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Preliminary Results of The National Security Language Initiative 
Enhancing Foreign
Language Profciency 
In the United States
 
U.S. Department of Education
Margaret Spellings
Secretary
Ofce of Postsecondary Education
Cheryl A. Oldham
 Acting Assistant Secretary
August 2008This report is in the public domain. Authorization to reproduce it in whole or in part is granted. Whilepermission to reprint this publication is not necessary, the citation should be: U.S. Department of Educa-
tion, Ofce of Postsecondary Education,
 Enhancing Foreign Language Profciency in the United States:
Preliminary Results of the National Security Language Initiative
, Washington, D.C., 2008.
To obtain copies of this report,Visit:
http://www.ed.gov/about/inits/ed/competitiveness/nsli/about.htmlOn request, this publication is available in alternate formats, such as Braille, large print, or computer diskette.For more information contact the Department’s Alternate Format Center 202-260-0852 or 202-260-0818.
 
Contents
List of Figures and Tables .......................................................iv
Introduction .................................................................
1
U.S. D
epartment of Education Programs
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5
Foreign Language Assistance Program
............................................. 6Teacher-to-Teacher Initiative. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8
Advancing America Through Foreign Language Partnerships
........................... 8
U.S. D
epartment of State Programs
..............................................11
Intensive Summer Language Institutes .............................................11
Fulbright Critical Language Enhancement Awards for U.S. Students Program
..............12Gilman Scholarships for Study Abroad. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 12NSLI-Youth ..................................................................12Intensive Summer Language Institutes for Teachers. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 13Fulbright Foreign Language Teaching Assistants .....................................13
Teachers of Critical Languages Program
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 13
U.S. Department of Defense Programs
...........................................15
The Language Flagship .........................................................15National Language Service Corps. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 16
Ofce of the Director of National Intelligence Progra
m .............................19
STARTALK ..................................................................19
Moving Ahead
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 23
Appendix 1. Map of NSLI Programs, by State: 2007
..................................24
Appendix 2. NSLI Programs, by State: 2007
........................................25
Appendix 3. NSLI Funding, by Agency: FY 2007 and 2008.
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 26
Appendix 4. Contacts and Program Links, by Agency
.................................2
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