I might be freaking out a little. I mean, for good reason, but still.
I leave for basic training in 76 days. but this next thursday, I have to jump yet another hurdle just to get there.. the defense language aptitude battery (dlab) test.
this test measures a persons ability to learn a foreign language, and is essential for my job. the lowest passing score is an 85, and that qualifies you to learn a level one language.. like french, spanish, or portuguese. a 90 will get you a level two language, german, a level three (95) will get you belorussian, czech, greek, hebrew, serbian, vietnamese, etc, and a level four (100) will get you arabic, chinese, japanese, korean, etc.
anyways, I would really like to score highly. I did well on my asvab, usually test well, am quite familiar with English grammar rules, and usually do alright with picking up little bits of languages here and there, but I’m still incredibly nervous. but I’m quite excited to learn a language at the Defense Language Institute.. their program is the best in the US.
*crosses fingers* here’s to hoping I do well next thursday. I’ll let you know as soon as I find out, kay? in the meantime, pray for me?
ohhhh my language is level 3. czech is a mother. “ano” means yes and is often shortened to just “no”. also czech has 7 cases but only three tenses. know what a case is? i didn’t before this year…
only good thing is czech is completly phonetic you always pronounce the letters the same way, unlike english.
good luck. maybe if you get a slavic language you can help me out. peace.
haha, you sound awful proud your language is a level 3.. (:
thought you weren’t staying in czech though?
shhhh. the decision isn’t for another few weeks silly. i don’t want people getting wrong idea. plus i am becoming content here. read my most recent entry on my blog. peace.
haha, my bad p.
read it, and was surprised at your positive thinking. though more power to you, sir.