Marie-Anne Visoi
Marie-Anne Visoi is an Associate Professor, Teaching Stream at St. Michael鈥檚 College, University of 51成人福利网. She has developed and taught courses on French Cultural Studies, Advanced French and Second Language Education, The Western Tradition, The 20th Century French Novel. Her pedagogical research has extended into the integration of culture in the second language curriculum and the development of oral and written proficiency through multimodal assessment and experiential learning. Her scholarly research interests also include textual criticism relating to world literature, reader-response theories, and cultural studies.
PROFESSIONAL AFFILIATIONS AND TEACHING-RELATED ACTIVITIES
Peer Reviewer/Content Developer, World Languages Editorial Board, Multimedia Educational Resource for Learning and On-line Teaching, California State University Center for Distributed Learning, April 2013-2023
French as a Second Language Search Committee Member: Assistant Professor Teaching Stream, Department of French, University of 51成人福利网, October 2022
Probationary Review Committee Chair, Department of French, University of 51成人福利网, September 2022
Executive Committee, Curriculum Committee, Language Committee Member, Department of French, University of 51成人福利网, September-December 2022
PTR Committee Member, Department of French, University of 51成人福利网, May 2022
Research Proposal Evaluator, Research Grants & Partnership Division, Social Sciences and Humanities Research Council of Canada (SSHRC), January 2022
Book Reviewer for Routledge Taylor and Francis Group, March 2022
Member of the Continuing Status Review Committee, Department of French, University of 51成人福利网, 2021-2022
Book Reviewer for Canadian Scholars鈥 Press, February 2021
Book Reviewer for Routledge Taylor and Francis Group, January 2021
Member of the Continuing Status Review Committee, German Department, October 2020
Invited Panelist - Online Learning Academy: 鈥淥nline Language Learning鈥, July 2020
Arts and Science Council Voting Member, University of 51成人福利网, 2018-2019
Faculty Undergraduate Curriculum Committee, Humanities Curriculum Committee Voting Member, University of 51成人福利网, 2018-2019
Department of French Curriculum Committee, Co-Chair, 2018-2019
Department of French Language Committee, Chair, 2018-2019
Department of French Executive Committee Member, 2018-2019
Department of French Tri-Chair Committee Member, 2018-2019
Department of French Hiring Committee, 2018-2019
Coordinator, Canvas-based Online Learning Community for Undergraduate Students 鈥淎pprentissage exp茅rientiel鈥, Department of French, 2018-2020
Coordinator, Experiential Learning Partnership Program for 4th year students, Department of French, 2018-2020
Coordinator, Canvas-based Hybrid Learning Community for Teaching Assistants, 鈥淓space p茅dagogique鈥 (face-to-face and online pedagogical training sessions for new and experienced teaching assistants and course instructors), Department of French, 2018-2020
Research Proposal Evaluator, Research Grants & Partnership Division, Social Sciences and Humanities Research Council of Canada (SSHRC) November 2017 - January 2018
PUBLICATIONS
Books
"", Cambridge Scholars Press, April 2019, 189 pages.
鈥溾, Cambridge Scholars鈥 Press, February 2014, 140 pages.
鈥溾, Universal Publishers, 2012, 106 pages.
Articles
鈥淪trategies for Ensuring Quality Learning in Advanced French: an Action-Research Project on Blended Learning鈥, Journal of Teaching and Education, December 2016, 06(01):137鈥144
鈥淒eveloping Second Language Proficiency through Communicative Teaching, E-Learning and Experiential Programs鈥, Journal of Teaching and Education, December 2012, 1(6): 371-378
鈥淢茅thodes et pratiques pour une 茅valuation efficace de la communication orale鈥, Le fran莽ais dans le monde, Revue de la F茅d茅ration internationale des professeurs de fran莽ais, 2012, 12 pages
鈥淐ontextualized Foreign Language Instruction: Effective Classroom Strategies: Blackboard-Based Virtual Learning鈥, International Journal for Academic Disciplines, October 2010, 11 pages
鈥淩eading Nara鈥檚 Diary or the Deluding Strategies of the Implied Author in The Rift by V.Y. Mudimbe鈥, Cambridge Scholars, February, 2010, 16 pages
鈥淥vid and Calvino鈥; Genre 25, Interdisciplinary Journal of Literature and the Arts, Long Beach, California, 2006, 22 pages
鈥淧arody in the Postmodernist Novel: If on a Winter鈥檚 Night a Traveler鈥,鈥 Modern Languages Studies 27.3/4 (Fall 1997): 159-173
