Frédéric Attal

Frédéric Attal, Hélène Audureau, Anissa Cherfaoui, Dominique Mougel et David Uhrig ont participé et animé un séminaire pédagogique, le vendredi 21 novembre 2008, avec leurs collègues de NYU in France. Cette rencontre a été l’occasion de confronter les points de vue des professeurs des deux institutions après un semestre de pratique de la méthode ALORS A1 et A2 dans les cours intensifs de langue française. Au cours du semestre de printemps, cet échange se poursuivra par une discussion avec les auteurs de la méthode, Jean-Claude Beacco et Marcella Di Giura.

Frédéric Attal’s first teaching position at AUP was in 1996 for the French Department. He has also taught French as a Foreign Language in educational institutions such as ACCORD, a French language school, and at E.S.L.C.A, the Parisian business school.

Since he joined AUP he has taught a variety of French courses at different levels including classes on the history of Parisian cafés and the famous Parisian department stores, and how to create a French newspaper on the Internet. Since 1998 Frédéric Attal has been a member of the SACEM (society of lyricists and music composers) and has collaborated on a script for the cinema based on a famous French detective novel. He is convinced that various materials such as songs, films, or strip cartoons can be very effective in the language learning process.

In December 2010, Professor Attal created a French Blog for the Department, where students and teachers can exchange and communicate their interests about Parisian life and French culture in general (see: http://auparisjournal.blogspot.com/).

Professor Attal is also involved in the French Writing Lab which is a weekly workshop that helps students improve their writing skills in advanced French.

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