CLLI stands for the Caribbean Language and Linguistics Institute.  The Institute's focus is on learning Caribbean languages and learning to do linguistic analysis using living and endangered Caribbean languages.

Any University student, undergraduate or postgraduate, or lecturer can apply to the CLLI.  Non-University students or those without the course prerequisites should audit the courses of their choice (not for credit).  The CLLI welcomes Caribbean and international applicants.

Go to this page: http://clli.centre.uwi.edu/contact-info (in the rightmost tab) for all our contact information - snail mail address, e-mail form, telephone and fax numbers.

CLLI 2008 offers courses in both language learning and linguistic analysis.  The courses are organised in packages - two Theory packages and two Caribbean Language packages for undergraduates and a Postgraduate packages for grad students.  Some of the language courses are French Creole, Garifuna, Papiamentu and Saramccan.  Some of the linguistic analysis courses are phonology, syntax, sociolinguistics, dialectology and  historical linguistics (Romance language focus), and much more!  Check out our listings here: http://clli.centre.uwi.edu/courses.

For students enrolled for credit, the prerequisites for all Level II courses (beginning with LING 2 in the course code) are LING 1001 (Introduction to Phonetics and Phonology), LING 1002 (Introduction to Morphology and Syntax), and any introductory course on language.  All other UWI courses have the prerequisite courses listed here: http://www.mona.uwi.edu/dllp/linguistics/courses.htm.

Each course is worth three (3) UWI credits.

Each course lasts four (4) weeks.

This is a great time to fast track your Linguistics or Language degree at UWI, meet lecturers and peers from all over the Caribbean and the world, learn a Caribbean language and sharpen your linguistics skills, all in four weeks!  Final year Bachelor's students and postgraduates can avail themselves of opportunities to meet staff from other UWI campuses and other universities - the networking and connections will last a lifetime, and will be important for career and research advancement.

Classes will take place from Monday to Thursday (3 hours a day for linguistics courses and 5 hours a day for language courses).  Friday is reserved for library and field research as well as special workshops, seminars and guest lectures.

The opening ceremony (Sunday 29 June) and classes from Monday to Thursday will be held in the Norman Manley Law School, 8 Ring Road.  Other sessions will be held at the Linguistics Lab, Writing Centre and in the School of Humanities.

You may enrol now!  The extended deadline for preliminary applications is 15 May.  (Although applications will be accepted after 1 March 2008, there is, however, no guarantee of course or housing availability after this date.)

Yes, there are.  Disabled persons are catered to specially through the UWI Office of Special Students Services.  Our preliminary application form asks applicants to describe their special needs.

Yes, all students will be housed on AZ Preston Hall, the Home of the Sharks - in Relentless Pursuit of Excellence.  CLLI 2008 cannot assist in locating off-campus accommodation.

Yes, all enrolments take place online.

There are two parts to the enrolment and application process.
1) The first part is the PRELIMINARY REGISTRATION AND PRE-APPLICATION, here: http://clli.centre.uwi.edu/registration.  This is to reserve your place in your courses of choice and on hall. 
2) The second part (for non-UWI, Mona students) is the UWI, Mona REGISTRATION, here: http://www.mona.uwi.edu/admissions/exchange.rtf (for further information, go to http://www.mona.uwi.edu/admissions/forms/2008_09/instruction_booklet_2008.pdf). This is to ensure that you are a registered student with a UWI, Mona ID number and takes care of immigration matters and all other administrative matters.

UWI students from Mona pay per credit and those wishing to should request on-campus accommodation when applying to CLLI.  UWI students from Cave Hill and St. Augustine pay approximately US$1,500 for tuition, accommodation and most meals.  International students pay approximately US$3,800 for tuition, accommodation and most meals. 

UWI students are sponsored by the governments of contributing CARICOM territories, and pay US$245 per course (for credit), while international students (from non-contributing CARICOM or other territories) pay US$1,251 per course. 

Check out the breakdown here: http://clli.centre.uwi.edu/tuition-and-housing.

The cost per credit is US$82 or J$5,679 for UWI students, and US$417 or J$28,380 for non-UWI students.  One 3-credit course therefore costs US$245 or J$17,037 for UWI students and US$1,251 or J$85,140 for non-UWI students.  Auditors (UWI and non-UWI students or staff) pay US$41 or J$2,840 per credit or US$123 or J$8,520 for one 3-credit course.

There are a limited number of Caribbean Integration Scholarships funded by The University of the West Indies that cover airfare, accommodation and a 50% meal subsidy.  To be eligible for this, candidates must satisfy the following criterion: be a registered student of the Cave Hill, Open or St. Augustine campuses.   Applicants must FULLY register for the Caribbean Language and Linguistics Institute 2008 by 15 May 2008.  This entails completing Part 1: completing the CLLI 2008 online pre-registration and application form, AND Part 2: submission of the Special Admissions UWI Mona registration form. directly to the CLLI Secretariat (clli2008@uwimona.edu.jm).  Notifications will be sent out by 22 May 2008 confirming funding.  Once a student has qualified for a Caribbean Integration Scholarship, s/he must pay tuition fees within a week to guarantee receipt of the scholarship.In addition, UWI students should contact their respective departments on their campuses for information on scholarships, jobs and other funding opportunities. 

CLLI 2008 is unfortunately unable to offer funding for non-UWI students.

CLLI attendees can eventually use the University's ecommerce facility to pay for courses online using their UWI I.D. numbers at  https://eservices.mona.uwi.edu/finserv/tuition.  At the moment, however, this is not possible.  Students also have the option of paying their fees upon arrival at UWI, Mona campus at the Cashier on the ground floor of the Administration Building.

Click here for the timetable and here for the PDF version.

Classes start on Monday 30 June 2008.  The Opening Ceremony takes place on Sunday 29 June at 6:00 p.m. in the Aubrey Fraser Lecture Theatre at the Norman Manley Law School, 8 Ring Road.