Current and Past Projects:
- FLTEACH: Communication Technologies for Professional Development and Foreign Language Instruction. Project includes the development of the worldwide LISTSERV discussion list "Foreign Language Teaching Forum". Twice funded by the National Endowment for the Humanities. Project directors and FLTEACH co-moderators Jean W. LeLoup & Robert Ponterio.
- Integrating Technology in the Second Language Classroom: Course materials for online modules for learning how to create materials.
- FLTEACH - FL Instructional Materials Database Online (Robert Ponterio & Jean LeLoup). A collection of lessons for the FL classroom following specific pedagogical models.
- Language Across the Curriculum Multimedia Development project to develop WWW modules for delivering authentic materials and training teachers to use electronic tools. Funded by the SUNY Office of Advanced Learning and Information Services (ALIS). Project director for Cortland Robert Ponterio. Individual projects:
- French civilization - Marie Ponterio;
- Communications technology for FL Methods - Jean W. LeLoup.
- Statistics in Spanish (F. Valdes & R. Ponterio) Languages Across the Curriculum. Online materials: Funded by FIPSE. Project director Stephen Straight, Binghamton. Team leader for Cortland Robert Ponterio.
- Various writing projects, a sample of articles may be viewed online.
Sample Courses:
- Teaching French Civilization - Graduate course exploring French civilization and methods of teaching about it.
- Teaching French Literature - Graduate course exploring French literature and methods of teaching about it.
- Technology in the Foreign Language Classroom - Communicating in a global online environment using all the technical and language tools at our disposal. Addresses electronic projects for the foreign language classroom.
- Elementary French - French 101.
- La Révolution - An examination of the French Revolution through the study of literature and authentic materials from the periods before during and after the events.
- Pratique de l'écriture - A French writing course open to post intermediate level HS and college students.
- La Littérature du 18e Siècle - Voltaire, Diderot, Rousseau, Beaumarchais, Prévost, Montesquieu, Laclos, Sade.
- Le Couple dans la littéraure - An examination of relationships found throughout French literature.
- French cinema - From its origins with the Frères Lumière to the present day.
- Le Réalisme - An exploration of the representation of reality, not only in 19th century texts but though the literature leading up to the period of "realism".
- The French Short Story - Aspects of short fiction through the ages.
- Romantisme et Réalisme - Esthetics of 19th century France. Connections & disconnections between Romanticism & Realism. This year teaching Les Misérables.
- Survey of French Literature I: Middle Ages to 17th century.
- Survey of French Literature II: 18th century to the present.
Travel
We were married at the mairie de La Rochelle, and we have also both taught at the university there.
But we have also resided in Metz (where I taught English at the university) and in Aix-en-Provence (where I was a student).
