Teaching Interests
My Current Courses
Courses Previously Taught (Selection)
French as a Foreign Language
Fields of expertise
Current projects
Course Documents
Foreign Language Web Resources
Teaching Interests
My Current Courses
Courses Previously Taught (Selection)
French as a Foreign Language
Fields of expertise
Current projects
Course Documents
Foreign Language Web Resources
French and Francophone modern and contemporary literature and culture
French as a second languageI offer courses in the Department of Modern Language and Literature in French language and culture.
1 French through Culture, Fourth Semester
2 Penseurs et Philosophes: Contemporary French Thought
Literature and Cultural Studies
Major Literary Works To 1800
Major Literary Works Since 1800
Introduction to French Literature I (1800-Present)The Nineteenth-Century French Novel
Nineteenth-Century French Novel and Society : Constructing and Deconstructing RomanticismModern Poetry and Artistic Representation: From Baudelaire to Deguy
Nineteenth- and Twentieth-Century French Literature: Madness, Alienation and ModernityCultural History of France: From 1789 to the Present
Topics in French and Francophone Civilization: Leisure and Civilization in Modern and Contemporary France
French Culture and European Identity 1940-1999 (through Film)
French Identity: Minorities and Multiculturalism in France and the Francophone World
Francophone Diasporas in the Americas
Language
Elementary French
Elementary French I (Fall 02)
Intermediate French
Intermediate French (Fall 02)
Intermediate French Spring 03 (Section 1)
Intermediate French Spring 03 (Section 2)
French through Culture, Third SemesterAdvanced Grammar and Composition
Advanced Writing
Communication in French and Francophone Contexts (Fall 02)
Communication in French and Francophone Contexts (Spring 03)Elementary Conversation
Third-Year ConversationLanguage and Literature
Contemporary French Literature and CultureBusiness French
Applied Linguistics (Graduate Workshop)
Fields of expertise
Applied linguistics
Université de Paris III-Sorbonne, 1992 : Maîtrise FLE (français langue étrangère)
Université de Paris III-Sorbonne, 1991 : CEDIFLE B (Teaching Certificate, French as a second language)
Testing techniques
Certified ACTFL Tester, July 2002
Dickinson College Research and Development Grant for ACTFL OPI Tester Training at Middlebury College, July 2001
Member, ACTFL (American Council on the Teaching of Foreign Languages)
Internet-based course management systemsDeveloped course material on CourseInfo (Blackboard) and Netscape Composer since 1996. Lectured on “Using the Internet in the Upper-Level French Class” at the 1999 North East Association for Language Learning (NEALL) Technology Conference [“Bring Technology Into the Fold: Success Stories to Guide Us in the Future”], Hamilton College, March 1999.Collaborations• Les Clips Francophones (New York: Gessler, 1994)Translations
• Vis-à-vis CD-ROM (New York: McGraw-Hill, 1996)Free-lance translator. Former customers include the International Labour Office (External Collaborator, 1994), Babelcom (1995), and the National Geographic Magazine (Reviewer, First French Edition, 1999).Current projects
Create on-line testing tools for the upper-level French class.Course Documents
Foreign Language Web Resources
-Novice Level
-Intermediate Level
-Advanced Level
-Superior Level
-Dictionaries
-Grammar (general)
-Other Tools
-News
-Comprehensive Sites