Contact information:

Helen Gant Guillory, Ph.D.
helene@gantguillory.com

www.gantguillory.com

 

Summary of Qualifications: Thirteen years of foreign language teaching experience from January 1989 to the present, developing multimedia and choosing web-based materials, as well as creating course outlines, course descriptions, lesson plans. The goal is to involve students in the French that surrounds them, including the experience of French in Austin.

TEACHING GRANTS

1999 Summer Institute, St. Edward's University, creation of How to Pronounce French

2001 Summer Institute, St. Edward's University, creation of on-line web course, Business French in the Francophone World

2001 Summer Teaching Grant from French Embassy for French for business courses at Grenoble University, France

2003 Summer Institute, St. Edward's University, creation of French Placement Exams in Blackboard

2004 Summer Teaching Grant from French Embassy for Technology in Education at Perpignan, France

ACADEMIC PREPARATION

University of Texas The Effectsof Key Word Captions Ph.D. 12/1997

From 9/92 to 12/97 to Authentic Video . . .

30 semester hours in French linguistics and language

15 hours in related linguistics courses

University of North 30 semester hours of coursework M.A. French Literature

Texas, Denton 6 hours of thesis; minor in computer science Magna cum laude

From 9/88 to 5/91

University of California 21 quarter hours; 14 semester hours California Lifetime

at Santa Barbara Six months at the Sorbonne, Paris Teaching Credential

From 3/71 to 7/72 Six months of student teaching

University of California

at Santa Barbara 73 quarter hours; 50 semester hours B.A. French

From 10/67 to 3/71 54 earned at University of Bordeaux Magna cum laude

 

PROFESSIONAL ASSOCIATIONS

American Association of Teachers of French (since 1989), Secretary of local chapter 2004-2006, Secretary1997-98, President 1998-2000

MLA (Modern Language Association) since 1997

Alliance française since 1989

MEDIA

How to Pronounce French, www.stedwards.edu/hum/guillory

PUBLICATIONS

"The Effects of Key Word Captions to French Authentic Video on Learner Comprehension." CALICO Journal, volume 15, nos. 1-3, 1998, pp. 89-108.

PAPERS PRESENTED

"How to Pronounce French" -- demonstration of tutorial and discussion of French phonemic strategies, Texas Foreign Language Association, October 14-17, 2004, Houston, Texas

"How to Pronounce French" -- web site demonstration at CourseWare Fair for CALICO, June 1, 2000, University of New Mexico at Tucson

"The Effects of Key Words to French Authentic Video in Foreign Language Instruction", SCMLA, October 1999, presentation

"The Art of and Science of Captioning Authentic Video", CALICO, July 1998, presentation

"Evolution of French syntax from the eighth through the 16th century", Linguistics ASsociation of the SOuthwest, October 1993