by Olivia Mulcahy   Every bilingual or ESL teacher I know in Illinois looks forward to the winter. Or at least, we all look forward to one special week in early December when it’s usually time to head to Oak Brook for the bilingual conference (as it’s been popularly called), or The Annual Statewide Conference For Teachers Serving Linguistically And Culturally Diverse Students (as it was actually called), or Multilingual Illinois (as it was renamed last year).  This chilly week is the one time a year we get to feel the full warmth of our huge community--to enjoy the embrace of [...]