you always can talk with spies or representatives of foreign military. [someone, bring the Sarcasm sign]

@vaheakli4551

2 жыл бұрын

@@worldoftancraft hehe, that was a good one

@Zipperneck.

2 жыл бұрын

I did the ASVAB back in 1984 and based on the results, they pushed me towards learning Chinese. Being that it was the Cold War, I told them that I wanted Russian and got it.

@karthiktirumala1773

2 жыл бұрын

@@Zipperneck. wait, one question. So my mother signed me up for the ASVAB because she thought it "would act as a practice test for the SAT." She didn't even know it's an army exam...So am I fucked or no?

@laurakelly631

2 жыл бұрын

Curious if you knew Kevin Kelly (my brother) . He was also studying Russian there in the early 70's. He went on to spend his life as a Russian Language Specialist in various capacities, working for DLI as an instructor (after serving in the army in Germany), as an interpreter and translator for the US State Dept and NASA, and at the Marshall Center in Garmish-Partenkirchen in the Bavarian Alps in Germany. Enlisting when the draft came out and ending up having the opportunity to study at DLI formed an amazing pathway for his life. I had the highest respect and admiration for his expertise and profound understanding of language learning and communication in all the languages he eventually mastered. DLI is a fine program.

So fascinating to hear about this language instruction. I studied language both at the undergraduate and graduate levels, and in between I joined the Peace Corps where I was able to learn the indigenous language Guarani in Paraguay. Part of the challenge was that we had a limited amount of formal training. After that, I continued acquiring the language in my site learning as best I could through daily interactions and situations. Although it was most certainly difficult, it was also greatly rewarding.

Let’s just agree that the Army has ways of teaching things quickly given sufficient motivation. I remember PT swimming at basic training. The PTI said “raise your hand if you can’t swim” a couple of people raised their hands. He said “in one hour you will be able to swim”. And he was right.

@protostar1000

8 ай бұрын

Scared to ask how he made it sure that the people learnt to swim?! 😬

@OhHowAbsurd

5 ай бұрын

@@borrago All right. This was an actually funny reply.

I was at DLI for two years. I wish I could go back again. Life changing. And you make life long relationships with some incredible people who share the same interest in language as you. It’s incredible.

@CosmicEngimas

2 жыл бұрын

We were learning 75-100 words a day. And those that didn’t or didn’t take it seriously would fall behind quickly.

@nala6846

2 жыл бұрын

@@CosmicEngimas What language did you learn?

@CosmicEngimas

2 жыл бұрын

@@nala6846 was originally slotted for Chinese but there were too many of us with that language marker on our initial contract so we all got shuffled around. I got put into Spanish which was fine but kind of boring as I was already fluent in French so though it helped I wanted more of an intellectual challenge lol

@Scroolewse

2 жыл бұрын

@@CosmicEngimas I didn't take it seriously tbh. I've maintained a 2+/2+ in mandarin for 4 years now lol. I think (at least with mandarin) your brain either gets it or it doesn't. Some peopleI knew studied for hours every day and still failed out of the course. Whereas I never studied at all and I never failed a single quiz or test the entire course.

@joellangvardt8842

2 жыл бұрын

@@CosmicEngimas Russian, 1971. From my barracks window at the top of the hill (Company C--650 men, all 4 services, all Russian students) I could look out over the Presidio and the bay, and see the red tracer bullets from the machine guns at Fort Ord--Infiltration Course. Did that once in Basic at Fort Leonard Wood--low crawling in full gear with M-16 cradled on my elbows under barbed wire through mud with the machine guns firing live ammo 3 feet off the ground. As bad as the stress of my 6 hours of class / 6 of homework was, those glowing red tracer bullets shooting over the cliff into the bay reminded me of how much worse it could be. Wash out of DLI and be in infantry AIT the next day then Vietnam.

When I was in Marine Corps bootcamp, I was pulled out one day to see how well I did with languages, something about how I did on the ASVAB.. It was all audio, and a made-up language. We were supposed to figure out what they were talking about based on what we heard. I apparently didn't do so well and continued on with basic training. It was a cool experience though. Probably why I still suck at hearing and understanding Russian after 5 years 🤣

@storylearning

2 жыл бұрын

Interesting anecdote!

@JamesLout

2 жыл бұрын

@Vadim Mikhailov Да, я согласен на сто процентов! Но мне очень нравится его изучать. Я могу говорить чуть чуть, но когда дело доходит до понимания русской речи, мой русский отстой 🤣

@BassandoForte

2 жыл бұрын

*It was A cool experience... 🤣

@laur-unstagenameactuallyca1587

2 жыл бұрын

@@BassandoForte ? a shouldn't be capitalized?

@BassandoForte

2 жыл бұрын

@@laur-unstagenameactuallyca1587 - I capitalised it because before the edit he missed the a out... 💥

The DLPT was bar none the hardest test I've ever taken, year after year. Imagine those college exams that are multiple choice and two answers are correct, but you have to choose the "most" correct one. Now do it in a foreign language using authentic foreign media extracts. I always felt like it was a small miracle that I got my 2/2 scores, which was the minimum standard for qualifying. Any time I did better than that it felt like an accident.

@Kitsaplorax

10 ай бұрын

I got 3/4, which was better than my GPA at DLI. Then again, I had one to one instruction after every one else (10 people) failed out of Turkish that year and it was just me. I have ordered kebab in England, and surprised the hell out of staff,and once got a deep discount on a bicycle by haggling in OK peasant Turkish with the Turkmeni shop owner.

@ZachTheExcitedViper

10 ай бұрын

Its a lot easier if you're proficient at your language. ;)

@hankb1604

9 ай бұрын

You are telling the truth about the DLPT being the harder than any college exam. it was celebration time passing with 2/2 and then a year or so later getting 3/3 after having functionally used the languages. Over 30 years later, I still use one of the languages professionally in a full immersion environment, and would be ready to with the other language learned 40 years ago with about 2 or 3 weeks in country without being surrounded by English all day long.