鈥淎na Balakian. The Snowflake on the Belfry: Dogma and Disquietude in the Critical arena.鈥 in Literary research No. 25: Spring-Summer, 1996: 19-21
Literary Encyclopedia Chapters
鈥淎ssia Djebar, Biography鈥, The Literary Encyclopedia, 2009, 3 pages; updates and revisions, 2015
鈥淟es enfants du nouveau monde, Assia Djebar鈥, The Literary Encyclopedia,
鈥淢arguerite Duras, 鈥楾he Lover鈥, The Literary Encyclopedia, 2011, 7 pages
Open access pedagogical materials: online learning materials, modules; student and TA guides
- FRE246H1S 鈥淚ntroduction to French Literary Analysis鈥 (course content and online modules for a blended course format), Spring 2024
- FCS197H1F Open-access Course Guide and Course modules "Pleasure, Pain and Nostalgia in Belle 脡poque" (course content and online modules for a blended course format), Fall 2023
- FCS292H1S Open-access Course Guide and Course modules "Love, Sex and Desire in French Literature and Cinema" (revised and updated: orientation module, course content and module organization for easy navigation, interactive activities, evaluation, cultural terminology), Spring 2022
- FCS 197H1F "Pleasure, Pain and Nostalgia in Belle 脡poque" Course redesign from a fully online format to an in-person format, 2022
- FSL421Y 鈥淎dvanced French鈥 eManual, Part I and II; adapted/developed digital content for accessible use, 2021-22
- FSL472H Course modules (revised and updated: orientation module, course content and module organization for easy navigation, research module, interactive activities, evaluation, grammar self-correct quizzes, integration of an experiential learning component), Fall 2019
- FCS292H Open-access Course Guide and Course modules "Love, Sex and Desire in French Literature and Cinema" (revised and updated: orientation module, course content and module organization for easy navigation, interactive activities, evaluation, cultural terminology for accelerated format), summer 2019
- 2019-2020 Undergraduate Student Guide (20 pages)
- 2019-2020 Guide d'enseignement (22 pages)
- French online teaching and learning materials, Peer Reviewer for World Language Editorial Board Multimedia Educational Resource for Learning and On-line Teaching, California State University Center for Distributed Learning, since 2014
CONFERENCE PRESENTATIONS
The Twenty-second International Conference on New Directions in the Humanities, 鈥淎 Humanistic Approach to Teaching French Online鈥, Sapienza University of Rome, June 26-28, Rome, Italy (IN-PERSON ORAL PRESENTATION)
The 17th Edition of Pixel International Conference, The Future of Education, 鈥淭eaching the Classics: Promoting Intercultural Collaboration in Asynchronous Humanities Courses鈥, Florence, Italy, June 20-21, 2024 (IN-PERSON ORAL PRESENTATION)
Fifty-fifth Annual Convention Northeast Modern Language Association, 鈥淟2 Classroom Design for Enhanced Participation鈥, Boston, Massachusetts, USA, March 7-10, 2024 (IN-PERSON ORAL PRESENTATION)
The 16th Edition of Pixel International Conference, Innovation in Language Learning, 鈥淗ybrid Techniques for Teaching Grammar in Context in the Second Language Classroom鈥, Florence, Italy, November 9-10, 2023 (ONLINE PAPER PRESENTATION)
The聽Twenty-first International Conference on New Directions in the Humanities, 鈥淚nstructional Relevance and Authentic Assessment in the Second-Language Classroom鈥,聽Sorbonne Universit茅, Facult茅 des Lettres, Paris, France, June 28-30, 2023
Sixteenth International Conference on e-Learning & Innovative Pedagogies, 鈥淧romoting Cross-Cultural Communication and Student Autonomy in French Cultural Studies Courses鈥, University of Malta, Valletta Campus, Malta, April 13-14, 2023
2022 Cultures and Languages Across the Curriculum (CLAC) Conference, 鈥淓xploring Authentic Socio-cultural Contexts in the Second Language Classroom鈥, with Dr. Rosa Saverino, Central New York CLAC Working Group, December 2-3, 2022
The聽Twentieth International Conference on New Directions in the Humanities, 鈥淧edagogical Considerations and Evidence-based Practice for Improved Oral Proficiency in Intermediate-level French鈥, University of the Aegean, Rhodes, Greece, 20-22 June 20-22, 2022
53rd NeMLA Annual Convention, 鈥淭he Making of a Vampire: Folkloric Beliefs and Heteroglossia in Eliade鈥檚聽Miss Christina鈥, Baltimore, Maryland, USA March 10-13, 2022
PAMLA (Pacific Ancient and Modern Language Association) Conference in Las Vegas and Online, 鈥淲riting about Film: Asynchronous Discussions and Formative Assessment in Online French Cultural Studies Courses鈥 November 11-14, 2021
