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| Laura M Florand, Lecturer, French, and Coordinator, Intermediate French 76
- Contact Info:
| Office Location: | 015D Languages Building | | Office Phone: | 919-660-3868 | | Email Address: |   | | Web Page: | www.lauraflorand.com | - Education:
| M.A. in Romance Studies | Duke University | 2000 |
- Specialties:
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French
- Research Interests: The encounter of French and American cultures, French gastronomy, pedagogy, instructional technology
Current projects:
Novel set on the Ile St. Louis, Paris, to appear in 2013. , Effective use of technology for student target language multiliteracy.
- Areas of Interest:
- French language and culture, instructional technology, pedagogy, writing
- Curriculum Vitae
- Recent Publications
(More Publications)
- The Chocolate Witch
(Summer, 2013), Kensington Publishing
- The Chocolate Thief
(July 31, 2012), Kensington Publishing
- Blame It on Paris (new edition)
(May, 2010), Tor Forge Books.
- Blame It on Paris
(October, 2006), Forge Books
- Drown the Snail,
in The World is a Kitchen
(2006), Travlers' Tales
- Selected Invited Talks
- Culture, Community, Communication: VoiceThread in Student Oral and Written Production, November 21, 2010, ACTFL 2010, Boston MA
- Communication Among Peers: Conveying Meaning, Building Voice, April 30, 2010, 10th Annual Instructional Technology Showcase, Duke University
- Multimedia Discussions Beyond Classroom Walls, April 15, 2010, Southern Conference on Language Teaching (SCOLT) Conference, Winston-Salem, North Carolina
- Extending Language Communities Beyond the Classroom: Using VoiceThread for Language Proficiency, March 11, 2010, University of West Georgia
- Gastronomie et Identité: Une Conversation avec Laura Florand, March 10, 2010, University of West Georgia, Carrollton, Georgia
- Blame It on French: From UWG to Tahiti to Paris, March 10, 2010, University of West Georgia, Carrollton, Georgia
- Language and Culture through Creative Films, November 21, 2009, American Council on the Teaching of Foreign Languages (ACTFL) Annual Convention and World Language Expo, San Diego, California
- Speak, Write, Listen, Watch...Engage: VoiceThread in the Language Course, September 29, 2009, Language and Pedagogy Round Table Series, Duke University
- Communicating about Culture: Student-Produced Podcasts, October 11, 2008, Mountain Interstate Foreign Language Conference, University of North Carolina-Wilmington
- Taking It Outside: Vodcasts and Podcasts in Third-Semester Language Classes, August, 2007, Annual Conference on Distance Teaching and Learning. University of Wisconsin-Madison
- La Danse en Polynésie française, November, 2005, Guilford College, Greensboro North Carolina
- Selected Grant Support
- Oral Assignments Fellows for Language Faculty, Duke University Center for Instructional Technology.
- Student Video Faculty Fellows, Duke University Center for Instructional Technology.
A former Fulbright Scholar to French Polynesia (Tahiti), Laura Florand has focused on the experience of other cultures. Her essays on French Polynesia, France, and Spain, as well as the broader issues involved in travel and living abroad, have appeared in multiple publications. Her book, BLAME IT ON PARIS, is a comic memoir of the Franco-American experience. |
