Episodes

  • DLIFLC Lingo - Getting to know DLIFLC - MLIs

    DLIFLC Lingo - Getting to know DLIFLC - MLIs
    Feb 27 2026
    Military Language instructors are a special breed. Bringing them together often involves raucous fun and joking. This episode of Getting to know DLIFLC is no different.
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    41 mins
  • DLIFLC Lingo - Getting to Know DLIFLC - Leadership

    DLIFLC Lingo - Getting to Know DLIFLC - Leadership
    Feb 27 2026
    There's been a lot of turnover in the front office over the last year. Here is your chance to get to know DLIFLC's newest command group in this conversational podcast that takes you from books vs movies to worst jobs, bell-bottoms and floppy disks.
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    51 mins
  • DLIFLC Lingo - Getting to know DLIFLC - Instructors

    DLIFLC Lingo - Getting to know DLIFLC - Instructors
    Feb 27 2026
    With 1,800 instructors who come from 93 different countries, DLIFLC can feel like working at the United Nations. This is your chance to get to know three of them in this episode of Getting to know DLIFLC.
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    50 mins
  • DLIFLC Lingo - Getting to know DLIFLC - Students

    DLIFLC Lingo - Getting to know DLIFLC - Students
    Feb 27 2026
    Much of the student experience here is shrouded in mystery, largely because of the unique nature of DLIFLC. Institutions that focus entirely on language are few and far between, let alone a military language institute that teaches to a high level of proficiency. The pace is rapid, the intensity high. For the vast majority of students, it's like nothing they've ever done before. In this podcast, we open up the window into four different students' lives. If you're a past, present or future student, or just curious about DLIFLC, you'll want to hear what they have to say.
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    44 mins
  • DLIFLC Lingo - A Hero's Journey, Instructor Edition - Seoul, Korea

    DLIFLC Lingo - A Hero's Journey, Instructor Edition - Seoul, Korea
    Feb 27 2026
    Curtis Powell is part of the 5% of instructors at DLIFLC who aren't native speakers. That means Curtis is so good at his second language that he can teach others to speak it at a high proficiency. From Maryland to Seoul, South Korea to DLIFLC, listen as Curtis tells his story.
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    14 mins
  • DLIFLC Lingo - A Hero's Journey, Instructor Edition - Shaanxi Province, China

    DLIFLC Lingo - A Hero's Journey, Instructor Edition - Shaanxi Province, China
    Feb 27 2026
    The effects of poverty on education are well-documented. But because education is one of the few ways out of poverty, it leads to a cycle that is difficult to break. For Edward Wang, a Chinese Mandarin instructor at DLIFLC, it was one he knew well, thanks to the extremely poor and rural area where he was born and raised. It was a cycle his mother was determined to break for her children.
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    14 mins
  • DLIFLC Lingo - A Hero's Journey, Instructor Edition - Madrid, Spain

    DLIFLC Lingo - A Hero's Journey, Instructor Edition - Madrid, Spain
    Feb 27 2026
    Sometimes learning a new language comes down to what motivates you. For Spanish instructor Lucia Artacho, it was, as she describes it, "dancy" music that helped her.
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    9 mins
  • DLIFLC Lingo - A Hero's Journey, Instructor Edition - Tehran, Iran

    DLIFLC Lingo - A Hero's Journey, Instructor Edition - Tehran, Iran
    Feb 27 2026
    There's an old Czech proverb that says, “Those who know many languages live as many lives as the languages they know." Our instructors embody that proverb, none more than Persian Farsi faculty Ali Ghassemi. Listen to his story in our final podcast of the series, "A Hero's Journey: Instructor Edition."
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    12 mins