MLS’s Professional Education and Training Division provides innovative language, cultural and area studies instruction for U.S. Government and private sector clients. Through our ongoing training initiatives, MLS has developed a reputation for excellence offering quality end-to-end solutions to meet challenging time-sensitive requirements.  

Targeted Training and Linguist Services

• Basic language acquisition, refresher and enhancement instruction
• Cultural awareness and language familiarization training
• Intensive Isomersion programs
• Professional instructor placement  
• Area and regional studies seminars
• In-country Immersion training
• Curriculum development in critical and less commonly taught languages
• Linguist and analyst support services
• Independent study materials in multimedia formats
• Role player and pre-deployment exercise support
• Professional development instructor training workshops in new teaching methodologies
• Web-based and VTC training
• Executive and employee language and culture courses for business abroad
• Country and regional study guides  
• English as a Second Language instruction
• Language needs assessment, consulting and testing

MLS conducts training both offsite and at its own multi-classroom facility in Maryland, equipped with language lab and international satellite television.

Selected Clients

U.S. Air Force
U.S. Army
U.S. Coast Guard
U.S. Marine Corps
U.S. Navy
U.S. Department of Defense
U.S. State Department
DLA Energy Korea
George C. Marshall Center - PLTC Europe
L-3 Communications

Mobile Training Team (MTT) Locations

Training provided at over 60 CONUS and OCONUS sites including:

Services available in additional locations.

Recent Highlights

-  Language and Culture Isomersion training for the U.S. Military in Persian Farsi, Chinese, Korean, Modern Standard Arabic, Iraqi Dialect, Russian, Spanish, Pashto, French and Tausug
-  Medical and Religious Cultural Awareness training onboard USNS Mercy in support of the humanitarian mission Pacific Partnership
- Joint military Role Players and Exercise Support and related cultural instruction
- Curriculum and Materials Development for 1-year pilot Iraqi Dialect Cross-Training program
- Pre-deployment Language Familiarization and Cultural Training in Pashto, Urdu, Somali, Swahili, Afrikaans and Romanian
- Linguist and Analyst services at CONUS and OCONUS site
- Maintenance and Enhancement Classes and Independent Study Materials based on contemporary authentic news resources in Turkmen, Uzbek, Georgian, Macedonian, Bosniac and Albanian Geg
- Basic Acquisition, Refresher and Enhancement Training in Dari, Balochi, Pashto, Urdu, Persian Farsi, Hindi, Swahili, Hausa, Tamasheq, Chinese, Korean, Vietnamese, Thai, Indonesian, Japanese, Haitian Creole, French, Uzbek, Serbo-Croatian, Russian, Spanish, Hebrew, Modern Standard Arabic, Iraqi Dialect, Levantine, Sudanese, Yemini, Moroccan and Algerian
- Spanish Interpreter Training focusing on mission-specific terminology and critical skills

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