Conexión 10/40 offers an English Immersion Experience for Latin American missionaries en route to the mission field or returning to Latin America for their furlough assignment. This Immersion experience requires that the missionary have a valid U.S. visa, either tourist or transit. This is not a formal program, but instead a practical guide to help the missionary the following aspects of their training and improvement:

 

 

 

This proven process of Second Language Acquisition and Language Coaching is adapted to the Latin American worldview. The process of language learning students will be applied to what they learn while practicing English. Upon reaching their target country students will be equipped to learn the language of the unreached people group as well as coach other new language learners in the process.  Students will become increasingly more independent in their language learning. Mentoring and coaching are modeled as part of this student-driven language learning program.

 

Our Director has taught ESL for more than 25 years, has studied Japanese, Spanish, Bengali, and Hindi while living in Japan, Costa Rica, Argentina, and India. She has her undergraduate degree in Education from the University of Tennessee and a Master's in Applied Linguistics from the University of Georgia.

 

Cross-Cultural Immersion: conflict resolution, stress, and culture shock, etc.  Don't just hear about it...live it!

Church Planting Methods and Strategy Development: how to engage an unreached people group, church planting movements

Ministry among 10/40 Window Peoples: there are more than 100 countries represented within a 25 mile radius of the Training Center!

 

On-Going                    Atlanta, Georgia

 

January 15-30, 2012    South Asia

February 4-8, 2012      Bogota, Colombia

March 18-28               Valencia, Venezuela

April 11-18                 San Pedro Sula, Honduras