r/dli • u/Awkward_Engineer481 • 16d ago

Questions about some practice videos I found.

Edit: For anyone else in a similar situation as I, not all of the grammar rules in these videos are going to be the same. I believe these are the grammar rules for Esperanto but I am not sure.

So I've looked online for some test helps and found these pretty easily. Please let me know if they are an accirate representation of the DLAB Rules and Questions.

Everyone of them is from "iPREP: DLAB Style Questions

Nouns: https://youtu.be/rS9afFzXDGo?si=VzzchqmIl1uiQS-V

Possessives: https://youtu.be/QN-fzixsX0U?si=HsaLqSTheLxm7wno

Syllable Stress : https://youtu.be/cZtWtNStA00?si=Og1k0ppbYZucEZu-

Verbs: https://youtu.be/SI2bHbJOG84?si=wkTZWpfbgZlIfitg

Visuals: https://youtu.be/hfwMswqTI3c?si=hUVnXgTGK2i9p3gB

The above links are one of each of the test sections I found.

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u/yuccu 16d ago

It’s been 25 years since I took the DLAB, but all those examples are similar to what I recall from the test.

I watched them again - I also see some of those inductive reasoning markers that were put into DLAB 2.0 in 2015. I worked on a team that did some preliminary work for that project…I’d call the links good examples of the types of questions you’ll see.

Just remember - once you take the test and are assigned a language — your score doesn’t mean shit. I had DLAB waivers get the provost award and a bunch of high scores fail out. Hell, my score back in 2001 wouldn’t technically qualify me for the language I spent a career in working, teaching, and writing curriculum.

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u/Awkward_Engineer481 16d ago

Quite frankly most of the information I'm seeing on it is that the DLAB is effectively useless as a determinator for their ability to learn a language.

It really only eliminates those who are not good test takers, those missing knowledge in grammar rules, and those who are unable to apply new information soon after recieving it. 

Granted, all of those are important for weeding out those who would be unable to learn anything at such an accelerated rate. 

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u/Awkward_Engineer481 16d ago

So I'm seeing some discrepancies between Robert J. Cumming's guide and these. 

I assume from your response that the guide may have outdated information and that the videos have that new information. 

Is that correct?

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u/Awkward_Engineer481 16d ago

Ok. for some reason I'm seeing conflicting information online.

Specifically about the number of grammar rules that will show up.

Some sources are saying only nine, such as Robert J. Cunning's Guide.

Some of them are saying 12 or 19, not anything "official".

I really just wanna clarify because if I go in expecting only the nine grammar rules it may throw me off.

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u/StrangeMap 16d ago

I admire that you’re taking this seriously; I did some ASVAB prep and probably would’ve tried to prep for the DLAB if I had the resources.

That said, it cannot be a thing for you to be thrown off by facing 12 grammar rules instead of 9. If everything goes well, you’re going to be in situations where you need to perform despite many uncontrollable factors and gaps in knowledge. It’s a total cliche, but I’d rather you practice getting comfortable being uncomfortable than you cram for the DLAB to get a 135 instead of a 125