The Defense Language Institute Foreign Language Center (DLIFLC), located on the Presidio of Monterey in Monterey, CA, offers intensive foreign language instruction in 14 languages and dialects languages on a schedule that extends throughout the year. DLIFLC provides high-quality, culturally based foreign language training to enhance the national security of the United States. Courses are taught 6 hours per day, 5 days a week except for federal holidays. As an accredited institution, it awards Associates of Arts and Bachelor’s degrees to qualified graduates.

DLIFLC provides exquisite, culturally based foreign language education, training, evaluation, and degrees for the Department of Defense, globally, to afford a comprehensive understanding of the joint operational environment, a competitive edge to our warfighters, and safeguard the national security of the United States.

We hold ourselves accountable for the following values:

• Commitment: We are committed to our students, employees, stakeholders, life-long learning and institutional excellence.
• Adaptability: We promote flexibility and drive innovative change as individuals and as an institution.
• Integrity: We expect personal and professional integrity.
• Respect: We honor our cultural and social diversity by treating others with dignity and respect.

About our Language Schools

All basic foreign language teaching takes place in the schools for undergraduate education. There are a total of six undergraduate education schools, some of which teach multiple languages. Additionally, there are half a dozen organizations and divisions which support the ongoing undergraduate and continuing education programs.

Each school is headed by a civilian dean, who is responsible for planning and implementing assigned programs in foreign language training and curriculum development, implementing academic and administrative policy, and managing the school’s annual manpower and budget allocations. An associate dean, who is normally a senior military officer, provides counsel and assistance to the dean, monitors student progress, and directs the school’s Military Language Instructor Program.

Each school is composed of departments, in which instruction of individual foreign languages takes place. Each department is headed by a civilian chairperson, who is responsible for the instructional program, manages the assigned instructors and staff, and oversees foreign language education and the faculty development process. Instructors, organized into teams, are responsible for teaching classes, evaluating student performance, and developing and maintaining course materials.

Distance learning foreign language teaching and management of the DLIFLC Language Training Detachments takes place in the Continuing Education Directorate.

To find out more about our schools, please visit: https://www.dliflc.edu/academics/language-schools/

To view our YouTube video about the Defense Language Institute Foreign Language Center, visit: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yMVHqX6WWWw

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