Native speakers of critical languages are in high demand in the U.S. government. EHLS trains advanced English speakers to be effective communicators and strong candidates for federal jobs. The English for Heritage Language Speakers (EHLS) is only open to native speakers of languages selected by the program’s federal sponsor, the National Security Education Program (NSEP).

To be eligible for admission to the 2022 EHLS Program, you must meet all of the following criteria:

• Be a United States citizen
• Be a native speaker of one of the following languages: Arabic, Azerbaijani, Balochi, Bambara, Dari, Hausa, Hindi, Kazakh, Korean, Kurdish, Kyrgyz, Mandarin Chinese, Pashto, Persian Farsi, Punjabi, Russian, Somali, Tajik, Tamashek, Thai, Turkish, Urdu, Uzbek, or Vietnamese.
• Have native language skills at level 3 or higher on the Interagency Language Roundtable (ILR) scale
• Have English language skills at level 2 or higher on the ILR scale
• Be able to use Microsoft Office software (Word, PowerPoint) and use the Internet to conduct research
• Have completed university-level or equivalent professional education at the bachelor’s level
• Be able to commit to full-time daytime study for 6 months at Georgetown University in Washington, DC, followed by 2 months of part-time online study
• Be completely separated from any position with the U.S. government and any service in the U.S. military as of the date when instruction begins
• Agree to fulfill a one-year service commitment with the U.S. government

Applicants to the EHLS Program will be evaluated according to five selection criteria, aside from language and computer skills: language goals and motivation, cultural knowledge, research skills, professional adaptability, and compatibility with the federal workplace.

Learn more at www.ehlsprogram.org