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NAVADMIN 084/03
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SUBJ/PHILIPPINES LANGUAGE PROFICIENCY//
RMKS/1.  WE NEED TO IDENTIFY PEOPLE HAVING SOME PROFICIENCY IN
PHILIPPINES DIALECTS AND LANGUAGES (OTHER THAN TAGALOG).
2.  REQUEST YOU INTERVIEW EVERYONE WITH TAGALOG LANGUAGE SKILLS TO
DETERMINE PROFICIENCY IN OTHER PHILIPPINES LANGUAGES SUCH AS:
BICOLANO, CEBUANO, CHAVACANO, HILIGAYNON, IBANAG, ILOCANO,
MAGINDANAON, MARANAO, PAMPANGAN, PANGASINAN, TAUSUG, VISAYAN (ALSO
KNOWN AS BISAYAN), WARAY-WARAY, AND YAKAN.  PROVIDE A SELF-APPRAISAL
ASSESSMENT OF EVERYONE CLAIMING SOME ABILITY IN ANY OF THOSE
LANGUAGES FOR LISTENING, READING, SPEAKING, AND WRITING USING THE
FOLLOWING LANGUAGE LEVEL CODES:
00 - NO PRACTICAL UNDERSTANDING
06 - MEMORIZED PROFICIENCY PLUS.  SUFFICIENT COMPREHENSION TO



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UNDERSTAND A NUMBER OF MEMORIZED ITEMS TO MEET IMMEDIATE NEEDS.
10 -  ELEMENTARY PROFICIENCY.  SUFFICIENT COMPREHENSION TO UNDERSTAND
UTTERANCES ABOUT BASIC SURVIVAL NEEDS AND A MINIMUM OF COURTESY AND
TRAVEL REQUIREMENTS.
16 - ELEMENTARY PROFICIENCY PLUS.  SUFFICIENT COMPREHENSION TO
UNDERSTAND SHORT CONVERSATIONS ABOUT ALL SURVIVAL NEEDS AND LIMITED
SOCIAL DEMANDS.
20 -  LIMITED WORKING PROFICIENCY.  SUFFICIENT COMPREHENSION TO
UNDERSTAND CONVERSATIONS ON ROUTINE SOCIAL DEMANDS AND LIMITED JOB
REQUIREMENTS.
26 - LIMITED WORKING PROFICIENCY PLUS.  SUFFICIENT COMPREHENSION TO
UNDERSTAND MOST ROUTINE SOCIAL DEMANDS AND MOST CONVERSATION ON WORK
REQUIREMENTS AS WELL AS SOME DISCUSSION ON TOPICS RELATED TO
PARTICULAR INTERESTS AND SPECIAL FIELDS OF COMPETENCE.
30 - GENERAL PROFESSIONAL PROFICIENCY.  ABLE TO UNDERSTAND THE
ESSENTIALS OF ALL SPEECH IN A STANDARD DIALECT INCLUDING TECHNICAL
DISCUSSIONS WITHIN A SPECIAL FIELD.
36 - GENERAL PROFESSIONAL PLUS.  COMPREHENDS MOST OF THE CONTENT
AND INTENT OF A VARIETY OF FORMS AND STYLES OF SPEECH PERTINENT TO
PROFESSIONAL NEEDS.



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40 - ADVANCED PROFESSIONAL PROFICIENCY.  ABLE TO UNDERSTAND ALL
FORMS AND STYLES OF SPEECH PERTINENT TO PROFESSIONAL NEEDS.  ABLE TO
UNDERSTAND FULLY ALL SPEECH WITH EXTENSIVE AND PRECISE VOCABULARY.
3.  FORWARD DATA BY MESSAGE TO CNO WASHINGTON DC/N1/N12/N13F AND INFO
COMNAVPERSCOM MILLINGTON TN/PERS312G.  USE THE FOLLOWING FORMAT:
NAME/SSN/LANGUAGE DIALECT/LISTENING SKILL/READING SKILL/SPEAKING
SKILL/WRITING SKILL/CMD CONTACT NO.
FOR EXAMPLE, DATA ENTRY FOR JOHN DOE WITH LANGUAGE:
JOHN W. DOE/123-45-6789/CHAVACANO/30/30/40/40/(789) 654-3210
4.  POC IS CTICM(AW/NAC) ABBEY, N13F, (703) 695-3058/DSN 225 OR
EMAIL:  NXAG_N13F1@NAVY.MIL.
5.  RELEASED BY VADM G. L. HOEWING, N1.//
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