French (Assistant Professor - Teaching focus)

Fourth Floor, Faculty of Arts Building
Email: magali dot toscan at warwick dot ac dot uk
BA, MA, PGCE

About

I studied French literature at the University of Aix-Marseille, Faculté de Lettres modernes, earning a BA, Licence ès Lettres.

My interest in 18^th century literature in a comparative perspective, led me to take a MA in English literature (University of Aix-Marseille, University of Oxford). My MA thesis focused on narrative structures and philosophical debates in Sterne and Diderot. I have since linked the fields of narratology and translation studies when reflecting upon “manipulations” in translations; the translator being the writer of a new text for readers of the target text.

I completed my PGCE at the University of Warwick and taught for three years in Secondary education before joining the Language Centre.

Teaching

I am module leader for the following modules:

• LL113 French 1
• LL236 French 3
• Ll209 French 5
• LL250 French 5 for Global Engagement
• LL297 French 6 through Translation
• LL307 French 7 for Contemporary France

Additional responsibilities

• Coordinator for the Long Life Learning programme in French
• Choix Goncourt UK

Recent and ongoing Projects

• Telecollaboration with the Université Clermont-Auvergne to foster our students’ language skills and intercultural awareness (2010-present)
• Telecollaboration to prepare our students for job interviews in French (2016-present)
• Language Learning Frameworks Project (2016-present)
• Development of an online Beginners Business French course as part of the Monash Warwick Alliance (2015-2016)

Pedagogical interests

• Employability & transferable skills
• Task-based teaching and learning
• Language for specific purposes
• Learning design – online teaching and learning
• Language assessment design

Qualifications

• MA in English
• BA in French
• PGCE in Modern Foreign Languages