ICLL'S FOCUS: "Helping The Language Learner Succeed"

Date: September 26-October 1, 2010 (Sunday evening - Friday noon!)
Location: Colorado Springs, Colorado, USA
Host: Mission Training International (MTI)

ICLL’S PURPOSE

To champion the cause of language and culture learning
To help each other pursue excellence in this field
To enhance the effectiveness of the coach/facilitator/teacher
To provide a network with others who carry similar responsibilities
To facilitate the promotion of regional programs, conferences, workshops

People with responsibility to supervise others in language learning often lack awareness of what is currently going on in this field. ICLL provides input, resources, and contacts.

ICLL’S ROLE

To put on-field language teachers, language school administrators and language supervisors in touch with each other and with academicians, pre-field trainers, personnel directors and agency executives, all committed to enhancing the quality of language learning and cultural integration for agency personnel. (At ICLL6 there were 91 delegates from 37 agencies.)

The high level of networking and inter-agency consultation that has taken place over the last 17 years is abundant evidence that the ICLL has fulfilled its role very well.

More agencies need to get in on this.

ICLL’S FORMAT

Focus on the Word, plenary addresses, concurrent sessions, small group discussions, 15-minute reports, peer interaction, networking, focus groups, personal consultations, etc.

POST-A-SESSION -- Time-slots are provided for spur-of-the-moment presentations, demonstrations, impromptu discussions, etc. Post-a-Sessions are becoming increasingly popular at ICLLs and we expect this to continue at ICLL7.

ICLL is primarily for:

• those who want to be at the cutting-edge of language and culture learning
• those charged with the responsibility to keep their organization’s personnel pressing on toward communicative competence in the language and culture.

CALL FOR PRESENTATIONS

We are looking for a great number of presenters, people who are willing to share what they have learned, what they are doing, what they have been working on, what they have been experiencing, etc.

If you are willing to share insights, lead a discussion, present some findings, develop a topic related to language or culture learning, please send the topic and a short description along with your name, agency, role, to dgradin@mti.org. Don’t be shy!

The Congress Focus is "Helping The Language Learner Succeed", but any topic related to language and culture learning will be considered.

Possible topics for discussion / presentation:

• Children/Family issues in language learning
• Adult-Learner issues in language learning
• Learning styles/Individual differences
• Learning disabilities
• The role of the Language Coach/Facilitator
• Coaching the independent learner
• Coaching intermediate and advanced learners
• Goal setting and accountability
• Helping learners who are stuck
• Helping coaches who are stuck
  
• Coaching the non-English speaking learner
• Language school issues
• Post-Language school learning
• Pronunciation and grammar issues
• Assessment of language proficiency
• Necessary life-style changes during language learning
• Membercare for language/culture learners
• Keeping physically fit during language learning
• Language learning games, techniques, methods
• Current technology and language learning
• Demos, Demos, Demos

Related Opportunities

Pre- and Post-Congress seminars or workshops are encouraged. Capitalize on the opportunity your group will have in being together here. MTI can provide information, but you will need to make your own arrangements.

An opportunity exists for ICLL participants to attend a Program in Language Acquisition Techniques (PILAT) after the conference. PILAT will be held, Oct. 4-15, 2010. This program will be offered on a space available basis.  If you are from an organization that sends participants to PILAT then you may attend the program for materials cost, room and board charges only ($677). If you are attending the PILAT for professional development or for replicating certain aspects of this program in your own agency then you will be charged the full PILAT rate ($1283).
Please contact Melissa at melissa@mti.org to make this special reservation.

Congress Planners

The congress planners come from a mix of agencies, language schools, colleges and cross-cultural training centers, all with considerable experience and expertise in the field of language learning and all strongly committed to enhance the quality of language and culture training.

ICLL7 Planning Committee: Mr. Dwight Gradin, Chairman; Dr. Elizabeth Brewster, Ms. Julie Chamberlain, Mr. Bill Davis, Dr. Lonna Dickerson, Dr. Manuel Gutierrez, Dr. Greg Holden, Ms. Ellen Jackson, Mrs. Brenda Noble, Ms. Carol Orwig, Dr. Herbert Purnell, Mr. Todd Schmidt, Dr. Steve Sweatman, Dr. Greg Thomson

Dates and Rates

September 26-October 1, 2010.

Registration check-in will be held from 3:00 p.m. to 5:30 p.m. on Sunday, September 26.
The Congress begins with Sunday dinner at 5:30 p.m. and concludes at Noon before lunch on Friday, October 1.

Payment in full required at registration.

For early arrivals or late departures, please contact the hotel for reservations (Please let them know that you are part of this conference):
Academy Best Western Hotel
8110 N. Academy Blvd, Colorado Springs, CO 80920
800-766-8524 or 719-598-5770
Shuttle is $5.00 each way - more information after registration

** Includes Sunday evening meal, 5 breakfasts, 4 lunches, daily breaks (all tips included). Mon-Thurs dinners on your own - Multiple Restaurants are within walking distance.

Cancellation Policy:
If cancellation occurs before August 15, $30 administration fee is non-refundable.
If cancellation occurs before September 12, $145 fee is non-refundable.
Total conference cost is non-refundable if cancellation occurs after September 13.

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COMMENTS FROM ICLL6

The Congress surpassed my expectations in the quality and variety of speakers and topics.

Good input as to how to begin the coach role in my organization.  A wide variety of thoughts and techniques on how to facilitate the language learning process.

Cross-pollination, opportunity to hear what’s working in other parts of the world, what struggles people are facing and how they’re overcoming these in their LL programs and applications.

Meeting people from other organizations and seeing how things are being done by different groups in various countries.

Exposure to LOTS of new ideas, practices, principles and people.  I feel very blessed to have been here.  I look forward to dialoging with others in my organization about things to implement.

I appreciated the wealth of information which will help me as I continue training national workers, both in pre-field language learning courses and ESL.  The Congress both affirmed me, as I was able to hear others working in similar ways, and challenged me, as I found ways to improve our program in order to better serve.

The Post-a-Sessions were perfect opportunities to hear from others, particularly those with experience but were not presenters.

Devotional times were worth the ‘price of admission’!  Bill Tell was a huge inspiration each morning.  (Note: Bill will have the devotional times again at ICLL7.)