[HERITAGE-LIST] Summer institute: Canadian Indigenous Languages & Literacy Development Institute

[Scott G. McGINNIS]

CILLDI 2007 (Edmonton, July 9-27, 2007)

The 8th annual Canadian Indigenous Languages and Literacy Development Institute (CILLDI) will be held at the University of Alberta, Edmonton, Alberta, Canada from July 9th through July 27th, 2007.  It is sponsored by the Faculties of Education, Arts, and Native Studies.  

Undergraduate and graduate students interested in learning an Indigenous language (Cree Immersion for Adult Beginners will be taught again this year) or gain expertise in the areas of linguistics, language and literacy acquisition, curriculum development, second language instruction, policy and planning and research are invited to join us.  Classes are scheduled in two 7 ½ day blocks: Block 1 (July 9-18) and Block 2 (July 18-27).  Students may only take one course per block (5 hours a day), for a maximum of two courses over the 3 weeks of the Institute.  The course offerings this year are as follows:

Block 1: 
LING 399 B1/599 B1- Comparative Athapaskan II: Sentence & Narrative Patterns
NS 280 B2- Cree Immersion for Adult Beginners
EDEL 395 B1- Introduction to Language and Literacy Development
LING 101 B2- Introduction to Linguistic Analysis for Indigenous Language Revitalization
EDES 401 B1/501 B1- Literacy and Drama in Aboriginal Language Education
EDEL 496 B2/595 B2- Sustaining Language and Culture through Traditional Knowledge and Practices

Block 2:
EDEL 496 B5/595 B6- Linguistic Diversity and Biodiversity
LING 205 B1- Practical Phonetics
EDEL 496 B1/595 B1- Second Language Acquisition: Teaching Indigenous Languages in an Immersion Context
LING 399 B2- The Structure of Cree through Immersion
LING 399 B3/599 B2- Techniques for Endangered Language Documentation and Teacher Resource Development

CILLDI also includes an Elders Cultural Program and children’s Cree Immersion day camp.  Tuition fees (in Canadian dollars) are:  Undergraduate - $592.64 (3 credits); Graduate - $648.48 (3 credits).  Additional costs include a $100 application fee, and housing and food in the university student residences at $30-50 per day (room), approx. $25 per day (food).  

For room reservations contact Guest Services, Lister Hall (780) 492-4281 or 1-800-615-4807.  For course information, contact CILLDI office at (780) 492-4188.  The CILLDI office can be reached by e-mail at cilldi at ualberta.ca , or visit our website on the Faculty of Education website at www.uofaweb.ualberta.ca/~cilldi