Those in the Middle Eastern program, most fresh out of basic training, spend 63 intense weeks learning Arabic while maintaining military discipline. They are given proficiency awards as they advance.

Digital imperialism: Nasser grew up in Beirut, where he first studied computers and programming. Computers were, at their earliest, an innovation in the English-language world, so in a subtly ...

This summer, they will participate in the Spark program, CLS’ new online intensive language learning program designed for beginners in Arabic, Chinese and Russian.

They had just spent the last couple of weeks learning Chinese, Arabic and Russian at the STARTALK program hosted by Virginia Beach Public Schools.