Just-in-Time SLA Program

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Just-in-Time SLA Program Overview

Program Goals

In the Just-in-Time (JIT) SLA program, our primary goal is to equip you and coach you along to become a more efficient and effective learner of your new language regardless of the learning method — attending a language school, working with a tutor, independent learning, or a combination of approaches. We want to empower you through understanding the basics of language learning, instructing you in pronunciation, and giving you skills to plan your own learning for the long-haul. 

                                                                              

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Audience

JIT SLA is designed for beginning language learners who are planning to serve more than a year or two in a cross-cultural setting. What's distinct about this program is that it takes learners through a learning progression throughout their first year of language learning, setting a firm foundation for living, working, and ministering overseas for long term. 

Program Format

Our online Just-in-Time SLA program begins with any of our online Second Language Acquisition courses (the learner can choose between SLA for Beginning Learners, SLA for Continuing Learners, or Introduction to Language Learning) (Phase 1), followed by coaching from the director of ICCT while engaged in on-field learning (Phase 2), and finally, additional online learning modules to set the learner up for continued proficiency improvement throughout their language learning time in the future (Phase 3). The three phases span about one to one and a half years.

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“I feel like my toolbox is full of all sorts of tools to pull out and use."

-former SLA participant