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IN FRENCH/ENGLISH

ON

French/Francophone Immersion Education

in the US Today

New Perspectives

SATURDAY, MARCH 6

9:00am-11:30am (CST) /10:00am-12:30pm (EST) / 4:00pm-6:30pm (UTC+1)

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A ZOOM EVENT FOR K-16 EDUCATORS AND COLLEGE STUDENTS SUPPORTED BY THE AMERICAN ASSOCIATION OF TEACHERS OF FRENCH, THE CONSULATE OF FRANCE IN CHICAGO, THE QUEBEC GOVERNMENT OFFICE IN CHICAGO & THE UNIVERSITY OF CHICAGO LANGUAGE CENTER

2.5 PD hours

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A FRENCH IMMERSION ROUNDTABLE EVENT FOR K-16 EDUCATORS AND COLLEGE STUDENTS

Our roundtable will be divided into two sections. In the first one, our guest speakers will give an overview of some renowned Northern American immersion programs and the effectiveness of different forms of immersion pedagogy today. Secondly, they will examine the impact of cultural immersion understood not only as a complement to language learning but also as an important part of any learner’s personal development and autonomy. As such, cinema serves as an extremely powerful tool of immersive education. A French Cinema scholar and a film festival director will shed a light on its particular strengths.

French/Francophone Immersion Education in the US Today

New Perspectives

Saturday, March 6

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

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