A Principled Approach to Language Assessment: Considerati...
National Academies Of Sciences Engineeri / Division Of Behavioral And Social Scienc / Committee on Foreign Language Assessment
The United States is formally represented around the world by approximately 14, 000 Foreign Service officers and other personnel in the U.S. Department of State. Roughly one-third of them are required to be proficient in the local languages of the countries to which they are posted. To achieve this language proficiency for its staff, the State Department's Foreign Service Institute (FSI) provides intensive language instruction and assesses the...