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Course Objectives

• Presentation of 160 hours of quality Afghan instruction over a 30-day period.
• Distribution of classroom instruction over 20, eight-hour class days.
• Acquisition of a Survival Level comprehension in listening and speaking (0+ on the ILR Proficiency Scale. For more information about proficiency ratings please visit www.ilr.gov).
• Introduction of military specific vocabulary throughout the course.
• Exposure to approximately 1200 vocabulary items with a working knowledge of 500-700 words, depending on individual ability.
• Comprehension of numbers 0-10,000, including script recognition (numerals only). Usage of ordinals, decimals, and percentages.
• Ability to tell time in Afghan and have a familiarity with basic fractions.
• Presentations of simple military scenarios, prepared either in or outside of class, in Afghan.
• Understanding of English and Afghan grammatical concepts such as nouns, verbs, pronouns, sentence subject and object, preposition, syntax and sentence structure.
• Conversation on general subjects such as job, weather, family, and personal background.
• Giving and receiving of directions in Afghan.