tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1673747533541391425.post2451143768074621331..comments2009-10-15T06:13:00.316+03:00Comments on Building Peace: Air Force Language Training: What Works and What D...Mark Jacobsenhttps://profiles.google.com/107999162787819355839noreply@blogger.comBlogger1125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1673747533541391425.post-58195313454744979882009-10-15T03:25:07.195+03:002009-10-15T03:25:07.195+03:00Jay's isn't the first ASPJ article to bemo...Jay's isn't the first ASPJ article to bemoan the lack of enthusiasm in the Air Force for language training, just the latest.<br />I think that the approach by the Culture and Language Center perpetuates the problem and doesn't little to solve it. The Language Enabled Airmen Program is a cop-out - it means that mastery of a language is too hard and we should just go through the motions. <br />Besides, they believe culture is more important than language. A Rand study goes even farther - it says you don't need a langauge to get along if you know the culture. Moreover, it postulates that the more fluent you are, the more cultural savvy you should be. They say take the low road: learn little and little will be expected of you.<br />Let's give this thing back to A2 and get it out of A1 before we have NOBODY who can speak anything.John8054http://www.blogger.com/profile/12145697045926400801noreply@blogger.com