Lyons Hall 204A
Telephone: 617-552-3839
Email: andrea.javel.1@bc.edu
French Language Teaching and Pedagogy, Second Language Acquisition, Supervision of Teaching Fellows and New Teachers, Teacher Training, Curriculum Design, Foreign Language Anxiety, French and Francophone Literature in the Foreign Language Classroom, Critical Thinking and Critical Pedagogy, Study Abroad and Immersion-Style Programs, Culture Shock, The Use of Historical Fiction in the Foreign Language Classroom
"ԳǰǰپԲUn village françaisinto the French curriculum," NECTFL (Northeast Conference on the Teaching of Foreign Languages), New York, NY, March 2020.[Un village françaisis a French television series that takes place during World War II.]
"L’ambivalence culturelle et linguistique de la Caraïbe francophone perçue à travers deux films déroulés sur deux îles," AATF Annual Meeting, Martinique, France, July 2018 (also presented at MaFLA Annual Meeting, Springfield, MA, October 2018, and at “Diversity Day,” Lasell University, Newton, MA, May 2018).
"Bringing About an Awareness of Social Justice in the Foreign Language Classroom," co-presenter (with C. Wood Lange), MaFLA Annual Meeting, October 2015.
"Un voyageaux Antilles francophones," workshop session, “Diversity Day,” Lasell University, Newton, MA, May 2015.
"Caribbean Voices: Literature, Film and History of the French West Indies." Three-day workshop in Lexington, MA, July 9 – 11 for local middle and high school French teachers. 2014 EDCO Collaborative.
"B comme bouquin, C comme cinéma." Four-day workshop in Waltham, MA, pairing contemporary French fiction and cinema. Fall 2013 – Spring 2014 for local middle and high school French teachers.2013 EDCO Collaborative.
"French and Francophone Cinema: Where Cultures Collide." Three-day workshop in Waltham, MA, July 9– 11 for local middle school and high school teachers from the mdý area.2013 EDCO Collaborative.
"Métissage des cultures, Couleurs du Maghreb: l’histoire, la musique, le cinéma, la cuisine et la littérature maghrébine de langue française." For the 2012 "Diversity Day" Workshop,"Lasell University, Newton, MA, under the auspices of MaFLA (Massachusetts Foreign Language Association).
(translator), "Memorandum on French Bishops during the Occupation of France (1940-44)," translation of Henri de Lubac, S.J., "La Question des évêques sous l’Occupation,"Journal of Jesuit Studies (2018) vol. 5:2.
(translator), "The Writings of Saint Ignatius as Seminal Texts," translation of Pierre-Antoine Fabre, "Les écrits d’Ignace de Loyola comme texte fondateur,"A Companion to Ignatius of Loyola:Life, Writings, Spirituality, Influence(Brill’s Companions to the Christian Tradition Series), vol. 52, 2014.
Testing Programto accompany textbook, Valette and Valette,Contacts, 7th edition (mdý: Houghton Mifflin 2000).
"One-Credit Practica," co-authored with Debbie Rusch and Brian O'Connor,MLA Newsletter, Summer 1998.
Testing Programto accompany textbook, Valette and Valette,À votre tour(mdý: McDougal-Littell, 1996).
2006 Teaching with New Media (TWIN) Award, Magna Cum Laude for innovative use of technology in Elementary and Intermediate French courses. Awarded by Instructional Design + eTeaching Services at mdý College.