Ms Joan Lefever

Teaching Fellow

French

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Personal statement

* I joined the Modern Languages Departmentat at Strathclyde in 2008 after graduating from the Université François Rabelais de Tours in France where I gained a Masters in English language and history studies (American contempory history, linguistics, British politics, sociology, literature). I also completed a two year degree in German language and studies. * I am now a teaching language associate in French after gaining valuable experience as a language teaching assistant. * I am the coordinator for our Introduction to French classes after recently coordinating 2nd year French. I teach the following classes: R1107/8 French Language 1a/1b R1109/10 Introduction to French 1a/1b R1203/4 French Language 2a/2b R1305/6 French Language 3a/3b R1502/3 French Honours Exposé R1502/3 French Honours Communicatif * I teach French classes at the CLL (Centre for Lifelong Learning).

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Prize And Awards

Nominated for Women+ in Leadership Network [WILN+] awards
Recipient
13/2/2023
Nominated for most supportive and enthusiastic at Teaching Awards
Recipient
2019

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Qualifications

 

PgCert in Learning and Teaching in Higher Education, Strathclyde University

MA in British and American history and literature, Tours University, France 

Deug (2 year undergraduate diploma) in German studies, Tours University, France 

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Teaching

Here are the language, cultural and speaking classes I teach/have taught:

R1109/10 Introduction to French 1a/1b

R1107/8 French Language 1a/1b

R1 114/5 Cert Ed French year 1

R1203/4 French Language 2a/2b

R1305/6 French Language 3a/3b

R1509 French Honours Exposé

R1509 French Honours Interpreting

R1 702 Translation studies

And I have taught the following classes:

R1510 French Honours Translation 

R4406 Translation Studies : Key Debates and Theories

R1324: Multi-Disciplinary Perspectives Of Sustainable Development: Languages

OS174 French Module Pre-Entry Access Course

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Professional Activities

Gen AI and Translation: the Good, the Bad and the Ugly.
Speaker
11/9/2024
The future of French en Ecosse
Participant
24/6/2024
SoTL Collaborative Writing Groups
Participant
6/6/2024
Edit-a-thon Write her story
Participant
6/3/2024
Teaching and scholarship seminars of the department of Humanities
Organiser
23/10/2023
Intercultural Competence and Global Citizenship
Participant
3/7/2023

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Projects

Speak Up 2024 - a debate competition between Strathclyde and Glasgow university
Lefever, Joan-Emilie (Principal Investigator) Piochaud-Prevost, Lucie (Academic) Guerin, David (Academic) Kerr, Greg (Principal Investigator)
Revival post pandemic of the competition organised by the Alliance Française with a team from Glasgow University and a team from Strathclyde University. The students prepare questions/statements in advance and discover on the night if they will argue in favour or against.
This project was made possible by Emilie Perez, cultural coordinator of the Alliance Francaise, Dr Greg Kerr from the University of Glasgow and myself, event coordinator for Strathclyde. My colleagues, Ms Piochaud-Prevost and Mr Guérin, and I noted how well students performed and were delighted they were the winning team on the night.
The debate was followed by a French documentary Entre nous on the personal and professional choices a group of friends made in the Marseille area between 18 and 28.
04-Jan-2023 - 28-Jan-2024
Speak up 2023, debate competition in French
Lefever, Joan-Emilie (Principal Investigator) Noel-Claassen, Aurelie (Principal Investigator) Piochaud-Prevost, Lucie (Academic)
Revival post pandemic of the competition organised by the Alliance Française with a team from Glasgow University and a team from Strathclyde University. The students prepare 4 questions in advance and discover on the night if they will argue in favour or against. The debate took place in March during the Francophone cultural celebration week.
The relaunch of this event, which had to happen over a short period of time, was made possible by Emilie Perez, cultural coordinator of the Alliance Francaise, Ms Noel-Claassen from the University of Glasgow and myself, event coordinator for Strathclyde. My colleague, Ms Piochaud-Prevost, and I noted how well students performed and how well students in 2nd year and in Honours collaborated.
02-Jan-2023 - 23-Jan-2023
Living Languages 2023
Lefever, Joan-Emilie (Principal Investigator) Mowe, Richard (Visiting Academic) Davidson, Sylvia (Visiting Academic)
This year sees the relaunch of the Living languages events, a project that I reinvigorated after the Covid pandemic. Guests who value languages are invited for special evening Q&A events with Strathclyde language students and secondary school pupils invited by SCILT (Scotland’s National Centre for Languages). I invited Richard Mowe, director of the French and Italian film festivals UK and Sylvia Davidson, Translator and Short film curator of the French film festival UK for a Q&A event in January 2023. For February 2023, I invited 3 ex Language Strathclyde students for a special alumni, ae night. Previous Living Languages events proved very successful allowing students to broaden their career prospects and understand better how languages will prove important to them long after they leave university.
25-Jan-2022 - 28-Jan-2023
Translation for the MOOC Caring for Children Moving Alone: Protecting Unaccompanied and Separated Children 2022
Lefever, Joan-Emilie (Academic)
I was the French translator for the 2022 version of the MOOC whose contents needed updates because of the crisis in Ukraine.
08-Jan-2022 - 28-Jan-2022
Translation for the MOOC COVID-19: Adapting Child Protection Case Management 2020
Lefever, Joan-Emilie (Academic)
I was the French translator for this MOOC that was redesigned to give practical guidance on how to adapt child protection case management in response to the COVID-19 pandemic in first half of 2020.
22-Jan-2020 - 12-Jan-2020
Translation for the MOOC Caring for children moving alone : protecting unaccompanied and separated children 2019
Lefever, Joan-Emilie (Principal Investigator)
Translation into French of weekly content for this MOOC by CELCIS (Centre for Looked after Children) over 2 runs, one in the spring and one in the autumn
16-Jan-2019 - 16-Jan-2019

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Contact

Ms Joan Lefever
Teaching Fellow
French

Email: joan.lefever@strath.ac.uk
Tel: 444 8259