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The Czech Professional Development Program Extension Course (PDPEC) on Czechoslovak Tank Troops is designed to improve the Czech language skills of U.S. military personnel. Emphasis is placed on proper tactical interrogation questioning techniques. The course is designed to be self-instructional and self-paced, although it is equally suitable for classrook use.
The course has two objectives:
- to reinforce and to improve skills in comprehending, speak-ing, and reading the Czech language, with an emphasis on military terminology and concepts.
- to develop the ability to use Czech to obtain infor...
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This is the first in a series of 22 volumes comprising the Czech Basic Course, developed and implemented at the Defense Language Institute, Foreign Language Center. The i course is designed to give native English language speakers proficiency in understanding, speaking, reading and writing Czech in the Institute's intensive programs.
This volume is part of the Czech Basic Course that has been developed at the Defense Language Institute, Foreign Language Center, to train native English language speakers to Level 3 proficiency in understanding, speaking, reading, and writing Czech in the Institute's intensive p...
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The Czech Professional Development Program Extension Course on Czech Motorized Rifle Troops is designed to improve the Czech language skills of U.S. military personnel. Emphasis is placed on proper tactical interrogation questioning techniques. The course is designed to be self-instructional and self-paced, although it is equally suitable for classroom use.
The course has two objectives:
- to reinforce and to improve skills in,comprehending, speaking, and reading the Czech language, with an emphasis on military terminology and concepts to develop the ability to use Czech to obtain information of tactic...
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There are 10 lessons in the Czech Artillery Course. Each of the lessons is based on a narrative and a segment of a simulated interrogation of a fictitious Czech artillery troops officer captured by U.S. forces in a fictitious armed conflict in Europe.
This fictitious officer, Lieutenant Vlach, is a dissident in deep conflict with the political situation in Czechoslovakia. He also disagrees with the Soviet Union's domineering policies dictating the stand Czechoslovakia is to take in economic, political, and military matters. Lieutenant Vlach has been characterized like this solely to maintain an ongoing dialog...
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This module entitled Composition: Weapons and Equipment (CWE) deals with that part of the interrogation during which the inter-rogator questions the source about the types, numbers, distribution, and characteristics of the weapons and equipment utilized by the units within the source's area of knowledgeability. It consists of three lessons CWE-1, 2,and 3 At the end of this lesson, you will be able to obtain whatever information is known to the source about the weapons and equipment used within the CPA. You should be able to do this speaking with confidence, with 100 percent listening accuracy, and without loss of time for ...
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This Czech language course was developed by the Defense Language Institute, Foreign Language Center (DLI). The responsibilities of DLI extend beyond resident training; they include technical control of all foreign language training worldwide by the Department of Defense (DoD). As part of this non-resident responsibility, DLI provides courses that allow DLI graduates to maintain and enhance their language skills in the field. This course was designed to fulfill that responsibility. This course is intended for all DoD military and civilian linguists, regardless of occupational specialty. It can be used in a variety of option...
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