This guide was developed by DANTES to provide education center personnel
and Service members with an easy-to-use resource. Foreign language and
regional expertise are considered critical competencies essential to DoD’s mission.
Suggestions for changes or updates can be made by contacting the DANTES Distance
Learning Manager at DantesDL@navy.mil.
Many non-government Web sites contain useful foreign language and culture information.
Following is a small sample:
Foreign Service Institute
Language courses developed by the U.S. government now in the public domain Joint Language University
Co-operative effort between agencies of the Federal Government, the Department
of Defense, and Academic institutions SCOLA
Non-profit educational organization that re-transmits television programming
from around the world in native languages Internet Language Resources
Web site created by a University of Northern Iowa Professor Emeritus