C'est moi!

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Pour l'instant, je vais écrire en français. Je vais peut-être écrire en anglais de temps en temps aussi, mais pourquoi pas le français? 

J'enseigne des cours de français depuis, bin, je suppose qu'on pourrait dire depuis 1997, mais ce n'est pas très honnête ça. J'ai enseigné pendant un an, de l'automne de 1997 jusqu'à mai 1998 dans le Centre de Formation des Missionnaires pour l'Eglise de Jesus Christ des Saints des Derniers Jours à Provo, UT. Mais après cela, ça faisait plusieurs années avant que je ne reprenne l'enseignement. Non, depuis, je n'ai recommencé qu'en automne 2009, si je me souviens bien, dans le "workforce development" pour Northern Virginia Community College. Là, j'ai enseigné jusqu'à décembre 2010 quand j'ai retourné au Colorado, ou j'ai grandi. En arrivant au Colorado, j'ai enseigné à une Montessori pour un temps, et je prenais aussi quelques jeunes élèves en tant que tuteur, et puis dans 2015 j'ai repris l'enseignement pour les adultes à Front Range Community College dans le département de Continuing Ed. 

Après quelques années comme ça, je me suis dit qu'il fallait que je me qualifie de mieux enseigner--de prendre ce talent plus loin, et alors je poursuis ma Master's en Français maintenant et j'enseigne les cours pour les débutants à l'Université de Arizona en tant que "Graduate Assistant Teacher." Eh bien, c'est là où je suis maintenant! Je vais ici, dans ce blog, parler de mes expériences en tant que prof de français! Bienvenue!


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