@petMonster28

8 ай бұрын

For Pashto from 2006-2010ish we had the DLPT 5 constructed response, so we had to type out the answers to the questions in complete sentences. It was a beast that ended most Pashling careers before they even began.

@michaelkingsbury4305

7 ай бұрын

I thought it was fun. The sergeant who administered it asked me what it was like, utterly confused. I told him it was like playing a 5 No Trump contract in Bridge. Complete befuddlement.

Fantastic! I love this video. I am sending it to my friends and family now. I am a US Army honor graduate of the Arabic program at DLI from 1987. It was a grueling experience that I love to this day. It laid the foundation for a career that has lasted for decades. It opened doors for me in media, diplomacy and of course, security and defense. I worked all over the Middle East and Africa and was able to pass as a native speaker. The skills I learned put me in harms way, but also saved my life. I worked solo on the streets of Baghdad in 2003-2005. I was able to pass valuable intelligence to our allies from conversations I heard on the streets. I am so glad to have found this video. Thank you for your wonderful work!

I learned Korean in 64 weeks in DLI in 2011-2013. What a time! As for "sound and script", we didn't have that. We had an "optional" headstart program before the 64 weeks started to learn the sounds in an afternoon and a few phrases for a couple of days. Week 1 of official class was hitting the ground running with introductions/salutations + vocab study.

@-danR

2 жыл бұрын

I honestly don't consider 64 weeks "fast". I studied Korean, and recognize it to be among the half-dozen _hardest_ languages offered, but given the density of daily training, I think the time could be cut to under a year if some of the old-school drill and kill, and delayed-speech, etc. methodologies were re-introduced in modern CAI audio-visual garb. What I'm getting from this video is that you guys have been run through nothing more than a super-intensive version of what I went through in university Korean; and as dumb as that was, if I had to do it morning to evening I'd have wound up speaking like a native in year. If I had to do it leading-edge on the other hand... 6 months. Granted I live where there is a large Korean population, and an all-Korean big supermarket/cafe where you could spend 10 minutes and never hear any English at all.

@HangulMaster

2 жыл бұрын

@One Two Three Incorporated bruh s&s was definitely NOT semester 1. I still have my books any sound and script learned was done in 1 day in head start before the start of the course. How are you going to tell me what i went through?

@HangulMaster

2 жыл бұрын

@One Two Three Incorporated except i never said a damn thing about what YOU did you ding dong. If you read either comment i wrote, you'd see it's of MY experience at a specific time in a specific schoolhouse. So no, we NEVER called it s&s and if we spent semester 1 on that, we'd never get anything done. Hell, even the DLI transcript doesnt call semester 1 anything remotely resembling s&s. But please go off.

@jennypark4906

2 жыл бұрын

64 weeks?? You totally earned your name.

@Squeedow

2 жыл бұрын

Sweet!!

Hey! Tagalog Language speaker at DLI from 2010's. Never thought I was good at learning the language, but when I passed the language exam and heard about the bonus (10k if you complete the school) I was in! I think the schedule is not as harsh as you explain here, at least during my time there and in the Marines which is the most disaplined of the branches (dont let anyone tell you otherwise). Most of the time we were drinking and studying, I remember one of my neighbors would always get drunk and listen full blast to filipino music for his "study time". It was the closest think I ever came to a frat house or sorority. 8 hours a day, all together just trying to learn tagalog. The teachers were also super harsh, I laughed when the guy got the response that his russian was shit, because that is so true. The teachers let you know when you sound like a 5 year old. But they also care about you and are equally proud when you do well on exams. My teachers at least never spoke slowly and always gave us a hard time when we tried to use english to explain. Every DLI learner will remember when they started dreaming in their targeet language, and breaking that fourth wall when they start thinking and joking in that language, when they start to prefer the target language over their native one, and finally they feel just as natural speaking that language as they do the english.

@storylearning

2 жыл бұрын

Thanks for sharing your experience

@ashleymiller4318

2 жыл бұрын

@@storylearning No problem! your video was a great blast from the past and I enjoyed watching :D

@teban6560

2 жыл бұрын

@@ashleymiller4318 very interesting. I've always been curious about the DLI Center in Monterey every time I'm in the area. I didn't know they teach Tagalog as well. Growing up in the Philippines, I hated learning Tagalog in school. Grammar was a pain. Learned more by reading Filipino comics. Marunong ka pa bang magsalita ng wikang Tagalog? Whew! That was a mouthful 😂

@ashleymiller4318

2 жыл бұрын

@@teban6560 Oh yes, there is a reason why even filipinos like to mix in english and spanish to their language. We were forced to read some of Jose Rizal works in pure tagalog and it was mind numbing

@teban6560

2 жыл бұрын

@@ashleymiller4318 yikes! I dreaded the required reading of his 2 books. I remember having more fun memorizing the Gettysburg Address in speech class and reciting it in front of the whole class. Nerve-wracking but so much easier. I don't know how Abraham Lincoln's famous speech became a requirement in our curriculum. This was back in the 80's.

Possibly the most well structured, executed and fun informative tutorial on a very useful topic

One of my closest friends of nearly 50 years was a young Marine, a high school drop out who as a SNCO became a Vietnamese Linguist after a course at DLI Monterey, by the time he finished his 30 year career in the Marines, he had attended and graduated as a Japanese, Korean, and Spanish linguist from DLI and ended his career as the Non Commissioned Officer in Charge of the Marine Barracks at DLI, Monterey! From there he went on as a DIA Agent at the Post Graduate School in Monterey where he retired as a GS-11 after suffering a stroke!

