Current Position - Status

Department of attachment : MIDO

Centre of Research : Langues (CICLAS)

Member of a central council : CA

Member of a research centre council/lab : CICLA

Other activities and responsibilities

CHENIK (née BLANCHARD) Nicole Born 12-01-1957 Former member of the ENS Fontenay-aux-Roses. Associate professor (English. Maître de conférences, Agrégée de l'université Abstract/ Bio Data : PhD and publications : Computer Assisted Language Learning (CALL), New Technologies and Language Learning, Computer Mediated Communication (CMC), Distance Education, Didactics, ESP. European projects : involved in three 1-Eurocall Directory of Courseware Development Project (SOCRATES, EC, DG XXII (96-01-CLI-0379-00) in collaboration with Hull and Dublin universities, design and development of a database of existing projects and publication of 'CALL Courseware Development : A Handbook.'(70 pp) 2-Airline Talk 2 (in collaboration with European universities and industry, Germany, Spain, Finland, GB, Denmark, Italy, France) Poject manager : Pr Graham Davies. Design and development of a CD ROM (about 700pp of text and corresponding sound files.) 3-Involved in the test phase of the RAPIDO Project (Rapid Authoring of Packages using Innovative Development Tools, funded by SOCRATES & Youth), Project TM-LD-1995-1-GB-58 (Project manager : Pr D. Bickerton. I was one of the ten European participants to be selected to test and assess the TELESTE authoring tools (Grenoble 21-23 nov 1996) Executive member of two European associations, EuroCALL and CercleS as treasurer, (over 10 years) Vice-president of the French Language Centres association RANACLES (3 mandates, member of the Executive committee before) Member of scientific committees of European and international conferences on Language Learning and IT (EuroCALL, CerleS, WORLDCALL) Main convenor of E-Learning and multimedia environments 3-day workshops at 3 CercleS conferences Conference organisation : co-organiser (EuroCALL 99) and main organiser (CercleS 2002, Paris, Paris-Dauphine.) Member of editorial boards (ASP (France, journal on ESP), ReCALL, (Cambridge University Press) Joint Editor CercleS Bulletin (Language centres related, European, 2001-02) Anonymous referees for CercleS volumes (published every other year.) Member of the Ciclas (Dauphine Research centre for languages) In charge of the Multimedia Resource Centre at Paris-Dauphine (1997-2009). Also collaboration with LSE/ Columbia universities language centres on a collaborative learning WebCT (& Wimba)-based project (2006/07/08). External examiner, Trinity College, Dublin , Ireland (2007/08). Former associate professor at ENSTA (Ecole Nationale Supérieure des Techniques Avancées), and former member, then head of examiners' Board of Ecole Centrale, two of the French leading «Grandes Ecoles »,1994-2003. Former junior lecturer at London School of Economics and Political Sciences (77/78). Dauphine University Teaching UFR GEA till 87 UFR IG since 1987, in charge of the language section, then DFR MIDO, L3, M1, M2 SITN TIO. (English for Computing and Management) MSO : M 206 (Marketing), M 220 (Management and computing), M 212 (International Business) DEP : SI (Information Systems, English for Management and Computing) Administration Member of the Board of Trustees (Conseil d'Administration, 3 mandates). Vice-president (associate professors, of the 'commission de spécialité' at Dauphine then 'CCR' member (special committees for the selection process and recruitment of associate professors.) Also member of such committees as external member in several French universities. Former member of the Computing Faculty Board and its 'conseil de perfectionnement' (advisory Board composed of professionals and university representatives.) Former member of the 'CARI', advisory Board for Information Systems overall policy.

Former positions

London School of Economics and Political Sciences(1977-78): junior Lecturer

Former associate professor at ENSTA (Ecole Nationale Supérieure des Techniques Avancées): First, second, third year seminars (1994-2003)

Former member, then head of examiners' Board of Ecole Centrale, two of the French leading «Grandes Ecoles »,1994-2003.

Education and qualification

Aggregation

• Modern foreign languages​​: English (1979)

Ph.D.

Langues/littératures anglaises et anglo- (1992 - Paris IV Sorbonne Nouvelle)

Master (Search) specialty : Langues, Litératures, et Civilisations anglo-saxonnes (1978 - Paris III-Sorbonne)

Fields of teaching, research and professionnal competence

Fields of teaching

• English for computing and management
• English for international business
• English for marketing and distribution

Fields of research

• Computer Assisted Language Learning ( CALL), Computer Mediated Communication (CMC), E- learning, didactics and language Learning.
• English for Specific Purposes ( ESP)

Areas of Expertise

• CMC), E- learning, didactics and language Learning.