School of Language Studies Foreign Service Institute

Hello sir would you please provide me information about School of Language Studies Foreign Service Institute

[Kiran Chandar]

The Foreign Service Institute (FSI) is the Federal Government's primary training institution for officers and support personnel of the U.S.

The Foreign Service Institute is organized like a university and consists of five schools:

The School of Language Studies
The School of Applied Information Technology
The School of Leadership and Management
The School of Professional and Area Studies

The School of Language Studies (FSI/SLS) offers instruction in more than 70 languages and proficiency testing in over 100 languages

Languages teaching over there

Amharic
Arabic
Bulgarian
Cambodian
Cantonese
Chinese
Chinyanja
Czech
Finnish
French
Fula
German
Greek
Hausa
Hebrew
Hindi
Hungarian
Igbo
Italian
Japanese
Kirundi
Kituba
Korean
Lao
Lingala
Luganda
Moré
Norwegian
Polish
Portuguese
Romanian
Russian
Serbo-Croatian
Shona
Sinhala
Spanish
Swahili
Swedish
Tagalog
Thai
Turkish
Twi
Vietnamese
Yoruba

Contact detail
Main Address and Phone Numbers

U.S. Department of State
2201 C Street NW
Washington, DC 20520

Main Switchboard
202-647-4000
TTY:1-800-877-8339 (Federal Relay Service)

Public Communication Division
PA/PL, Rm. 2206
U.S. Department of State
2201 C Street NW
Washington, D.C. 20520
202-647-6575

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Can you tell me about the School of Language Studies of Foreign Service Institute as I want to take admission in it?

[Arun Vats]

The School of Language Studies is one of the Schools of Foreign Service Institute. The Foreign Service Institute (FSI) is the Federal Government's primary training institution for officers and support personnel of the U.S. foreign affairs community, preparing American diplomats and other professionals to advance U.S. foreign affairs interests overseas and in Washington.

School of Language Studies Foreign Service Institute

The School of Language Studies (FSI/SLS) offers courses in more than 70 languages and proficiency testing in over 100 languages.

Courses are of 8–44 weeks, depending on the difficulty of the language and the individual's proficiency objectives.

The Foreign Service Institute's School of Language Studies also maintains a network of language field schools in Taipei, Yokohama, Seoul, and other regional programs in the Middle East, North Africa, and Asia where a further 44 weeks of instruction is offered overseas in Mandarin Chinese, Japanese, Korean, and Arabic.

Programs and courses of study also include self-study, early morning classes and distance learning courses.

Other Schools under Foreign Service Institute

The School of Professional and Area Studies (FSI/SPAS) offers training in foreign affairs specialties, such as consular, management tradecraft, political and economic affairs, public diplomacy, curriculum and staff development, office management, and orientation programs.

It also offers guidance on the socio-cultural patterns, politics, economics, and international relations of world regions and individual countries.

The School of Applied Information Technology (FSI/SAIT) is divided into 4 broad generalities:
Training to improve the business application skills of all employees,
Training in the technologies employed across the Department of State for IT professionals,
IRM tradecraft courses that provide IT managers with broad IT management skills Training for new Information Management Specialists and Information Management Technical Specialists to prepare them for initial overseas employment with the Department.

The Transition Center (FSI/TC) prepares employees and their family for effectiveness in the foreign affairs community throughout, and after, their careers.

The Transition Center provides: insights and information on all domestic and overseas posts; workshops and courses on Foreign Service life skills and security training; and training, counseling, and other assistance for Department of State and foreign affairs employees from other agencies leaving U.S. Government service.

The Office of the Executive Director for Management (FSI/EX) is responsible for the management and operation functions in support of training programs.

Contact Detail:
Foreign Service Institute
4000 Arlington Boulevard, Arlington,
VA, United States ‎

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