New classes

Since an English lectrice decided not to stay in Nancy this year, the rest of us are taking on some of her reallocated classes. By working primarily in the distance learning center, I have had a really flexible schedule. I'm glad to be teaching these additional classes, though, so that I also have a more traditional experience as a lecteur. Accordingly, on Wednesday I co-taught an English listening and conversation class for graduate students in European Studies with a lectrice from Pennsylvania. We were teaching two sections of the course at the same time across the hall from each other, so we decided to combine them into one class for now. The students are a very international crowd, coming from countries including Romania, Italy, China, the Czech Republic, Morocco, Turkey, Spain, Ukraine, and of course France. I'm looking forward to learning more about the backgrounds of the students as we have discussions throughout the semester. I will also begin teaching a couple applied professional English courses soon.

I finnnnalllly have all of my furniture put together. Since I needed some pretty specific tools for a couple pieces, I couldn't make everything at once. I'll post pictures of the apartment soon!