Russian students bring home essay contest awards

Russian students bring home essay contest awards

By Master Sgt. Igor Poklad DTRA Linguist Liaison Office   MONTEREY, Calif. – Seven students at the Defense Threat Reduction Agency (DTRA) Interpreting Course and one Advanced Russian student received awards from the American Council of Teachers of Russian for...
Defense Language Institute celebrates Language Day 2017

Defense Language Institute celebrates Language Day 2017

By Natela Cutter DLIFLC Public Affairs   MONTEREY, Calif. –  An estimated 5,000 people attended DLIFLC’s annual Language Day Open House event on Friday, May 12th, on the Presidio of Monterey. It was a fun-filled day with more than 40 cultural performances, dance,...
Students succeed again in Mandarin speech contest

Students succeed again in Mandarin speech contest

By Siyi (Lois) Gao DLIFLC Asian School I   SAN FRANCISCO – Sixty-eight Mandarin Chinese language students at the Defense Language Institute Foreign Language Center participated in the 42nd Annual Mandarin Speech contest in San Francisco April 22, with 31 DLI...
Impact most important about DLI, says general

Impact most important about DLI, says general

By Natela Cutter DLIFLC Public Affairs   MONTEREY, Calif. – Lt. Gen. Michael Lundy, commanding general of the U.S. Army Combined Arms Center at Fort Leavenworth, Kansas, visited the Defense Language Institute Foreign Language Center in Monterey, California April...
Institute names its 2016 Teacher of the Year

Institute names its 2016 Teacher of the Year

By Patrick Bray DLIFLC Public Affairs   MONTEREY, Calif. – Zhenshuai Liu, a chairperson in the Chinese Mandarin School, is the teacher of the year for 2016 at the Defense Language Institute Foreign Language Center. His success has also earned him the 2017 Allen...