Out of all the military advertisements I’ve seen, this one has me thinking . . . sign me up.

@yddub111

2 жыл бұрын

lol i know,right? when i was young this may have gotten me to join. i almost did and changed my mind. and as i stated elsewhere in the comments, this is something that would progress you in life even if you washed out in the end

@Boxcar101

2 жыл бұрын

You can do it through the national guard as well. So after the training you only have to do the military part one weekend a month (unless there's a call-up). Meanwhile you would get your college paid for in a lot of states, and a top secret security clearance. Not a bad deal.

@daifukurinn

2 жыл бұрын

If you're serious, make sure it's in your contract before you sign it. If it's not in your contract, there is no guarantee you'll get it, especially if you pick an occupation that does not require you to know another language.

@_blank-_

2 жыл бұрын

It's like selling your soul to the devil

@nordiskkatt

2 жыл бұрын

If it's any use to you as a data point, there's a US army base near me, and I have yet to meet a single one who speaks my first language with anything like fluency....

I attended DLI to study North Vietnamese in 1973. 45 years later I was talking Vietnamese at a nail salon with a woman who told me my Vietnamese was very good, “elegant.“ I have had formal studies in eight languages and since DLI I have found all the commercial language learning products to be too slow. We learned a high-octane method of study, and we learned how our minds best absorb a language for memorization and conversation. I learned as much about myself as I did the language. PS-I may be the only person on earth who speaks both North Vietnamese and Swahili! :-)

@benja_mint

Жыл бұрын

i think commercial language products are too slow for most people! i used to teach classes, and then later i taught private 1-on-1 lessons and the latter was so much more effective because you could go at the pace of the student. fast or slow!

@gambitacio

Жыл бұрын

If you learned the Northern Dialect in the 1970s, it would definitely sound elegant compared to today.

@prayforukraineplease7605

Жыл бұрын

😎🤗

@61Damola

Жыл бұрын

Jambo!

@8pija22

Жыл бұрын

thats awesome!

I met many u.s military linquists when I worked abroad. I loved them and was amazed by them, partly jealous at their opportunity and fluency. Great video!

An interesting and informative production Olly. Thank you. 👍

I've found over years teaching - and learning myself - is that motivation is the driving force to persue languages (and anything for that matter). It's hard to imagine a bigger motivator than not dying.

@Buglin_Burger7878

2 жыл бұрын

Pain. The only thing worse then death is constant unending pain.

@gfuentes8449

2 жыл бұрын

100% disagree. Learning under duress is not conducive to retention. Think about the when you were in college cramming for an exam, how did you do, how was the retention?

@LesserMoffHootkins

2 жыл бұрын

I would die

@futurez12

2 жыл бұрын

Yeah, if someone told me I needed to learn Mandarin to say a C1 level in 18 months, and they said there's a $1m reward if I were to manage it, I'm farily certain I'd acheive it. The trouble is, you can't fake that kind of motivation. A _genuine_ drive has to be there, and that usually requires a genuine reward, which 99.9 times out of a 100 isn't, "It would be really cool to be fluent in Mandarin." For one person in a thousand that might be enough, but the rest of us will give up because it's nowhere close to enough of an incentive for the amount of work it takes.

@DaveSmith-cp5kj

2 жыл бұрын

@@gfuentes8449 Procrastinating and cramming is not conductive for learning, but learning under stress with enough time is effective. To this day I can still solve kinematic equations from memory even a decade later.

As a functioning bilingual whose second language was, at first, a learned language, I am convinced that the key to this type of language learning is the acceptance of discipline. Any method works, when the students are this disciplined and dedicated.

You’ve done a lot of work on this video. It’s amazing. Thank you so much!

I'm loving your videos and wish I would have gone through military language schools. For me, I was simply given orders then transferred to a few countries and learned pretty much with language immersion and a Berlitz foreign language book. I did learn the accents and enjoyed different cultures. I think that if you have a deep desire to learn all about the country you are studying, you pick it up easily.

I went through DLI for Korean from 2002 to 2003. Full disclosure: I was a washout from the course. I was fortunate enough to be already be multilingual, so I was able to go on to be a military linguist. My main criticism with the DLI method is that they tend to focus heavily on syntax and grammar at the front rather than learning expressing basic needs. I believe that learning a second language as an adult should mirror how one learns their first language: express basic needs and build on that. DLI works because they force a large volume of people through it with the hopes of getting certain percent out. It’s sink or swim there.

@kennethbobu3989

2 жыл бұрын

You might have found it interesting that the Chinese program did not follow that method at all. Our first phase was Mandarin Chinese, a Modular Approach, and within the first three months we were conversant with precisely what you addressed, namely all the basic needs. So from directions to clothes, food, and all the structure needed to be able to navigate in the language, we had that all up front, then we started building vocabulary and of course working on characters.

@busterbiloxi3833

2 жыл бұрын

How long were you in the course? I thank you for your service.

@xjudgexdreddx

2 жыл бұрын

@@busterbiloxi3833 I think I got through six months.

@kennethbobu3989

2 жыл бұрын

@@busterbiloxi3833 The Chinese course was only 47 weeks, but for most of those weeks it was all day in class, average of 2-3 hours homework, and same on the weekends. Testing multiple times a week, and if you failed more than a few rapid fire drills or tests, you were dropped. All grades were posted publicly to increase the pressure on performance, but on the bright side, there was no forced curve, so in theory, everyone admitted to each class can graduate provided they do the work and pass.

@nineteenfortyeight6762

2 жыл бұрын

It's easy to brag on your amazing results if you wash out a good fraction of your students.

