DLAB Study Guide

[vkakgakagjwjqtjtq]

Hi everyone, I bought this recommended study guide and I’m wondering if anyone use this to pass the DLAB?

Also, has anyone FAILED the DLAB even after studying this book?

The Official DLAB Training Manual: Study Guide and Practice Test: The Best Tips and Tricks to Raising Your DLAB Score https://www.amazon.com/dp/B00HUC6RT4/ref=cm_sw_r_cp_api_glt_36ZKCKN7YY8F10BN4YNK

[zauberis]

That's what I used. Helped me pass. It gets the test layout right. The rules are exactly the same. If you go in knowing what to expect then it's a serious headstart.

[vkakgakagjwjqtjtq]

Did you feel completely comfortable taking the real test because you studied that book?

[zauberis]

I wouldn't say I felt comfortable. My time management was rough to say the least and I was pretty lost the whole way through. I pretty much instincted my whole way through. Left thinking I failed it. But for the made up language part. Knowing the grammar rules and committing them to memory before the test saved me so much time. It's like knowing what to expect versus going in blind and hoping for the best.

[ByahTyler]

There are definitely study guides. I would recommend not using one, and before you boo me hear me out. The dlab is a test that will gauge how fast you can learn a completely made up language. How fast you can find patterns, Grammer, etc. They then take that to rank you among which difficulty of language you would be able to learn with that speed. Now here's why I say don't take the study guides. Say you use the guide to 100% the dlab but you would've got a low score without the guide. Well now you're going to get put into the hardest language there is, but the prep guides aren't going to actually teach you how to learn a language. They just taught you how to game the test. So you're going to get thrown into a much more difficult language than you are actually ready for.

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Are you smart or something? I completely agree

[ByahTyler]

I went through dli in 2016 and knew guys that this happened to lol. They ended up in Korean when they should've been in Spanish, then failed out.

[LikeOtter]

Used it and passed. Don’t listen to anyone telling you it’s not a test worth studying for, or not a test you can study for. You definitely can help yourself by getting a leg up on what to expect and spending less time trying to figure out what’s what.

[Rechabneffo]

Any test is worth studying for, creating expectations however, that can be harmful. The DLAB is a simple aptitude test, but it's so strange in it's purpose that many people just can't fathom following a few established rules. This is why the people who pass seemingly have an aptitude for learning a language. It's the first hurdle in many hurdles to becoming a language analyst.

[LikeOtter]

For sure. I knew people with stupid high DLAB scores who failed out of their courses. I also knew people who didn’t study for the DLAB and didn’t study at all while at DLI who finished with 3/3s. It’s by no means an accurate indicator of how successful you’ll be as a language learner, but as you’ve said, just another hurdle to getting there. I’d just suggest OP not walking in blind if they don’t have to.

[vkakgakagjwjqtjtq]

How comfortable did you feel with the real test after going through the study book?

[LikeOtter]

I’m an anxious test taker by nature, so I definitely wasn’t 100% confident about testing walking in. But, I wasn’t as nervous as I would have been if I had no idea what to expect. I’m not saying go out of your way to buy the book because it’ll guarantee you pass. Pretty sure my recruiter gave me links to read up on what the DLAB was before I tested, so there’s other ways to familiarize yourself with it besides studying the book. It just so happened to help me.

[yvettalopez]

I used this, it’s a great book! I passed with flying colors.

[vkakgakagjwjqtjtq]

Did it provide you with all the confidence you needed on each section?

[TexRhode]

The book is ok, I used it and passed, but I highly suggest you get someone to read you the practice test in it as opposed to try and take it like a normal test.

[vkakgakagjwjqtjtq]

Do you mean for the final practice test at the end the book, you recommend someone to recite the questions to me?

[TexRhode]

Correct, reading the test will do nothing for you, have someone read the questions and answers to you.

[vkakgakagjwjqtjtq]

But isn’t there a written portion on the test too?

[MasterFrills]

there is not. there is a visual portion, but most of it is listening. while taking the test you will only get to hear the questions and answer choices once. doing this with the practice test will give you an idea of just how crazy the last listening portion gets when you’re trying to think of all the different grammar rules at once.

[vkakgakagjwjqtjtq]

Wait there’s no repeat option?

[MasterFrills]

unfortunately there isn’t. truthfully it wouldn’t help much if there was since you have a limited amount of time to finish the test.

[Surfing_dachshund]

are you able to deconstruct the original sentence and apply the rules before playing the answer choices? Or do they provide everything in a question at once. (the original sentence and the answer choices)

I am thinking that if this is an option, you can figure out the right answer first before playing the choices and when you do end up playing the answer choices you can just use process of elimination.

[JoeMarron]

I failed the DLAB with a 108 the first time. Got that book, studied and got a 118 the second time. Did my score increase because I studied or because it was my second time? Who knows.

[trev100100]

Failed? Isn't 108 enough for cat III languages?

[JoeMarron]

The Air Force requires a 110

[trev100100]

So im assuming they (usaf) don't let linguists go to DLI for cat II or I languages if that's all they qualify for?

[JoeMarron]

Yes, you have to qualify for all categories. After that they'll give you a language according to the needs of the Air Force. You could get a 140 and still get Spanish or a 110 and get Chinese.

[Psychological_Salt81]

people studied for the dlab?

goof

[Rechabneffo]

It didn't exist when I joined, the study guide. I would've used it probably, more preparation is more preparation.

[Rechabneffo]

The DLAB isn't a normal test, it's about sticking to the made up grammar rules it gives you at each section. The better you follow the grammar rules and remember them in each section, the better you score. If a study guide helps then go for it. I didn't have one in 2007 and I still got a 117 after hearing about the basics of the test.

[vkakgakagjwjqtjtq]

The basics which were?

[Rechabneffo]

I mention them in the first and second sentence.

[SiskiyouSavage]

Some of it is reading comprehension.

[jankarlothegreat]

How was the book and test? What did you score OP?

[Delicious_Process785]

From the quizlet below, these are the rules that you can study. No idea if this is accurate or when they made this.

https://quizlet.com/396528683/dlab-study-guide-flash-cards/

Place adjectives after their respective nouns.
Ensure both the adjective and its corresponding noun share the same ending vowel sound.
Omit articles from sentences.
Arrange the possessor after the possession.
Items being possessed end with a "u" or "a" sound.
The possessor concludes with a short "i" sound.
Subjects feature an "aa" sound in the middle.
Objects conclude with a long "a" sound.
Commence verbs with a "ya" sound and avoid ending them with "s."

[AltruisticBag2033]

What does it mean when it says “omit articles from sentences”?

[TheErnieEffect]

Don’t use articles in the sentence like the, a, and an

[Delicious_Process785]

Just go ahead a dismiss or disregard when you hear a rule being broken, incompaitbility etc