Author: United States. Congress. Senate. Committee on Foreign Relations
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Category : Diplomatic and consular service, American
Languages : en
Pages : 98

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Author: United States. Congress. Senate. Committee on Foreign Relations. Subcommittee on State Department Organization and Public Affairs
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Category : Diplomatic and consular service, American
Languages : en
Pages : 100

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Considers (85) S. 3552, (86) S. 1243.

Author: United States. Congress. Senate. Committee on Foreign Relations. Subcommittee on State Department Organization and Public Affairs
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Category : Diplomatic and consular service, American
Languages : en
Pages : 92

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Considers (85) S. 3552, (86) S. 1243.

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Languages : en
Pages : 92

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Author: Teresa Fava Thomas
Publisher: Anthem Press
ISBN: 178308510X
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 266

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This book examines the careers of 53 area experts in the US State Department’s Middle East bureau during the Cold War. Known as Arabists or Middle East hands, they were very different in background, education, and policy outlook from their predecessors, the Orientalists. A highly competitive selection process and rigorous training shaped them into a small corps of diplomatic professionals with top-notch linguistic and political reporting skills. Case studies shed light on Washington’s perceptions of Israel and the Arab world, as well as how American leaders came to regard (and often disregard) the advice of their own expert advisors. This study focuses on their transformative role in Middle East diplomacy from the Eisenhower through the Ford administrations.

Author: United States. Congress. Senate. Committee on Foreign Relations
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Category : United States
Languages : en
Pages : 1460

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Author: United States Civil Service Commission. Library
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Category : Civil service
Languages : en
Pages : 74

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Author: United States. Department of State. Library Division
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Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 382

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Author: United States. Congress. Senate. Committee on Government Operations
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Category : Government publications
Languages : en
Pages : 448

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Author: National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine
Publisher: National Academies Press
ISBN: 0309675480
Category : Education
Languages : en
Pages : 113

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The United States is formally represented around the world by approximately 14,000 Foreign Service officers and other personnel in the U.S. Department of State. Roughly one-third of them are required to be proficient in the local languages of the countries to which they are posted. To achieve this language proficiency for its staff, the State Department's Foreign Service Institute (FSI) provides intensive language instruction and assesses the proficiency of personnel before they are posted to a foreign country. The requirement for language proficiency is established in law and is incorporated in personnel decisions related to job placement, promotion, retention, and pay. A Principled Approach to Language Assessment: Considerations for the U.S. Foreign Service Institute evaluates the different approaches that exist to assess foreign language proficiency that FSI could potentially use. This report considers the key assessment approaches in the research literature that are appropriate for language testing, including, but not limited to, assessments that use task-based or performance-based approaches, adaptive online test administration, and portfolios.