I'm Deaf, and a full-time ASL user and I've either been teaching ASL or teaching Deaf kids English for ... 20-25 years. More recently I have been picking up bits and pieces of JSL (Japanese Sign Language), BSL (British Sign Language), and AUSLAN (Australian Sign Language) and the cultural and developmental qualities of a language absolutely require background information about the day-to-day life of the people who developed it. For example: Western cultures tend to say "me/I" by pointing to the chest - we see our central emotions and aspects of the self as being in our chest/heart. Most Eastern cultures, when signing "me/I" will point to their nose or forehead, as they view their central identity (the self) as being in the head/mind or in the center of the face. On the other hand (ha!) sometimes the basic signs (like the sign for book - two hands flat up against each other, like a prayer, then, keeping pinkie fingers on each hand together - like a book spine - pull the thumbs apart until both hands are flat, palms up, like an open book) are almost 100% universal. I come from a long-standing military family (at least back to the Revolutionary War - and beyond), and I would have VERY MUCH liked to have an opportunity to serve my country, and access the cultural and linguistic education that goes with it!

@beatmakee5160

2 жыл бұрын

That's so interesting. I noticed that in korea too

@quickgirl80

2 жыл бұрын

The cultural differences are very interesting. Thank you for sharing.

Ahhh. This video brings back so many memories, along with an excellent description of what it takes to really learn a language as successfully and deeply as possible. As an Academic ESL teacher, I have incorporated many of these learning opportunities in my classes, building on what the course materials require/suggest. (Personal note: I hope some of my classmates from the French classes March-August 1964 happen upon this video and contact me! My husband Joe had attended the DLIWC earlier, studying German as a Specialist. So, with the wisdom of the military, he was assigned to Germany for a wonderful 4.5 years.

Such an interesting video. Thank you for the content! 👏🏽

Learning Japanese in the 1960s, I wasted a lot of time in the first few months asking “why?”. Once I accepted that there was no answer to this question, I started to make some progress.

@arabicmumtaz

2 жыл бұрын

I am creating Arabic language learning lessons in English for beginners. Your support, suggestions and advice would be highly appreciated. Thanks a ton

Fluently speaking two foreign languages (Mandarin Chinese and English) I've learned that one of the best ways to learn a language fast is to involve your emotions. You memorize new words quickly when you're in a native environment, so when learning on your own you can try to curate that exiting or stressful feeling by learning new vocab from movies about traumatic experiences (example: "tangshan earthquake" for mandarin) or reading erotic novels (manga/manhua for asian languages works great too). And watch tiktoks in that language! It works wonders, really helps to get that native feel in your speech.

@shinylilfish

Жыл бұрын

huh， 这是有意思的。你可以把漫画发给我推荐吗？我要试试你说的方法。

@befalanguageschool1919

Жыл бұрын

I speak 14 languages and i came to the same conclusion. You have to use emotions and feelings then you talk to yourself by imagining talking to someone else but still feeling the feelings like in an actual conversation

@quelopario

Жыл бұрын

@@befalanguageschool1919 that is sound, in neuropsychology it is known the importance of the amygdala with the formation of memory. If you are capable of mixing emotions with information, it will definitely help to retain it faster. That is why it is better to teach languages with comic books and fun stories, meeting people and dating. The more fun you have, the better and faster retention.

Great video, incredible quality of content

Extremely interesting video! Thank you!

I graduated the Korean course in 1991. It appears that their training and school have become more intense and immersive since then. It was truly amazing and the friendships you form with your fellow linguists will last your entire life. Great video and trip down memory lane.

@arabicmumtaz

2 жыл бұрын

I am creating Arabic language learning lessons in English for beginners. Your support, suggestions and advice would be highly appreciated. Thanks a ton

My grandfather went to Monterey in the military and learned Russian during the Cold War. He worked as a codebreaker during the korean war in Japan breaking and translating soviet code. He didn't speak much of his service, and always fought tooth and nail for my family to never join the military but i'm proud he was able to study one of the hardest languages at the DLI.

@wango556

Жыл бұрын

I’m sure you grandfather is proud.

I took that test (maybe I watched one of your other videos?) and showed some facility for languages (picking up grammar rules and language patterns). I learned ASL, beginning at the ripe old age of 40, but had immersive opportunities, access to native speakers, daily access (met and dating a Deaf guy, later married), and was extremely motivated. My training was similar. No talking in class, only ASL. Expected to socialize with native speakers. Culture courses. Different scenarios. I had to communicate my needs. Storytelling. Because it's a visual/manual/spatial language, we had to learn to mime, act, get used to prolonged eye contact, use our hands, faces, and bodies to express ourselves. We also had many visual exercises to see things in visual space and to be able to see things from the other person's perspective as Deaf people sign from their POV, for example, driving instructions from their POV. So signing "left" will look like "right", but you have to see it as "left". I self taught enough German to take a beginner class and understand the teacher. I mostly learned from an app she was critical of, but was impressed that that was where I had learned enough to understand her and express myself. Also teaching myself French and Spanish and Esperanto. I'm too old to tackle languages that use a different writing method/script. Wish I was younger and could start my language learning so much earlier with so much available now that wasn't available to me when I wanted to learn Japanese 50 years ago!

Thank you for this great video. I really enjoyed learning about this.

As enlisted Navy, I graduated from the basic Mandarin 47 week course in 74-75, and came back as an MLI in 86-89. Worked in the signal's intelligence field. Retired in 1994 and did an MA in Chinese in Hawaii. Qualified as a graphic language analyst at the NSA in 1990 while still on active duty with the Navy. The AVERAGE graduate of DLI in Asian languages is not really fluent, but they do have a solid foundation in the language. Most would be placed at the start of the 3rd year level at a university (CHN 301). University students have a better knowledge of literature and the written language. DLI grads tend to have better listening comprehension.

@ronhunt40

Жыл бұрын

I was there in 89.

@philgainey2663

Жыл бұрын

@@ronhunt40 I left in August of 89.