Nineteenth International Conference on New Directions in the Humanities, 鈥淒ialogic Teaching - Strategies for Developing Oral and Written Skills in Online French as a Second Language Courses鈥, Complutense University of Madrid, Madrid, Spain, 30 June-2 July 2021
American Canadian Conference for Academic Disciplines, 鈥淏est Practices for Promoting Academic Honesty in Online Cultural Studies Courses鈥, Ryerson University, 51成人福利网, Canada, 11-14 June 2019
International Conference for Education (IJAS), 鈥淪trategies for improving teaching practices in the FSL classroom: a blended approach to professional development鈥, University of London, London, UK November 6-9, 2018聽聽聽聽聽聽聽聽聽聽聽聽聽聽聽聽聽聽聽聽聽聽聽聽聽聽聽聽聽聽聽聽聽聽聽聽聽聽聽聽聽
Sixteenth International Conference on New Directions in the Humanities, 鈥淓mbedded Stories and Post-modernist Devices in Margaret Atwood's The Blind Assassin鈥 University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, USA 5-7 July 2018
49th annual NeMLA Annual Convention, 鈥淔reedom and Control in the Foreign-language Classroom鈥, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, USA April 12 - 15, 2018
Annual Multidisciplinary Conference, 鈥淐ommunity-engaged Learning and Cultural Diversity: Teaching and Assessing Intercultural Competence and Advanced Language Skills in Online French鈥, Ryerson University, 51成人福利网, Canada, 5-8 June 2017
48th NeMLA Annual Convention, "Course Design and Social Presence in Humanities Online Courses: Instructional Strategies for Student Engagement", Baltimore, MA USA March 23-26 2017
International Journal of Arts & Sciences鈥 (IJAS), "Flipping the French Classroom: Metacognitive Strategies for Effective Reading and Writing skills" Freiburg University, Germany, 29 November to 2 December 2016
Annual Multidisciplinary Conference, "Designing and Teaching a French Language Advanced Level Course in a Hybrid Format: Strategies for Ensuring Quality Learning", Ryerson University, 51成人福利网, Canada 31 May-3 June 2016
International Journal of Arts & Sciences鈥 (IJAS) International Conference for Social Sciences and Humanities, "Online Formative Assessment Tools In The Humanities: Promoting Higher Level Thinking Through The Integration Of a Discussion Board In A French Cultural Studies Course", FHWien University of Applied Sciences of WKW Vienna, Austria, April 17-21, 2016聽聽聽聽聽聽聽聽聽
American Canadian Conference for Academic Disciplines, "Removing Barriers to Learning: Pedagogic Design Tools for Online Courses in the Humanities", Ryerson University, 51成人福利网, Canada May 18, 2015
International Conference for Teaching and Education, 鈥淐reative Writing in the Foreign Language Classroom鈥 FHWien University of Applied Sciences of WKW Vienna, Austria April 19-23, 2015
International Conference on New Directions in the Humanities, 鈥淭eaching Culture: Inclusive Curriculum Design, Content and Context鈥, Universidad CEU San Pablo, Madrid, Spain, 11-13 June 2014
International Journal of Arts and Sciences Multidisciplinary Conference: 鈥淎 Canadian Perspective on Blended Learning: hybrid instructional strategies and their effect on student learning in an advanced level French course鈥, FHWien University of Applied Sciences of WKW Vienna, Austria April 6-10, 2014
Michigan Academy of Science, Arts and Letters Annual Conference (French and Italian Literature): 鈥淗orizon d鈥檃ttente et tension narrative dans L鈥櫭塼ranger de Camus鈥, Hope College, Holland, Michigan, March 21-22, 2013
International Journal of Arts and Sciences Annual Conference: 鈥淭he Role of Digital Grammar in Advanced French: Self-monitoring Strategies to Develop Independent Learners鈥, Gottenheim, Germany, December 2-7, 2012
International Journal of Arts and Sciences Annual Conference in Rome 鈥淔ocus on Student Performance: Effective Testing Practices in French as a Second Language Intermediate and Advanced Programs鈥 American University, Rome, Italy 29, October-1 November, 2012
Second IJAS Conference at Cambridge, Massachusetts, Harvard University, 鈥淢aking Connections: Instructional Models for Developing Foreign Language Proficiency in Higher Education through Communicative Teaching, E-learning and Experiential Programs鈥 May 30th-June 2nd, 2011
Michigan Academy of Science, Arts and Letters Annual Conference (French Literature): 鈥淟鈥檃lternance des registres chez De Laclos鈥, Saginaw Valley State University, March 11, 2011
Faculty of Arts and Science, University of 51成人福利网 Study Languages Conference 2010 鈥淢ysticism and Sensuality in Zola鈥檚 Nana鈥, University of 51成人福利网, December 9, 2010
