French/Francophone Immersion Education in the US Today
9:00am-11:30am (CST) / 10:00am-12:30pm (EST) / 4:00pm-6:30pm (UTC+1)
IN FRENCH & ENGLISH
Welcome Speech
Sylvie Goutas, Ph.D. (University of Chicago Assistant Instructional Professor & Journée Intensive en Français Director)
JIF Team Assistant Directors: Emily Fellmann (Lyons Township H.S.); Andi Isabelli (Woodstock H. S.); Lisa Shamrock (Naperville North H. S.); Antonia Van Twisk (Andrew Jackson Language Academy)
Guillaume Lacroix (French Consul General to the Midwest)
Alice McLean (University of Chicago French Program Director)
Introduction
Eileen Walvoord (2022-2024 AATF National President and Alliance Française du North Shore President)
The Benefits of French Language/Culture Immersion Teaching/Learning
Cathy Baumann, Ph.D. (University of Chicago Language Center Director)
Armelle Crouzieres-Ingenthron, Ph.D. (J.Harvey Watson Professor of French and Francophone Studies - Lois ’51 and J. Harvey Watson Department of French and Francophone Studies; Director, The Betty Ashbury Jones MA ’86 School of French - Middlebury College)
Myles Freborg (MiddMA’19 and DML student, Middlebury College ; Teacher at Hickman High School, Columbia, Missouri)
Jennifer Charlotte Speir (Concordia Language Villages Group Director for the French & Spanish Language Communities and Village Weekends Program)
Discussion 1
[5 min. Break]
French Immersion through Cultural Activities: French/Francophone Cinema, Film Festivals and Study Abroad Experience
Anne-Christine Rice (Tufts University Senior Lecturer)
Justine Lévêque (Champs-Elysées Film Festival Artistic Director)
Martin Dionne, (Chicago Quebec Government Office Deputy)
Jeff Hutter (TAPIF and Loyola University Chicago alumnus and Saint Paul High School teacher)
Robert Delorie (Study Abroad Travels Specialist; Students Love Travel Co-Founder)
Discussion 2
Closing Remarks