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NAVADMIN 306/07
MSGID/GENADMIN/CNO WASHINGTON DC/N1/NOV// SUBJ/DEFENSE LANGUAGE
PROFICIENCY TEST 5 (DLPT5) TRANSITION UPDATE//
REF/A/MSG/CNO/182208ZNOV05// REF/B/MSG/CNO/152204ZDEC06//
REF/C/MSG/CNO/052016ZOCT07// NARR/REF A IS NAVADMIN 300/05 WHICH
ANNOUNCED INTRODUCTION OF DLPT5 WITHIN NAVY. REF B IS NAVADMIN 352/06
WHICH PROMULGATED PROCEDURES FOR CONVERSION TO DLPT5 AND IMPLEMENTED
TEMPORARY MEASURES TO FACILITATE THE TRANSITION, PARTICULARLY WHERE
FOREIGN LANGUAGE PROFICIENCY BONUS (FLPB) CERTIFICATION WAS CONCERNED.
REF C IS NAVADMIN 259/07 WHICH ANNOUNCED THE TEMPORARY SUSPENSION OF
DLPT5 AS TEST FOR MODERN STANDARD ARABIC PENDING RESOLUTION OF TECHNICAL
ANOMALIES.// RMKS/1. THE FOLLOWING PROVIDES TEMPORARY WAIVER POLICY
GUIDANCE FOR PERSONNEL RECERTIFYING IN SPECIFIC LANGUAGES FOR FLPB?S.
IT ALSO PROVIDES RESOURCES FOR PREPARING FOR THE NEW DLPT5 WEB-BASED
PROFICIENCY TEST. AS ANNOUNCED IN REFS A AND B, DLPT5 IS THE LATEST
GENERATION OF LANGUAGE PROFICIENCY TESTING WITHIN THE DEPARTMENT OF
DEFENSE (DOD). THE WEB-BASED TEST REPLACES EARLIER PAPER AND PENCIL
EXAMINATIONS AND IS A MUCH MORE CHALLENGING TEST OF LINGUISTIC
PROFICIENCY, DESIGNED TO MEASURE ASPECTS OF LANGUAGE SKILL NOT
PREVIOUSLY TESTED FOR.
2. BACKGROUND: FOLLOWING 9/11 AND THE ADVENT OF DEFENSE LANGUAGE
TRANSFORMATION, DLPT5 TRANSITIONED TESTING FROM PROFICIENCY IN COLD
WAR-STYLE MILITARY-CENTRIC VOCABULARY AND SHORT PHRASES TO A MORE
GLOBAL, NON-MILITARY LANGUAGE, LIKELY TO BE ENCOUNTERED IN TWENTY-FIRST
CENTURY SECURITY OPERATIONS. DLPT5 THEREFORE INCORPORATES AUTHENTIC
MATERIAL (I.E., BROADCASTS AND LIVE
RECORDINGS) WHICH INCLUDES EXPANDED VOCABULARY, MORE ADVANCED GRAMMAR,
AND NON-MILITARY CONTENT, ALL REQUIRING EXAMINEES NOT ONLY TO
INTERPRET/TRANSLATE THE FOREIGN LANGUAGE INTO ENGLISH, BUT TO
DEMONSTRATE A MORE COMPLETE UNDERSTANDING OF THE CONTEXT AND MEANING
CONTAINED IN TESTED PASSAGES. AS A CONSEQUENCE OF THE SHIFT IN LANGUAGE
STYLE AND LEVEL OF DIFFICULTY, DLPT5 EXAMINEES HAVE IN MANY CASES
RECEIVED LOWER THAN EXPECTED TEST SCORES.
3. WAIVER POLICY: BECAUSE THE NEW WEB-BASED TEST IS MORE CHALLENGING,
DOD AUTHORIZED THE SERVICES TO RECERTIFY MEMBERS FOR A ONE-YEAR PERIOD
USING SCORES FROM THEIR LAST RECORDED DLPT IF A DLPT5 TEST RESULTED IN
LOWER SCORES. ALSO, IF WEB-BASED TESTING WAS NOT AVAILABLE OVERSEAS,
THE DLPT5 REQUIREMENT WAS WAIVED PENDING THE INDIVIDUAL?S RELEASE FROM
THE OCONUS ASSIGNMENT AND RETURN TO CONUS.
