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Monday, March 5, 2018

PACE Presentation and FRIT Lab: Speaking of Love in French

The Enhancement of a Bilingual French Course in Medieval Literature

Friday, April 27, 2018
12:00 - 1:00 p.m.
Folwell 108
Register online (optional)

As the PACE Project comes to a close, the French program in the Department of French and Italian is beginning to discuss the data it has generated. This presentation will begin with an overview of the way the program is interpreting the data concerning French majors and their success in reaching advanced proficiency in all four modalities of language use, including writing, a component assessed with supplementary funding from the Department.

Most of the hour will be devoted to the enhancement of one of the advanced courses for majors and minors, French 3611/3711, Speaking of Love in Medieval France, which is made possible by PACE funding for a TA in Spring 2018.

The challenge this semester is to adapt a large-enrollment, bilingual literature class format so that the French students continue developing as speakers of the target language. This experiment speaks to the following larger issues:
  • Teaching medieval/pre-modern topics in foreign languages effectively
  • Enhancing language proficiency and cultural/literary content in advanced courses 
  • Responding to enrollment and staffing pressures, while still enhancing students’ oral skills in the target language
The presentation is cosponsored by the Department of French and Italian and the PACE Project, and is designed to be accessible to professionals of language teaching, specialists of French language and literature, and medievalists and early modernists in other fields. All are welcome! A light lunch will be served.

Presenters: Mary Franklin-Brown and Ray Balstad, Department of French and Italian Studies

The PACE Project is funded by a grant from The Language Flagship.


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