International Journal for Academic Disciplines Austria Conference, Bad Hofgastein, 鈥淎 Thematic Approach to French Cultural Studies鈥, May 31, 2010
Michigan Academy of Science, Arts and Letters Annual Conference (French Literature): 鈥淟a rh茅torique du d茅sir dans L鈥橝mant de Marguerite Duras鈥, Calvin College, March 26, 2010
Faculty of Arts and Science, University of 51成人福利网 Gifted Conference, 鈥淣ew Novel Techniques and Murder Mystery Conventions in聽 Alain Robbe-Grillet's Le Voyeur鈥, University of 51成人福利网, February 18, 2010
Classroom-based Training and Pedagogical Research for First Year Teaching Assistants鈥, Gottenheim, Germany, November 9-13, 2009
National Conference for Academic Disciplines: 鈥淐urriculum Renewal Initiatives: Language Communities and Experiential Learning in Second Language Education鈥, Suffolk University, Boston, June 22-25, 2009
Michigan Academy of Science, Arts and Letters Annual Conference (French Literature): 鈥淒ialogisme et cr茅ativit茅 dans le roman Les enfants du nouveau monde d鈥橝ssia Djebar聽鈥, Wayne State University, Detroit, Michigan, March 20, 2009
Faculty of Arts and Science, University of 51成人福利网 Gifted Conference 鈥淰irtue, Tragic Passion and Upper-class Excess in De Laclos鈥檚 Dangerous Liaisons鈥, University of 51成人福利网, February 19, 2009
U of T Conference Teaching and Learning Outside the Classroom, 鈥淒eveloping Skills for a Global Society: Acquiring Foreign Language Proficiency through Internships and Study/Work Abroad Programs鈥 Hart House, University of 51成人福利网, October 3, 2008
International Symposium, 鈥淐onnecting to Electronic Pedagogy: A Cultural Model for Teaching Great Books鈥, Institut National de Recherche P茅dagogique Charles Perrault, F茅d茅ration Internationale des Langues et Litt茅ratures, Lyon, France, July 9-11, 2008
International Conference 鈥淕eneric Instability and Identity in the Contemporary Novel鈥: 鈥淩eading Nara鈥檚 Diary or the Deluding Strategies of the Implied Author in The Rift by V.Y. Mudimbe鈥, Universit茅 d鈥橝vignon et des Pays de Vaucluse, France, 29-30th May, 2008
Faculty of Arts and Science, University of 51成人福利网 Gifted Conference 鈥淢emory and Desire in the 20th century French Novel: Marcel聽 Proust鈥檚 Remembrance of Things Past and Marguerite Duras鈥檚 The Lover鈥, University of 51成人福利网, February 20, 2007
The 41st Annual Comparative Literature Conference 鈥淎ncient and Moderns: Intersections, Interactions, and Interstices鈥: 鈥淭he Art of Storytelling: Ovid and Calvino鈥, California State University, Long Beach, California, March 9-11, 2006
University of 51成人福利网 Conference on Scholarship, Leadership and Innovation 鈥淩esponding to a Culturally Diverse Student Community: An Interdisciplinary Approach to Second-language Teaching and Learning at the Undergraduate Level鈥, St. Michael鈥檚 College, University of 51成人福利网, April 28 and 29, 2006
Michigan Academy of Science, Arts and Letters Annual Conference (French Language and Literature Panel) 鈥淟鈥櫭﹖ranger: m茅moire ou monologue?鈥, University of Michigan, March 4-5, 2005
Workshop Presentations
French Teaching Assistants' Workshops, Department of French Fall Orientation, University of 51成人福利网, September 2023
French Teaching Assistants' Workshops, Department of French Fall Orientation, University of 51成人福利网, September 2021-2022
French Teaching Assistants' Workshops, Department of French Fall Orientation, University of 51成人福利网, September 2020
Monthly Workshops, Department of French, University of 51成人福利网, September - December 2019
French Teaching Assistants' Workshops, Department of French, University of 51成人福利网, January 2018 - April 2019
Teaching and Learning Community of Practice Workshop: "Hybrid Courses and Learning", University of 51成人福利网, March 7, 2016
Second Language Learning and Teaching Community, Workshop 3 - "Pathways to culture: Integrating experiential learning and culture-based research in the second language curriculum", November 6, 2015 (invited presentation)
Centre for Teaching Support and Innovation Workshop: "Deepening Your Teaching Practice: Integrating Teaching and Research", University of 51成人福利网, October 5, 2015 (invited presentation)
Department of French, University of 51成人福利网, "L'enseignement en ligne - implications p茅dagogiques", University of 51成人福利网, June 16, 2015
Department of French, University of 51成人福利网, Contribution to Dr. Paray's course FRE 250H, Workshop Presentation, 鈥淟a qu锚te d鈥檌dentit茅 dans L鈥橝mant de Marguerite Duras", March 19, 2015
Department of French, University of 51成人福利网, Teacher Training Programme, Workshop Presentation, 鈥淓nseigner la lecture en fls鈥, November 19 , 2014.
