WEEKLY ACTIVITIES REPORT

• Document Type: CREST
• Collection: General CIA Records
• Document Number (FOIA) /ESDN (CREST): CIA-RDP61-00442A000200040023-0
• Release Decision: RIPPUB
• Original Classification: C
• Document Page Count: 2
• Document Creation Date: December 27, 2016
• Document Release Date: December 18, 2009
• Sequence Number: 23
• Publication Date: November 18, 1959
• Content Type: MEMO

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Office Memorandum ? UNITED STATES GOVERNMENT
TO : Chief, Language and Area School
FROM : Deputy for Language Training
sUBJECr: Weekly Activities Report
DATE: 18 November 1959
A. SIGNIFICANT ITEMS
None to report.
B. OTHER ACTIVITIES
1, are examining the report on DDP language
requirements to ascertain how much of the desired information can be
obtained from it. We will report our conclusions when the work is completed.
re resenting of AF Division, has come
twice for talks with concerning the possibility of their
giving a kind of familiarization course on the Arabic language and the
Arab world. What AF has in mind is eight weeks of two 1-1/2 hour sessions
per week, to be given in the AF area for about 15 people, mostly of the
clerical level, to prepare them for their first overseas assignments.
told 0 that they would be glad to help, but suggested that
AF should first take up the matter with DTR.
Vii. The two external Introductory French tutorial programs which are
being supervised by the LAS French staff, began 1 October and are scheduled
to complete 200 hours of instruction on or about 18 December. Meetings
average three hours daily. It is expected that upon completion of this
program the students will have acquired an introductory knowledge of spoken
and written French sufficient to enable them to get along in the corrunonest
situations of daily life and travel.
LAS has provided texts with accompanying tapes, dual-track tape
recorders and continuing consultation and guidance for the tutors. Arrange-
ments are being made to give the students oral and written examination to
evaluate achievement during and at the end of the course.
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6. I who is utilizing the Navy Russian Language Course
for her Intermediate Russian (RSw), has b additional reading
with om an 'n uestions. 7
.ee s
that the Navy's dialogs and vocabularies are exce en , a-Lunuagn he organ-
ization of the grammar in OTR materials is better.
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