@mikem668

Жыл бұрын

There in 77. Arabic. Unless it's changed significantly, this video is a mix of hype and nonsense. Unless you live in a country where you can use the language - Korea, maybe a Middle Eastern nation - you're at best a buzz phraser. No one I knew, including NSA guys, were fluent. In my day, the Navy and Air Force guys used their Arabic more than the Army guys. That's probably changed given the last 20 years in the Middle East. I was actually never stationed at a Navy base after bootcamp. DLI is Army, Goodfellow is Air Force, and we flew from an Air Force base. The vast majority of the Navy guys were 4 and out. Most of us had some or a lot of college before we joined the military. Linguists are an odd bunch - ex-seminarians, a college grad who majored in French. With college, you started as an E-3, got promoted for staying out of trouble, made E-5 and left. I can't imagine anyone I was in school or served with interrogating someone in Arabic. Including the Army guys. Finally, the history of the USS Pueblo is interesting. Navy linguists went to naval headquarters in Japan and told the brass they couldn't speak Korean. They were told, you passed Korean at DLI, you're qualified. Later they pulled over a Korean fishing boat. The fisherman warned them that North Korean warships were in the area. The sailors had no idea what they said. Unfortunately the Pueblo was captured. The chief benefit was learning from native speakers. When I hear Modern Stardard, I recognize words, could probably transcribe it, but had zero idea what they said in real time. After 9/11 I called the FBI when there was a need for Arabic linguists. They never got back to me. I probably would have been useless, but I definitely would have been more motivated. My advice if you go to DLI? Play golf and learn to sail. Monterey was amazing. I had friends that went to Monterey Pop and saw Hendrix on their first time at DLI. We went to see the Grateful Dead at Winterland. No idea what the curfew stuff is all about. I had friends in all the branches and we were out late and often crashed at off base apartments. Never heard of open door studying.

@philgainey2663

Жыл бұрын

@@mikem668 I retired almost 30 years ago and can still read Chinese newspapers, but I was one of those nerds who would sit on watch studying open-source materials. Most linguists wanted nothing to do with the written Chinese language. "Characters? Characters? Are you nuts!".

@8pija22

Жыл бұрын

@@philgainey2663 I hear this and wonder how you all memorized the vocabulary words? Just in pinyin then? Or rather most don't really want to put even more into learning characters and whatnot

My brother studied languages at the Defense Language Institute Foreign Language Center in California. The pace of study was intense. Students had to master the language course in 36-64 weeks. Psychologically it was very difficult, but fortunately he was helped by Yuriy Ivantsiv's book "Polyglot Notes. Practical tips for learning foreign languages”. The book " Polyglot Notes" became a desk book for my brother, because it has answers to all the problems that any student of a foreign language has to face. Thanks to the author of the channel for this interesting video! Good luck to everyone who studies a foreign language and wants to realize their full potential!

@ameliafroehlich2577

Жыл бұрын

Hi Matilda. That's where my brother went, too, to learn Russian. He was there maybe 1978/1979. I believe from there he went to Goodfellow to study some more.

@shangobunni5

Жыл бұрын

Thank you for the book recommendation. :)

I loved this. Thanks, Olly!

This was incredibly interesting. I'm an American who's been living in China since 1998. Before coming here I had actually been learning Japanese for about a year back in 1996. I learned in a total immersion course at Berlitz in New York. Then I met the woman who would become my wife. Since she was/is Chinese I switched. Learning Chinese in China is as immersive as it gets though it was a battle because for my 1st 14 years here as I was learning Mandarin through self study in an are where the local dialect is Cantonese. This meant that when I would normally go out and speak with locals I would speak to them in Mandarin, they would understand me but answer me in Cantonese. Confusing for a while but eventually I would learn the two dialects at the same time. I'm not fluent but my daily life now living in Beijing I can easily conduct my daily life in Mandarin. I do wish to improve and would enjoy a course like this if I wasn't so lazy. Time is always an issue though, life gets in the way. Great video!

@user-gv3kk4ts9b

7 ай бұрын

好厉害 👍

I learned english in 1.5 years with a self developed system, much akin to this one (congeniality really is a thing) After that I managed to learn german in 1 year and spanish subsequently in 6 months. Things like "100 most needed phrases" and "1000 most needed words" speed up the learning process immensely!

@Betty-jp7sw

Жыл бұрын

Can you please elaborate on the whole process? I'm currently learning Spanish and I feel like I'm stuck at lower intermediate level.

@ElectricHeaded

Жыл бұрын

How many words did you learn a day?.. I'm currently studying Russian and it would be interesting to hear your input!

@BoiledFlyingTurnips

Жыл бұрын

I'll also echo the others. Would really appreciate some details!

@thomgizziz

Жыл бұрын

@@Betty-jp7sw No, they cant because most people like this are full of $hit. I have met many many people that say they know a bunch of languages fluently but in reality they have basically no ability to speak, read or write it. I speak one other language well, I wouldnt say fluently, and a few others at a very very basic level and my basic, bordering on not knowing the language, level is almost always as good or better than their ability which they said was fluent.

@gameon2000

9 ай бұрын

@@Betty-jp7sw TBH intermediate level (B1-B2) is all you need, unless you apply for a philology professor position at Ivy League school. 🤣 Most locals never go above B2. They just pronounce impeccably - therefore one should put the most effort in pronounciation improvement from day 1. Myself personally lack in speech department. See, I reached IELTS 8-9 in consequent reading, understanding and writing, as well as reading aloud, since I have no accent anymore, I even can mimic various english dialects, when reading aloud, but as soon I start to speak freely, I begin to stutter and the accent is promptly reverting to my native pronounciation. This is a common issue, so spend more time with speaking to an imaginary conversation partner or straight look for locals to exercize speaking with. Should you want to improve, try to pinpoint the areas, your vocabulary is still lacking and delve into that. This is really all you have to do yet - since all the inevitable grammar should be in your head by now. Spanish is really the easiest language ever. Especially regarding grammar. Thus they picked it as a base for Esperanto.

