How do you schedule a DLPT exam? Also is there a DLPT for Kirghiz / Kyrgyz?

SPC Private RallyPoint Member — Sun, 23 Jan 2022 17:29:45 -0500

How do I schedule a DLPT?

I am thinking of studying a language in order to get the Foreign Language Proficiency Bonus. The latest Strategic Language List I could find (dated 13 November 2019) mentions Kirghiz as an "Emerging Language Authorized for all PMOS/Branches.

However, I cannot find any documentation on how to schedule and take a DLPT, once I have learned a language. The documentation regarding Kirghiz language proficiency is even more limited. My fear of that I will take the time to study something and then be unable to capitalize on my success.

Can anyone provide insight, documentation or at least some advice on how to schedule a DLPT once proficiency in a language? Offhandedly if anyone knows if there is even a test for Kirghiz I would like to know that as well. Thanks!!

Response by SFC Ralph E Kelley made Jan 23 at 2022 6:11 PM

SFC Ralph E Kelley — Sun, 23 Jan 2022 18:11:18 -0500

I took the one for German in the early 1980s, I went thru the BN Training NCO.
Probably not the same today.

Response by SSgt Thomas L. made Jan 24 at 2022 5:09 PM

SSgt Thomas L. — Mon, 24 Jan 2022 17:09:53 -0500

For a FLPB you need to talk to personnel. https://www.hrc.army.mil/content/Foreign%20Language%20Proficiency%20Bonus

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Response by SSgt Thomas L. made Jan 25 at 2022 12:53 PM

SSgt Thomas L. — Tue, 25 Jan 2022 12:53:34 -0500

So I think I misread this at first. Are you planning on learning Kyrgyz or do you already speak it? I'm sure there's an incentive for Kyrgyz speakers, given we have a base in Kyrgyzstan. However would you be learning it just so you can get the language bonus?

Response by SFC Private RallyPoint Member made Jan 25 at 2022 1:08 PM

SFC Private RallyPoint Member — Tue, 25 Jan 2022 13:08:18 -0500

DLPTs are scheduled at a military education and testing center, it's a DOD test so you can take it at any branch education center.

You aren't going to get paid for a language unless you're a 2/2 speaker and reader, that means you are functionally fluent in the language. To give you an idea of what that means, people who attend the Defense Language School for a year, eight hours a day, fully immersed in the language with no English spoken in the classroom, are only expected to reach a 2/2 after 12-15 months in the course. Studying an obscure language for 1-2 years might not be worth the investment in time