Course Course Summary Section 1 Content Section 1 Content Left Section 1 Content Right Credit Type: Exam ACE ID: DLI-0273 Organization: Defense Language Institute Location: Defense Language Institute Foreign Language Center Length: 3 hours Dates Offered: 11/1/2011 - 9/30/2024 Credit Recommendation & Competencies Section 2 Content Section 2 Content Left Section 2 Content Right Level Credits (SH) Subject Lower-Division Baccalaureate 3 Foreign Language The DLPT credit recommendations reflect a shift to create alignment with college and university foreign language degree programs and elective credits. Description Section 3 Content Section 3 Content Left Section 3 Content Right Objective: The Defense Language Proficiency Test (DLPT) is designed to assess the target language proficiency of native speakers of English who have learned a foreign language as a second language and speakers of other languages with very strong English skills. The DLPT measures proficiency as defined by the Interagency Language Roundtable (ILR) Skill Level Descriptions.The DLPT is designed to measure proficiency in the target language regardless of how it has been acquired; test content is not tied to any particular language-training program. The passages included in the test are sampled from authentic materials and real-life sources such as signs, newspapers, radio and television broadcasts, the Internet, etc. The passages cover a broad range of content areas, including social, cultural, political, economic, geographic, scientific, and military topics.The reading and listening comprehension tests are based on a wide variety of realistic written and spoken materials. The content is sampled from authentic sources such as signs, newspapers, radio broadcasts, etc. The test include multiple choice questions with four options in English. The listening and reading sections have 100 items each. Test administration time is approximately 75 minutes for the listening section.The relevant languages include: Albanian; Arabic-Egyptian; Arabic-Modern Standard; Cebuano; Chavacano; Chinese-Mandarin; Czech; Dari; French; German; Greek; Hebrew; Hindi; Iraqi; Italian; Japanese; Korean; Kurdish-Kurmanji; Levantine; Norwegian; Pashto; Persian-Farsi; Polish; Portuguese Brazilian; Portuguese European; Romanian; Russian; Serbian-Croatian; Sorani; Spanish; Tagalog; Tausug; Thai; Turkish; Ukrainian; Urdu; Uzbek; Vietnamese.The following relevant languages have been approved as of 10/1/2018: Indonesian; Sudanese; Arabic-Saudi; Arabic-Algerian; Arabic-Yemeni; Azerbaijani; Hatian-Creole; Punjabi-Western; Somali; Yoruba; and Chinese-Cantonese. Skills Measured: The description of expected ability, the learner is able to understand main ideas and explicitly stated important/essential information The skills to be assessed include non-participatory listening in the ability to understand main ideas and explicitly stated essential information. Instruction & Assessment Section 4 Content Section 4 Content Left Section 4 Content Right Supplemental Materials Section 5 Content Section 5 Content Left Section 5 Content Right Section 6 Content Section 6 Content Left Section 6 Content Right Button Content Rail Content 1 Other offerings from Defense Language Institute Defense Language Proficiency Test (DLPT) Generations III, IV, 5 Listening: Proficiency Level Rating: 0+ (DLI-0271) Defense Language Proficiency Test (DLPT) Generations III, IV, 5 Listening: Proficiency Level Rating: 1 (DLI-0272) Defense Language Proficiency Test (DLPT) Generations III, IV, 5 Listening: Proficiency Level Rating: 2 (DLI-0274) Defense Language Proficiency Test (DLPT) Generations III, IV, 5 Listening: Proficiency Level Rating: 2+ (DLI-0275) Defense Language Proficiency Test (DLPT) Generations III, IV, 5 Listening: Proficiency Level Rating: 3 (DLI-0276) Defense Language Proficiency Test (DLPT) Generations III, IV, 5 Listening: Proficiency Level Rating: 3+ (DLI-0277) Defense Language Proficiency Test (DLPT) Generations III, IV, 5 Listening: Proficiency Level Rating: 4 (DLI-0278) Defense Language Proficiency Test (DLPT) Generations III, IV, 5 Reading: Proficiency Level Rating: 0+ (DLI-0279) Defense Language Proficiency Test (DLPT) Generations III, IV, 5 Reading: Proficiency Level Rating: 1 (DLI-0280) View All Courses Page Content