I attended DLI for German immersion as a military spouse, but it was a special program as we were getting set to move to Germany as part of an exchange program. The experience in the program laid the foundation for my eventual fluency, and it has also helped me learn other languages. Very great video.

@monkeyinjeans8031

2 жыл бұрын

Das heisst du sprichst jetzt fliessend deutsch?

I’m so thankful I found your video. I was offered the opportunity to be a linguist for the army and this made me realized the incredible opportunity I have in front of me. ❤ thank you

I took the DLAB many years ago. As I recall, the test takers in the room with me were people who were considering joining the military but had not yet done so. That was certainly true of me. It was a difficult test. Several people got up and walked out of the test. Many more people didn’t return from the lunch break. A friend who took the test with me only returned after lunch because I did so and we had driven there together.

@RobotDCLXVI

3 ай бұрын

The test has a strong positive correlation with general IQ. The cutoff was somewhere north of 105 when I was going through. Not super genius level, but you have to consider who is often applying to join the military.

I went to DLI in 1980 and the Russian Language course ran 46 weeks. I can confirm that the DLI experience is extremely intense. After week 9 you are not allowed to speak English in the classroom complex and most days have you studying between 10 and 50 new words -- which you must be able to understand, read, write and conjugate properly by the next day -- when you'll get a new vocab list to study. When I first reported there, I was issued a reel-to-reel tape player, a two-foot tall stack of tapes, and a stack of forty text books -- that was just for weeks 1-9. At week 10 I got another issue of about the same size. It was insane. It continued like this for the whole 46 weeks -- after graduation it was off to Goodfellow Air Force Base for further training. If you want to be a military linguist -- whether as a transcriber, a translator, an analyst or an interrogator -- just know that by the end of the process your brain will be bent and you'll have a massive superiority complex. You won't actually be any smarter than a non-linguist, you'll just think you are.

@Kitsaplorax

10 ай бұрын

Week 9????!!! Day 1 in Turkish. With many pencils being thrown around and out of windows to explain locative and motion terms.

@firasajoury7813

8 ай бұрын

@@Kitsaplorax çok şükür zaten almanca ingilizce ve arapça yanında türkçe de konuşuyorum

@andriibakhtiozin4477

8 ай бұрын

I just want to look into the eyes of those who decided to make the word "кого" sound like "каво". Russian language consists of thousands such cases when u spell words with completely different letters compared to form u write them

@veraruda4174

8 ай бұрын

Any suggestions on proper ways of interacting with such people in civilian work place? Thank you 😅

@user-oh7ud7ke9f

8 ай бұрын

​@@Kitsaplorax😂

One of my best friends learned Arabic for the military, he met his wife in Monterey and it was crazy to see how fast he got fluent in the language. I took 5 years of German in high school and he became fluent in Arabic in like a 3rd of the time while I never really got close.

@gerardburton1081

Жыл бұрын

It says on 3.41 that the students get taught 4 types of Arabic; modern standard, Egyptian, Levantine and Iraqi Arabic. I thought that those people would be able to understand each other's Arabic without having to learn about the others.

@Calebe428

Жыл бұрын

@@gerardburton1081 based off what my friend tells me it has a lot to do with more cultural things, since after all if you are a translator for these people misinterpreting things could have some pretty big consequences depending on what it is

@firebanner6424

Жыл бұрын

@@gerardburton1081 no, Egyptians find it very hard to understand Moroccans. An Egyptian can understand Moroccan about as well as a Spanish speaker can understand portuguese. They are different languages really, not dialects.

@gerardburton1081

Жыл бұрын

@@firebanner6424 if that is the case then the Egyptian Arabic should just get called Egyptian and the Moroccan Arabic just Moroccan. Spanish and Portuguese are two of the four Latin languages so maybe it should be known as Egyptian and Moroccan.

@yami7656

Жыл бұрын

Do they learn the 4 dialects on those 64 weeks?

"Wow, we actually know what's going on!" Had a similar moment while travelling recently. Definitely motivating. Thank you so much for sharing this video Olly! I would love to go to DLI. 😅 I'll do my best to follow what they do based on your video. In a way, I'll be an indirect product of DLI! 😂 😊 And of Olly. ❤️😍 Thank you again and more success!

very good coverage of the DLIFLC experience!

My wife and I completed the German language program in the late 80s. We were privates. I didn't have officers in my class, but my wife did. Once we entered the classroom, rank seemed to disappear. When interacting with the other students, we never got hung up on rank ... it was all about learning the language. To that extent, we were all equals and that's the way the classes were conducted. The funniest thing was what the Germans through was funny versus what we thought was funny. There was certainly a sense of humor gap!

@Entropy_Antagonist

7 ай бұрын

Na was geht wie war es so?

@danislavevtimov5984

7 ай бұрын

Am Anfang habe ich gedacht,dass es eine schwerige Sprache wäre.

@mamavswild

7 ай бұрын

@@danislavevtimov5984 English is extremely close to German linguistically due to the migration of the Angles and Saxons to create England after the fall of Rome. The only languages closer to English reflect the migratory route that the Germans took to get to England (through the Netherlands) …therefore the closest living languages to English are Dutch and even more than Dutch to take the trophy is Frisian. Modern German speakers can even understand Old English (spoken by the original settlers) better than modern English speakers can understand it. There’s plenty of KZread videos of Germans recognizing Old English.

Cant wait for the “which languages are most profitable” video!

@storylearning

2 жыл бұрын

Coming next week

@kjgolden7516

2 жыл бұрын

@@storylearning Also, looking forward to seeing it.

@arthurvanrodds2772

2 жыл бұрын

Depends on your location

@ronaldonmg

2 жыл бұрын

have you googled "critical languages"??