RECERTIFICATION THROUGH DLPT5 IS REQUIRED WITHIN 180 DAYS.
A. BY REF B, NAVY IMPLEMENTED DOD?S TEMPORARY MEASURES FOR ONE YEAR
EFFECTIVE 31 DECEMBER 2006. THE WAIVER APPLIES TO DLPT5 TESTS RELEASED
PRIOR TO 1 OCTOBER 2007 (FY-08), WHICH INCLUDES THE FOLLOWING LANGUAGES
(SEE NOTES 1 AND 2):
ALBANIAN NORWEGIAN
ARABIC-IRAQI PASHTO-AFGHAN
ARABIC-LEVANTINE PERSIAN-AFGHAN
CHINESE-MANDARIN LOWER RANGE RUSSIAN LOWER RANGE
CHINESE-MANDARIN UPPER RANGE RUSSIAN UPPER RANGE
GREEK SERBO-CROATIAN LOWER RANGE
HINDI SPANISH LOWER RANGE
KURDISH-SORANI LOWER RANGE SPANISH UPPER RANGE
URDU
NOTE 1: LOWER RANGE TESTS EXAMINE PROFICIENCY LEVEL UP TO INTERAGENCY
ROUNDTABLE LEVEL (ILR) 3; UPPER RANGE TESTS MEASURE ABOVE ILR 3.
NOTE 2: REF C ADDRESSES TESTING AND CERTIFICATION FOR MODERN STANDARD
ARABIC (MSA). THE DLPT5 IN MSA HAS BEEN TEMPORARILY SUSPENDED AND THE
DLPT IV HAS BEEN REINSTATED. NAVY TESTING POLICY RELATIVE TO THE DLPT5
IN MSA HAS LIKEWISE BEEN TEMPORARILY MODIFIED AS A RESULT. SEE REF C
FOR DETAILS.
B. THE ONE-YEAR TRANSITION PERIOD AUTHORIZED BY DOD EXPIRES
31 DECEMBER 2007. WAIVERS EXECUTED WITHIN THE TRANSITION PERIOD REMAIN
EFFECTIVE FOR ONE YEAR OR UNTIL THE MEMBER RECERTIFIES WITH A SECOND
DLPT5. AT THE END OF THE ONE-YEAR WAIVER PERIOD, ANNUAL CERTIFICATION
FOR FLPB SHALL BE BASED SOLELY ON DLPT5 SCORES.
C. TRANSITION/WAIVER POLICY FOR FUTURE DLPT5 CONVERSIONS.
CONSISTENT WITH PARA 3 OF REF B, AS TESTING IN ADDITIONAL LANGUAGES IS
CONVERTED AND AS THE NEW DLPT5 TESTS ARE DEPLOYED, THE SAME ONE-YEAR
TRANSITION POLICY DESCRIBED ABOVE WILL APPLY. THE TRANSITION PERIOD
BEGINS ON THE DATE THE NEWLY-DEPLOYED DLPT5 BECOMES THE OFFICIAL TEST OF
RECORD IN A PARTICULAR FOREIGN LANGUAGE. DURING THIS TRANSITION PERIOD,
MEMBERS WILL TEST IN THE NEW DLPT5 VERSION ON OR ABOUT THEIR NORMAL
ANNUAL RECERTIFICATION DATE. IF THEIR CORRESPONDING DLPT5 SCORES
DECLINE FROM THE LAST RECORDED PRE-DLPT5 EXAM IN THE SAME LANGUAGE, THE
MEMBER WILL HAVE THE OPTION OF USING THEIR MOST RECENT PRE-DLPT5 SCORE
TO EXTEND THEIR FLPB CERTIFICATION, FOR ONE MORE YEAR. SUBSEQUENT
CERTIFICATIONS IN THE SAME LANGUAGE, HOWEVER, WILL BE BASED SOLELY ON
DLPT5 SCORES. THE ORAL PROFICIENCY INTERVIEW (OPI) REMAINS THE OFFICIAL
TEST FOR MEASURING SPEAKING PROFICIENCY. MEMBERS ASSIGNED OCONUS AND
WITHOUT DLPT5 ACCESS WILL BE RECERTIFIED BASED ON THEIR MOST RECENT
QUALIFYING OPI SCORE, SHOULD THEY REMAIN IN AN AREA WHEN
DLPT5 IS NOT AVAILABILE FOR MORE THAN ONE YEAR. IN ALL CASES,
NON-AVAILABILITY OF DLPT5 MUST BE VERIFIED BY NETPDTC.
