THE CENTRAL INTELLIGENCE AGENCY LANGUAGE DEVELOPMENT PROGRAM

• Document Type: CREST
• Collection: General CIA Records
• Document Number (FOIA) /ESDN (CREST): CIA-RDP91-00965R000400300004-0
• Release Decision: RIFPUB
• Original Classification: K
• Document Page Count: 5
• Document Creation Date: December 15, 2016
• Document Release Date: March 2, 2004
• Sequence Number: 4
• Content Type: REPORT

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necessary to build up language competence simultaneously
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as put into effect on
4 February 195?. It provides a system of cash awards for those employees
Increase their language competence. These awards range from $50 to a
0, depending on the degree of difficult)
and the degree of proficiency acquired. Employees who learn a language
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receive twice the amount that is received by those
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for learning a language are made only after an employee
ad written exams which indicate the degree of proficiency.
Awards for proficiency are divided into two categories: specialized
and comprehensive, each with three scales--elementary, intermediate and
primarily
proficiency is either primarily in speaking o
cording and translating Only. Comprehensive, on the other
requires proficiency in speaking, reading and writing.
The languages are divided into three groups in order of increasing
difficulty:
The first group of ten languages is composed principal
the Nordic and Romance languages, and awards ran
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