CLITICS - Competent Linguists Training in Consultant Skills

Mary Pearce is organizing a global linguistics consultant development training event to be held 5-10 September 2019 in Chiang Mai, Thailand. There are 86 registered participants - looking forward to a great Linguistic party!

Purpose

Enhance the linguistics consulting skills of those who work in Bible translation and language development so that they are better equipped to facilitate high quality translations that are accurate, clear, and natural in the target (receptor) languages as well facilitating local communities and teams in their language development work.

Public Relations - Brochures for Funders - Click Here

• These three brochures are designed to explain to funders and our constituency the compelling need for linguistics in producing excellent Bible translation. Please take a look at these three brochures and email Tim Stirtz with your comments, revisions, feedback - and with any further stories that you would like to add to them
• Discourse Brochure / Grammar Brochure / Orthography Brochure
• Also included here are the Foundations for Translation PowerPoint from Mike Cahill - a long version and a short version for you to download.

Logistics Links

• CLITICS Information Folder
• Arrival information: What to bring, getting from the airport to the hotel and other logistics
• Churches: A detailed list of churches to attend in Chiangmai
• Brochure: List of presenters and other details of CLITICS
• Schedule
• Presentations: PowerPoints, handouts and other materials of all CLITICS presentations

Linguistics Presentations Links

• Small group assignments
• Small group questions
• Planning questionnaire: Can be completed to help prepare for mentoring sessions
• Panel Discussion Members

Consultant Skills Presentations Links

• Small group assignments
• Small group questions
• General consultant competencies

Consultant Practice Sessions Links

• Consultant practice assignments
• Consulting Scenarios
• Mentoring group assignments

Processing Links

• Announcements : Look here for any schedule changes or notices throughout the week
• Comments : Where you can make suggestions throughout the week to the CLITICS planning committee about what is going well and what should change
• Evaluation form: To be completed by each participant on the final day of CLITICS

Who To Talk To About

• Overall Coordination: Mary Pearce
• Linguistics topics: Tim Stirtz
• Biblical reflections: Mary Pearce
• Consultant skills: Linda Humnick
• Giving feedback on academic writing: John Clifton
• Consulting practice scenarios: Andreas Joswig and Kathleen Sackett
• Mentored growth plan review: your Area Linguistic Coordinator
• Logistics & Finance: Brian Migliazza & Gerri Archer

Linguistics Topics

• Helen Eaton (Linguistic checks) – Ensuring that vernacular materials have consistent writing and natural translation
• Inga McKendry (Discourse) – Teaching translation teams discourse grammar to improve the quality of translation
• Constance Kutsch Lojenga, Keith Snider (Orthography) – Training for orthographic development with participatory methods
• Oliver Kroeger, Joyce Wood, Tim Stirtz (Grammar) – Grammar books for language development teams
• René van den Berg (Lexicography) – Marrying lexicography and translation

Five-Minute Linguist

• Andreas Joswig - Dictionary Consulting and a Linguistics Activities Flowchart for Projects
• Muhammad Zaman - Implementation of the Sustainable Use Model in Pakistan
• Lynn Landweer - Sociolinguistics in Translation
• Josue Teme – Consultant training in Clusters
• Mike Rueck – Nigeria Discourse Importance for Translation Projects and Working with Funders
• Melanie Viljoen - Participatory Workshop for Training National Translators in Discourse Analysis
• Keith Snider - Tone Minimal Pairs
• Virginia Beavon Ham – Running a Linguistic Conference with a National University
• Ken Olson - Negative Questions
• Debbie Conwell - Pronouns

Training Content

There will also be presentations on updated software tools and other current topics

1. Interpersonal and professional skills related to the consulting process
   • Consulting Skills Overview: The Right Tools for the Right Time
   • Giving Feedback
   • Listening and coaching
   • Mentoring
   • Influencing
   • Cross-cultural considerations
   • Involvement in Strategic Planning
   • Additional topics TBD
2. Domain-specific technical content
   • Linguistic checks - Ensuring that vernacular materials have consistent writing and natural translation
   • Discourse - Teaching translation teams discourse grammar, and demonstrating how this improves the quality of translation
   • Orthography - Grammar training for orthographic development with participatory methods
   • Grammar - Grammar books for language development teams
   • Lexicography - Marrying lexicography and translation
3. Guided consultant practice
4. Integration of Christian values in our area of service
5. "Five-Minute Linguist" talks
   • Borrowing a tradition from the Linguistics Society of America, there will be several CLITICS participants giving 5-minute presentations to the entire group

Expected Participants

• Primary focus is those who are currently [or expected to become] consultants-in-training (CiT) in linguistics.
• The expected participants also include consultants and translation advisers / facilitators

Location - Chiangmai, Thailand

• Duangtawan Hotel
• 132 Loi Kroh Rd, Chiang Mai 50100, Thailand
• http://www.duangtawanhotelchiangmai.com/

Dates

• 05-10 September 2019
• arrive on Wed 4 Sep and
• depart on Wed 11 Sep

Costs that you will need to pay on your own

• Airfare - your location round-trip to Chiangmai
• Food - on the days before and after CLITICS
• Ground transportation - to/ from the airport to the hotel
• Hotel single room: about $50 per night
• Hotel double room (sharing): about $30 per person per night

Further Information

• Dr. Mary Pearce (SIL International Linguistics Co-ordinator) Mary_Pearce@sil.org - further information about the event
• Dr. Geraldine Archer Gerri_Archer@sil.org - for registration information
• Registration has closed on 01 July 2019. Registration form