4. DLPT5 PREPARATION. GIVEN THE INCREASED DEGREE OF DIFFICULTY
INHERENT IN DLPT5, POTENTIAL TEST TAKERS MUST PREPARE EARLY. THE
FOLLOWING LANGUAGE LEARNING RESOURCES ARE AVAILABLE TO HELP PREPARE FOR
THE TESTS:
A. NAVY KNOWLEDGE ONLINE (NKO) AT WWW.NKO.NAVY.MIL HAS AN EXTENSIVE
LANGUAGE RESOURCE LIST OFFERED BY THE CENTER FOR INFORMATION DOMINANCE
(CID) CENTER FOR LANGUAGE, REGIONAL EXPERTISE AND CULTURE (CLREC). TO
ACCESS THE LIST, LOG ON TO THE NKO HOMEPAGE AND SEARCH ON CLREC LANGUAGE
RESOURCES. SELECT THE CLREC LANGUAGE RESOURCE LINK AND OPEN THE EXCEL
SPREADSHEET. THE SPREADSHEET PROVIDES LINKS TO FAMILIARIZATION, BASIC,
INTERMEDIATE AND ADVANCED LANGUAGE LEARNING, DICTIONARIES, WORKING AIDS,
SOFTWARE AND CULTURAL MATERIALS.
B. DEFENSE LANGUAGE INSTITUTE (DLIFLC) AT WWW.DLIFLC.EDU PROVIDES
DLPT5 FAMILIARIZATION GUIDES FOR EACH DLPT5 TESTED LANGUAGE, AS WELL AS
FREQUENTLY ASKED QUESTIONS (FAQ) RELATIVE TO THE DLPT5 EXAM. THE DLIFLC
WEB SITE ALSO CONTAINS LINKS TO FIELD SUPPORT MODULES, THE GLOBAL
LANGUAGE NETWORK (LINGNET), THE GLOBAL LANGUAGE ON-LINE SUPPORT SYSTEM
(GLOSS), AND FOREIGN LANGUAGE BROADCASTS VIA THE SATELLITE
COMMUNICATIONS FOR LEARNING (SCOLA) SYSTEM. GLOSS PROVIDES ON-LINE
LANGUAGE SUSTAINMENT AND ENHANCEMENT COURSES. THESE RESOURCES CAN BE
ACCESSED DIRECTLY VIA: WWW.LINGNET.ORG, WWW.GLOSS.LINGNET.ORG OR
WWW.SCOLA.ORG.
C. JOINT LANGUAGE UNIVERSITY (JLU) IS ACCESSIBLE FROM THE NKO
HOMEPAGE BY SEARCHING FOR JLU THEN SELECTING JOINT LANGUAGE UNIVERSITY
(JLU). TRAINING MATERIALS CAN BE ACCESSED IN THE JLU SITE?S LEARNER
MODE.
D. VOICE OF AMERICA MULTIMEDIA BROADCASTS ARE AVAILABLE IN 44
LANGUAGES AT WWW.VOANEWS.COM.
E. RADIO FREE EUROPE/RADIO LIBERTY POSTS INTERNATIONAL NEWS AND
BROADCASTS IN FOREIGN LANGUAGES AT WWW.RFERL.ORG.
5. INFORMATION ON DLPT5 TESTING AND OTHER DLPT QUESTIONS IS AVAILABLE
AT HTTPS://WWW.ADVANCEMENT.CNET.NAVY.MIL (DEFENSE LANGUAGE LINK).
6. POINTS OF CONTACT:
- CTICS(NAC) DAVID BAKER (CNO (N13F1)) AT (703) 693-7210/DSN 223 OR
EMAIL AT DAVID.BAKER1(AT)NAVY.MIL.
- CTIC(AW) ROBERT MEDLEY (CNO (N13F2)) AT (703) 693-7213/DSN 223 OR
EMAIL AT ROBERT.L.MEDLEY(AT)NAVY.MIL.
7. RELEASED BY VADM J. C. HARVEY, JR., N1.//
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