Department of French, University of 51成人福利网, Teacher Training Programme, Workshop Presentation, 鈥淧istes p茅dagogiques pour enseigner la lecture en fls鈥, March 21, 2012
Faculty of Arts and Science, University of 51成人福利网 Study Languages Conference 2009 鈥淔rench in Context: Language and Culture through Cinema鈥, University of 51成人福利网, December 8, 2009
Society for Teaching and Learning in Higher Education Knowledge and Its Communities Conference: 鈥淯ne nouvelle culture de l鈥檃pprentissage pour les dipl么m茅s bilingues: les programmes de partenariat鈥, Victoria College, University of 51成人福利网, June 14-17, 2006
Faculty of Arts and Science, University of 51成人福利网 Year of Languages Conference 鈥淩eading and Interpreting Tales of the Supernatural from 19th Century France鈥, University of 51成人福利网, December 1, 2006
HONOURS
Dean鈥檚 Merit Award and Dean鈥檚 5% Merit Excellence Award reward faculty who have demonstrated that they are leaders in their field or who have made an outstanding contribution.
2019 Dean鈥檚 5% Merit Excellence Award
2018 Dean鈥檚 Merit Award
2017 Dean鈥檚 Merit Award
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RESEARCH ENDEAVOURS
Pedagogical Research
Blended teaching and multimodal learning in French: development and integration of online instructional tools in Advanced-level French Language and French Cultural Studies courses
Assessment and evaluation in second language teaching (FSL and ESL): diversity issues, access, and equity; modalities of authentic assessment
Other Research Interests
- French Cultural Studies: thematic approaches to French cultural studies
- Literary Theory: narratology and reader-response criticism
- Twentieth Century Novel
- Canadian Novel
- Film Stylistics
Teaching Research Awards and Grants
eCampus Ontario Research and Innovation Grants, 鈥淒ata Driven Design - Innovation Network Project鈥 Lead Instructor French (Project Director: Laurie Harrison), April 2017鈥擩une 2018 $17,500
Online Undergraduate Course Initiative Funding, University of 51成人福利网, Online Course Development for FSL472H1S Reading and Writing Fiction and Non-fiction in French, March 2016 - April 2017 - March $12,000
Online Undergraduate Course Initiative Funding, University of 51成人福利网, Online Course Development for FCS 292H1S Love, Sex and Desire in French Literature and Cinema, March 2014-June 2015 $12,000
Fund for Online Innovations in Learning, University of 51成人福利网 (FOIL), Developing Linguistic Proficiency, Cultural Competence and Peer Interaction through Blended Teaching and Multimodal Learning Experiences in French, May 2013-June 2014 $35,450
Curriculum Renewal Initiative Fund, University of 51成人福利网, Experiential Learning in French for Arts and Science Undergraduate Students, in collaboration with Dr. D. Issa-Sayegh, April 2010-April 2011 $15,000
List of Courses
Current courses taught:
- FSL420HF; FSL 420HS Advanced French
- FSL472H Reading and Writing Fiction and Non-fiction in French (online asynchronous)
- FRE246H1S Introduction to French Literary Analysis
- FCS197H1F Pleasure, Pain and Nostalgia in Belle 脡poque (taught in English)
- FCS292H; FCS292H1S Love, Sex and Desire in French Literature and Cinema (online asynchronous; taught in English)
Other courses taught:
- FSL315H French Oral Communication for Professional and Academic Context
- FSL421Y Advanced French
- FSL431Y Practical French II
- FSL461Y Practical French III
- FSL473H1S Oral French in Context
- FRE 384H1F Teaching French as a Second Language
- FRE 326H1 Contemporary French Literature
- FRE 225Y Second Language Teaching and Learning
Courses Held in English:
- JEF 100 Great Books of the Western Tradition
- JFI225Y Second Language Teaching and Learning