Performing well on assessments like the Defense Language Proficiency Test can demonstrate your language skills and lead to professional advancement. Get ready for high-stakes exams with Assessment Objects from the NFLC. Assessment Objects consist of authentic audio or written passages in a target language, accompanied by three multiple-choice or constructed-response comprehension questions per passage. Each set of three passages takes about 45 minutes to complete. Detailed feedback explains why each answer choice is correct or incorrect to guide you to greater proficiency.

Thematic Units are sets of seven in-depth lessons on a common theme. Each lesson is based on an authentic audio, video, or written passage and takes about 60 minutes to complete. Lessons are sequenced to increase in difficulty and include comprehension, linguistic, and synthesizing activities. Support components include a transcript, a translation, cultural and linguistic notes, and a glossary.

Video Learning Objects explore language and culture through short segments from contemporary films and television dramas. Each lesson takes about 45 minutes to complete and includes comprehension, cultural, and linguistic activities in English. Support components include a transcript, a translation, cultural and linguistic notes, captions, and a glossary.

Compact Learning Objects are sets of five short lessons on a single topic. Each lesson is based on an authentic audio, video, or written passage and takes about ten minutes to complete. Lessons are sequenced to increase in difficulty. Support components include a transcript and translation with text-tracking options, cultural and linguistic notes, a glossary, and synchronous English and target-language captions for videos.