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Developed by I Corps Foreign Language Training Center Fort Lewis, WA

For the Special Operations Forces Language Office United States Special Operations Command

LANGUAGE TRAINING

The ability to speak a foreign language is a core unconventional warfare skill and is being incorporated throughout all phases of the qualification course. The students will receive their language assignment after the selection phase where they will receive a language starter kit that allows them to begin language training while waiting to return to Fort Bragg for Phase II. The 3rd Bn, 1st SWTG (A) is responsible for all language training at the USAJFKSWCS. The Special Operations Language Training (SOLT) is primarily a performance-oriented language course. Students are trained in one of ten core languages with enduring regional application and must show proficiency in speaking, listening and reading. A student receives language training throughout the Pipeline.

In Phase IV, students attend an 8 or 14 week language blitz depending upon the language they are slotted in. The general purpose of the course is to provide each student with the ability to communicate in a foreign language. For successful completion of the course, the student must achieve at least a 1/1/1 or higher on the Defense Language Proficiency Test in two of the three graded areas; speaking, listening and reading.

Table of Contents

Introduction Introduction

Lesson 1 People and Geography

Lesson 2 Living and Working

Lesson 3 Numbers, Dates, and Time

Lesson 4 Daily Activities

Lesson 5 Meeting the Family

Lesson 6 Around Town

Lesson 7 Shopping

Lesson 8 Eating Out

Lesson 9 Customs, and Courtesies in the Home

Lesson 10 Around the House

Lesson 11 Weather and Climate

Lesson 12 Personal Appearance

Lesson 13 Transportation

Lesson 14 Travel

Lesson 15 At School

Lesson 16 Recreation and Leisure

Lesson 17 Health and the Human Body

Lesson 18 Political and International Topics in the News

Lesson 19 The Military

Lesson 20 Holidays and Traditions