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DLIELC: Fighting through a pandemic
April 29, 2021 — The COVID-19 pandemic is having -- and continues to have -- a devastating effect on the world. It is a global struggle that has touched the livelihoods of many regardless of any factor that would usually be identified as a difference... MORE

Armed with a copy of the American Language Course text, a cadet participates in an online class facilitated by a Defense Language Institute English Language Center Virtual Training Team (VTT) in July 2020. VTTs were used in collaboration with the U.S. Army to provide English language training to some of the U.S. Army Echo Trainees. Since the start of this curriculum, VTTs have also been used with some of DLIELC’s international partners, like Uzbekistan.

DLIELC resumes mobile training teams after COVID-19 pause
October 13, 2020 — On March 19, the Department of State advised U.S. citizens to avoid all international travel due to the global impact of COVID-19. In response to the global health advisory, the closing of international borders and the cancellations of international flights, Defense Language Institute English Language Center personnel on outside contiguous United States mobile training teams, or MTTs, repatriated... MORE

The Defense Language Institute English Language Center is a world-renowned institution in the field of English Language Training with a mission is to teach, monitor and conduct the Defense English Language Program while providing a look into American culture.

DLIELC pilots virtual training team program with Puerto Rico
August 4, 2020 — To continue partner nation support across combatant commands and execute the global security cooperation mission amidst a global pandemic, the Defense Language Institute English Language Center piloted a one-week virtual training team program with Puerto Rico July 2020... MORE

The Defense Language Institute English Language Center hosts a group discussion between instructors and cadets during a class conducted over Zoom July, 2020. This Virtual Training Team initiative is in its piloting stage and may prove to provide U.S. partners across the globe a viable hybrid distance learning option.