@bluetie1058

2 жыл бұрын

Number 1: English

I graduated from the DLI in Russian about a decade ago. It was a very intense experience. Not quite getting plugged in to the matrix, but its more than you thought you could learn. As a veteran, Id absolutely LOVE to go back now without the pressure, trying to learn another language any other way feels inadequate.

Wow I am so happy I got to see this amazing video and read stories of so many amazing people. Thanks to author, participants and all people commenting 🎉🎉

I laughed when Mr. Collins said "we teach language to a near native proficiency level." DLI is great, but I didn't feel comfortable speaking Spanish until over a year after graduation. While the washback rate is pretty high, the 2/2 standard for graduation isn't. That's a nice head start, but if your goal is fluency, you will still have a lot of work ahead of you. I scored 3/3+ on my last DLPT in the Air Force and I still wouldn't describe my proficiency level as "near native". Still, it's a great time. Pro-tip for future students: don't give Papa John's your money, go to Compagno's for lunch.

@herefortheshrimp1469

2 жыл бұрын

That is excellent advice 😭 I miss Campagno's so much!!!

@timwoolard1465

Жыл бұрын

@Reva Ferns I think the problem is that the DLPT isn't really a great benchmark for evaluating fluency. Most of the native speakers I know (even ones with perfect English) scored in the 2+/3 range. The OPI is probably a decent indicator, but there is hardly any emphasis on that in DLI.

@Lunarmemory

Жыл бұрын

My bullshit-o-meter was going off wild with that one. I'm sorry, it doesn't matter how smart the student or how rigorous the course - there is no learning certain languages to NATIVE level in that short amount of time.

I completed the Arabic language course at DLI in 1993. We studied Modern Standard Arabic and then Egyptian, Iraqi, and Lebanese dialects. Very intense but well worth it. I used it when I went on the U.N. Multinational Force and Observers tour in the Sinai Peninsula. 10/10 WOULD RECOMMEND! 😃👍

@mahmoudsalah2626

5 ай бұрын

can you now understand arabic or you have forgotten since that was 30 years ago

@Nashvillain10SE

5 ай бұрын

@@mahmoudsalah2626 Good question! When I completed the course, I tested out very high at reading, listening, and speaking. However, I noticed over the years that the vocabulary gets lost very easily if I don't use the language regularly. As it is, I don't have the opportunity to keep the proficiency at a high level with work and other responsibilities. This disappoints me because I love the language!

@nocturne3220

3 ай бұрын

مشاءالله!!!!

@dutchovenguy

3 ай бұрын

In 1967 I studied MSA and then Iraqi dialect the last few weeks. For 2 1/2 years my target country was Yemen. Had to learn a new dialect on the fly in Asmara, Ethiopia (Eritrea). Left the Army, became an attorney, and forgot 99% of my Arabic.

@TUFAII

2 ай бұрын

Wow 99%? I suppose with any new language that is not your native day to day language you will forget the language if not used daily

Thank you! Great video

My kid came from Puerto Rico to Florida without speaking english, now he spoke both and corrected me and helped with my pronunciation. Also, he is learning pprtugues with his friend, right now they speak in portugues and spanish. And he is just in elementary school. I think the better time is when they are little.

I was an Army Mandarin linguist, the only woman in my DLI class of 10 in 1976. The sexism and bias of the teachers was so terrible that my male classmates had to go to the Dean about it (there was no sexual harassment training, or easy ways to report, in those days). Still, it was great training which I highly recommend - and Monterey is a lovely place to live for a year. I didn’t find the training difficult per se, but there was a lot to learn in a short time (I always had flash cards on me). About half way through, English began to sound odd, and I even had some dreams in Mandarin.

@flotechno3920

Жыл бұрын

Souns cool (other then the girl getting harassed). Sounds pretty rough.

@icenova3656

Жыл бұрын

Yes. I took the German course and after about a month I was dreaming in German.

@marlonmoncrieffe0728

Жыл бұрын

...SHE was that girl, @@flotechno3920 !

@felicia6438

Жыл бұрын

That sexism/bias still exists, unfortunately

@grantmoulton4020

11 ай бұрын

When you start to dream in the other language, you know you’re getting somewhere.

I was a contract interpreter for NATO forces in Kosovo, and I was less than impressed with the language skills of US military interpreters there. They had a huge vocabulary, but very weak syntax and stilted, direct translation style that was often difficult for the Russians they were working with to understand. They were helpful to me, because I often lacked the direct terminology or knowledge of certain acronyms as a non-military language specialist, but they often struggled to make the broader point clear. This is the weak point in fast learning. The Russian officers gave me the most generous compliment by telling me, “You say it they way we would say it and not word for word what the other person is saying.” You can’t get that in short classes, no matter how intense.

@LilyUnicorn

2 жыл бұрын

You can get that in short classes but military classes would never to be able to pull it off. They teach things like a and b make c. Memorize. But they dont tell how that happens, when it happens or why c. And why a and b and not gh ....

@tedroscourt1205

2 жыл бұрын

@@LilyUnicorn Yeah also there is a cultural aspect of language that you'll never learn in school. Little colloquial expressions and cultural references here and there. There's no getting around it.

@joanfordham1305

2 жыл бұрын

@@LilyUnicorn §§ §

@DP-yn3jf

2 жыл бұрын

@@tedroscourt1205 he did say they learn that in this video. The two guys trying on the hanbok

@ShaareiZoharDaas

2 жыл бұрын

it's the mandatory vax that keeps me disinterested. My Russian is good but I need a speaking partner that I do not have to get up at three am to talk to.

I was fortunate enough to learn Farsi there. I had a budy that spent a night in the base "jail" for not doing his homework lol. Our Company commander wasn't messing around. It's extremely intense, but it's in such a beautiful region of California. In the Army, we had to work out in the morning before classes. The Air Force had it made.

