Current Position - Status

Department of attachment : LSO

Centre of Research : Langues (CICLAS)

Your first responsibility : 3 (CICLA)

Second responsibility : 3 (CICLA)

Other activities and responsibilities

- L3 Management: Convenor & Coordinator (Pedagogy and Administration) L3 UE2110U02P - Option 'Langue Pro' (Business English) - L1 'Master Finance' M4GC12C): Preparation for the Cambridge Business English Certificate Higher (BEC3) - L1/L2 Managment - Option 119 & Option 219 (with Dr Cartherine Rovera) TOEFL and Cambridge exam (FCE/CAE/CPE) preparation courses

Former positions

- 1981/1995: Tutor at the British Institute in Paris (Universities of Paris and London) (General English, Business English, Computer-assisted writing skills, Cambridge exam preparation courses & Cambridge oral examiner )

- 1996/2007: Visiting Lecturer at the British Institute in Paris (London University) (General English, Business English, Cambridge exam preparation courses & Cambridge oral examiner)

- 1981/1990: Tutor at the Paris Chamber of Commerce (CCIP) (General English)

- 1981-1989: Tutor at the IUT of Paris 5 - Marketing Department (General English & Business English)

- 1982/1986: Tutor at the Ecole Supérieure de Commerce de Paris (ESCP-CCIP) (General English & Business English)

- 1982/1999: Tutor at the Catholic Institute in Paris - English Language and Literature Department (Translation from French into English - texts and prose sentences)

- 1983/2007: Cambridge oral examiner (PET, FCE, CAE & CPE)

- June 1984: Cours Universitaires de France (Distance Learning), Bordas, Paris (General English)

- 1985/1989: Tutor at the University of Paris X-Nanterre - Department of Business Administration (General English, British Civilisation & Business English)

- 1986/1990: Tutor at the Ecole Nationale Supérieure des Arts et Métiers (ENSAM) (General English & Business English)

-1987/1991: Tutor at the University of Paris V - Computer Department (General English, Computer English)

- 1988/1993: Oral Examiner at the Franco-British Chamber of Commerce and Industry (FBCCI), Paris

- 1988/1993: Oral examiner (HNC [Management and IT]), Collège Saint Gabriel, Bagneux

- 1988/1993: Oral examiner (HNC [Business English & Secretarial Studies]), Ecole Trudaine (CCIP), Paris

- 1989/1991: Tutor at EDIF (Paris III) (Master's Degree in French as a Second Language) (General English)

- 1990/1992: Tutor at the University of the Sorbonne-Nouvelle (Paris III), 1st and 2nd year students (Business English)

- 1992/1995: Tutor at the Lycée Morin de Secrétariat - European Year (General English, Business English)

- 1994-1995: Oral examiner at the Lycée Paul Eluard, St Denis (General English)

- 1995/2001: Lecturer at the University of Picardie Jules Verne (Amiens) (British Civilisation, British History, Business English [DESS] & [LEA]), Translation from French into English [prose sentences], Listening Comprehension, Lectures & tutorials on Teaching English as a Foreign Language (TEFL) to M.A. students.

- 1999/2001: In charge of the Language Resource Centre at the University of Picardie Jules Verne (Amiens)

- since 2001: Lecturer at the University of Paris-Dauphine (General English, Cambridge exam preparation courses, the creation of interactive exercises for my three internet sites on the CIP server at Dauphine)

Education and qualification

Ph.D.

Langues/littératures anglaises et anglo- (1994 - Sorbonne-Nouvelle (Paris III))

Fields of teaching, research and professionnal competence

Fields of teaching

• Business English
• Cambridge Business English Certificate (BEC 1,2,&3)
• Computer English
• Spoken Business English
• English language reinforcement
• Web-based interactive exercises (my personal site & MyCourse), e-learning

Fields of research

• English Language and Literature
• Anglo-Turkish Relations 1939-1981 and the Cyprus Strife
• Updating my thesis (the Quai d'Orsay archives)
• Research on Collocations in English; Research work on Common errors and the creation of reinforcement exercises
• Research and the publication of textbooks (General English and Business English)

Areas of Expertise

• Creation of web-based exercises (Flash, Java, Javascript & HTML)
• Teaching English as a Foreign Language (TEFL)
• British Civilisation (The Crimean War, Anglo-Turkish Relations 1939-1980), Cyprus, Malta, & the Commonwealth)