Papers by Zoe Petropoulou
International Journal of Technology in Teaching and Learning, 2020
This article is about the college experience and the design and implementation for a first-time v... more This article is about the college experience and the design and implementation for a first-time virtual classroom linking non-native speakers of French in the U.S. with native speakers of French in France. Virtual exchange programs have begun to appear over the past 25 years as technology has made such initiatives possible. The virtual classroom described here was designed to address second language skills and intercultural competencies including non-verbal communication skills, cultural knowledge, and to encourage personal engagement. This article offers an account of how such a course between two universities became a reality and reviews the methodological steps adopted and the challenges involved in creating the program. It also offers recommendations for future virtual classrooms involved in university-wide virtual exchange initiatives.
IT 'S ONLY FIT TING that in a book that tracks influences, I acknowledge my own. At Williams, Bri... more IT 'S ONLY FIT TING that in a book that tracks influences, I acknowledge my own. At Williams, Brian Martin and Kashia Pieprzak opened up my horizon of possibility, making me want to become a professor of French (and a person) like them. At Yale, Alice Kaplan taught me to think for myself, and her gift of and with language continues to inspire. Thank you, from one A. K. to another. Margaret Homans was an early believer in my work and her interest and engagement were invaluable. I'm grateful that Howard Bloch and Maurice Samuels have continued to support and encourage my work throughout the years. Agnès Bolton sustained me through more crises of faith than I can count. The anagram Ange(s) Bolton is a fitting one. At Duke, the Contemporary Novel Group, the Triangle French History and Culture Seminar, Nancy Armstrong, Michèle Longino, Helen Solterer, and Kate Costello were thoughtful interlocutors indispensable to the crucial work of reframing the project and discovering what shape it was supposed to take. Anne Garréta pushed me to write freely without looking to her for approval or permission. Rey Chow's quick laughter and careful listening and reading modeled an intellectual engagement and generosity to which I aspire. Robyn Wiegman showed me how important the psychic dimension of writing is, and viii • ACKNOWLEDGMENTS 1. Armstrong, How Novels Think. 2. See hooks, Feminist Theory, which speaks powerfully to the need for feminism to contest more than sexism and misogyny. 3. See Duchen, Feminism in France; Picq, Libération des femmes; Collectif, "MLF. " 10. Sarraute, "Prière d'insérer" to "disent les imbéciles." 11. Benmussa and Sarraute, Entretiens avec Nathalie Sarraute, 184.
Studies in 20th & 21st Century Literature
Women in French Studies, 2010
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Papers by Zoe Petropoulou