Are there sponsorships e.g air fare for those outside the United States since I live in Kenya and would be interested.Thanks & good day,
  Ochieng M.K.

"Wrigley, Heide" <heide at literacywork.com> wrote:
                Hi, all 
   
  Several of you had written me personally to ask about costs for the LESLLA conference in Antwerp, Belgium in October. 
   
  Here is the note that I got back from Ineke van de Craats, the Dutch professor who is organizing LESLLA in Antwerp. 
   
  The conference fees are 150 euro for three days including 3 lunches,
  1 dinner, drinks.
  We currently work on a list of suitable hotels. The prices for a single room vary a lot, but one can get a single room for 80-120 euros. Does this help a bit?
  More information for the website will be available in the middle of June.
   
  Best,
  Ineke
   
   
      From: professionaldevelopment-bounces at nifl.gov [mailto:professionaldevelopment-bounces at nifl.gov] On Behalf Of Wrigley, Heide
Sent: Wednesday, May 28, 2008 3:35 AM
To: The Adult Literacy Professional Development Discussion List
Subject: [ProfessionalDevelopment 2149] call for papers to present inAntwerp Belgium


   
  Hello, friends and colleagues, 
   
  I wanted to encourage those doing literacy work to check out a new association of educators and researchers from different countries, all working with migrants/immigrants with few years of education in the home country and learning the language of the settlement country. We are a very loose association called LESLLA. LESLLA started in 2005 in Tilburg, in the Netherlands, and the next international conference will be this October in Antwerp, Belgium. 
  Here is the link to the LESLLA site.
   
   
  http://www.leslla.org/default.htm
   
   
  The LESLLA conferences (one in the Netherlands, then in the States, and in the UK) have had presenters engaged in second language literacy work in Holland, Belgium, Germany, the UK, Morocco, Australia, East Timor, and the US, and we are hoping to have an even wider range this year. All in all, it's still a fairly small conference with lots of time to interact and share ideas around common concerns and interests. Anyone involved or interested in the intersection of adult literacy, second language acquisition and socio-cultural issues would benefit (and have a grand old time). 
   
  We are hoping that if you work with migrants, immigrants, refugees or asylum seekers who struggle with literacy both in the primary language and the second (or third etc) language, you will consider sending a proposal for a presentation - you could also suggest a panel or round table you may want to be part of. 
   
  If you have worked with ESL or L1 literacy teachers and have insights to share into what the opportunities and challenges are in helping teachers connect with students who struggle with literacy in any language, we would love to hear from you.  
   
   
  Below is the link for the call for papers. 
   
   
  http://www.leslla.org/workshops.htm
   
  But of course, you might consider just attending the conference as well. 
   
  Hoping to hear about lots of interesting work  
   
  Heide Spruck Wrigley 
   
   
  Heide Spruck Wrigley
  Senior Researcher
  Literacywork International 
  Mesilla, New Mexico 
   
   
   

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