I think this academy is on the right track. I ended up serving a mission for the LDS church and after being dropped in Mexico became fluent in Spanish after 8 months. The key is emersion into the culture and being required to speak the given language at all times

I studied Farsi, Dari, MSA/ Levantine at DLI. It's really intense amd stressful. You're learning, speaking, listening, and mainly self studying majority of the time. They give you the instruction and tools but it mostly rests on yourself and your discipline.

@faryadkarimi1798

Жыл бұрын

ایا به ایران یا افغانستان هم مسافرت کردید ؟ کشور های زیبایی هستند و پیشنهاد میکنم اگر نرفتید حتما به ایران بروید با فرهنگ و مردم مهربان ایران و افغانستان اشنا بشوید

@carljohnson-io1xo

Жыл бұрын

Great job on learning persian I Hope you like our language🌹

@pmo764

Жыл бұрын

Yes both are beautiful countries as Faryad said, just make sure you skip the D in DLI when talking to authorities lol

@imjustvisiting5397

Жыл бұрын

Awesome! Now you can go ahead wreak havoc in the countries of those languages!

@Thighweaver

Жыл бұрын

@@imjustvisiting5397 I did. Was great, I got to do a lot of chaotic good but you should educate or ask more questions about why I learned the languages and cultures before you go off typing judgemental comments mate.

Heck, I started dreaming in Arabic after just two weeks at DLI. Been out of the service for ten years and can only remember the basics. One has to keep practicing (reading, speaking, and listening) to stay fluent. Still, glad I got to go there.

@Original50

2 жыл бұрын

I was a UK army linguist (Russian) in the late 80's, head-hunted out of Operational Security because I had high aptitude-scores and also spoke German. When you get deep enough into a language, you can forget if you are in mother-tongue or 'acquired' mode. I used to have conversations in my head with my dad, in German, until one day I realised my dad couldn't speak German. Married to a German lady now, so my boys are fluent in German and English. Also teaching #1 son Russian. Maybe he'll be Nachrichtendienst one day. Hope you are doing well in civvy-street!.

@jamesbennett905

2 жыл бұрын

I started doing that about halfway through the Russian course.

@Original50

2 жыл бұрын

@@jamesbennett905 My Russian training only came in handy one time as a civvy. Was my honeymoon on Menorca and I got into an arguement about 'reserved' sun-loungers with an ex-Soviet ethnic German; fat arrogant fuck essentially. He started cussing me out in German, so I responded in German. Then he switched to Russian. Well, you'll know that an essential part of Army courses is to know slang and swear-words; the Russians had shitty radio-discipline. Shot a few yob tvoyu mat yebanaya v rots into him. Got an applause from a couple next to us. 😋

@lone-wolf-1

2 жыл бұрын

Thought maybe it‘s unusual to dream in the new language, but happened to me (German) about 4-5 months after starting to focus on a new language. I‘m interested in languages, self taught and without pressure. But to keep practicing without having an actual conversation I try to silently (among colleagues) or loud if I‘m alone, to formulate my inner thoughts in the new language. So that translates also in my dreams.

@LesserMoffHootkins

2 жыл бұрын

Most people can’t do that.

Just graduated 2 weeks ago. This video actually does a pretty good job.

Thanks for this! I lived near the DLI for 40 years and never knew exactly what was going on there. I now live in the Canary Islands and I'm struggling with Spanish, but as you said, at least I get to do it from my living room!

@Pteromandias

3 ай бұрын

That's cool! One thing I liked about that area is that it felt like two completely different worlds. I got the impression that no one outside the gates knew anything about what I was doing there. Talking to people I'd meet here and there many had no idea it was even there. One old lady I talked to down by Cannery Row thought it was crazy that we were allowed to live in buildings, because in the Swiss army you just get a blanket and a knife.

For anyone wondering, when I was there, they would tell us it cost like a quarter mil to train 1 person. That may have included Basic training but the language training was a huge chunk of it too.

@LilyUnicorn

2 жыл бұрын

I call BS. Our military contracts are cheap as hell. It might cost 1/4 mil to train the capt because his monthly wage is ridiculous as all get out. But the prices to board a person for 2 months in a foreign country and teach them a language in your own facilities is rather cheap in terms of the government budgets. Every time in the military everyone is always told.... your contract is cheap. They can and will replace you. Officers on the other hand got a gold spoon. Theyre not so cheap. Were spending hundreds of thousands to maintain parts (i was a radar tech of sorts). And knowing what i do about govt contracts... they almost always go for the lowest bidder especially when they get it on a deal. Train a bunch of people at the same time. Cool. Stuff that price into one. More like a quarter to train a group while they serve gruel a la mode at the galley. I mean... the military lets you break your contract if you have a million in the bank account. They dont even give nukes bonus pay as generously as you claim your training was worth. 1/8 mill at best

@arabicmumtaz

2 жыл бұрын

I am creating Arabic language learning lessons in English for beginners. Your support, suggestions and advice would be highly appreciated. Thanks a ton

@trouncerrredits

2 жыл бұрын

@@arabicmumtaz The best thing to do when teaching English-speakers another language is to thoroughly reteach them English first. It'll provide a greater understanding for what they're learning in the target language. It should only take a couple weeks.

@wertiaaudit5746

2 жыл бұрын

I highly doubt it cost a quarter million every learning material is online for free

My father went twice and learned Mandarin and Japanese. He worked as a translator for the division commander in Hawaii. For awhile he also translated Chinese newspapers for the US gov't.

@tahj420

2 жыл бұрын

That's the dream right there

Thanks a million. That’s brilliant. I appreciate it. 🎉 cheers and best regards, Winai

Living in Monterey County always wondered about the Defense Language Institute-thank you