Biography
I have experience teaching across a number of areas in French studies to learners from a variety of backgrounds. Before joining the School of Modern Languages and Applied Linguistics in September 2014, I worked at the University of York (UK) as Teaching Fellow, the Lao National University (Lao PDR) and the University of Limerick (Ireland) where I designed, delivered and assessed new courses in French and Francophone literature, culture, linguistics, French for specific-purposes (Applied Languages, Business, Law, Politics, Engineering, Medicine, and Equine Science) and also trained teachers of French working in primary and secondary schools.Career
· 2018-to present: University Teacher in French and Technology, School of Modern Languages and Applied Linguistics, University of Limerick.
· 2017-2018: Part-time lecturer in French, School of Modern Languages and Applied Linguistics, University of Limerick.
· 2014-2017: Teaching Assistant in French, School of Modern Languages and Applied Linguistics, University of Limerick. · 2013-2014: Teaching Fellow in French, Language for All Programme and Department of Language and Linguistic Science, University of York.
. 2008-2012: Part-time tutor, School of Languages, Literature, Culture and Communication, University of Limerick.
· 2006-2008: Lectrice in French, Department of Languages and Cultural Studies, University of Limerick.
· 2005-2006: French teacher, Department of Languages and Cultural Studies, University of Limerick.
· 2005-2008: French teacher, Language Centre, University of Limerick.
· May-August 2005 French teacher and teaching resource designer, Agence Universitaire de la Francophonie, Lao National University.
· 2002-2003: Lingua, Department of Languages and Cultural Studies, University of Limerick.
Education
· 2014: PhD in French studies, Applied Linguistics and Social Media (University of Limerick, Ireland)
· 2006: MA (Honours) in Language Policy, Plurilingualism, Information and Communication Technologies, and Teaching French as a Foreign Language (University of Angers, France)
· 2004: BA (Honours) in English Language, Literature and Culture (University of Angers, France)
Research Interests
My research interests include: French studies, Virtual Exchange, Computer-Assisted Language Learning (CALL), Global Citizenship, Intercultural Communicative Competence, Applied Linguistics and Translation.PUBLICATIONS:
Articles in Peer-Reviewed Journals
- Le Baron-Earle, F. and Giralt, M. (in preparation), Intercultural Encounters within EVE: Benefits, Challenges and Future Directions, Intercultural Communication Education.
- O'Regan, V., Le-Baron-Earle, F. and Batardière, M.-T. (upcoming winter 2023) Curriculum Innovation and Intercultural Dialogue: A Transnational Virtual Mobility Project, Journal of Virtual Exchange,
- Batardière, M.-T., Giralt, M., Jeanneau, C., Le-Baron-Earle, F., & O'Regan, V. (2019). Promoting intercultural awareness among European university students via pre-mobility virtual exchanges. Journal of Virtual Exchange, 2,1-6. Research-publishing.net. https://journal.unicollaboration.org/article/view/1112
- Rodgers, O., Chambers, A. and Le Baron-Earle, F. (2011) Corpora in the LSP classroom: A learner-centred corpus of French for biotechnologists', International Journal of Corpus Linguistics, (special issue on Applying Corpus Linguistics).
Book
- Le Baron-Earle, F. (book upcoming 2025) Language Learning in Digital Contexts: Developing Cross-Cultural Awareness, Edinburgh University Press: Edinburgh.
Book Chapters
- Le Baron-Earle, F. (2012), Social media and the acquisition of intercultural communicative competence: A focus on discussion forums' in Alderete-Diez, P., Incalcaterra McLoughlin, L., Ni Dhonnachadha, L. and Ni Uigin, D., eds., Translation, Technology and Autonomy in Language Teaching and Learning, Bern: Peter Lang, 291-315.
- Le Baron-Earle, F. (2011), Quality in Language and Culture Teaching - A State of the Art Review' in Murray, L., Hourigan T. and Riordan, E., eds., Quality Issues in ICT Integration: Third Level Disciplines and Learning Contexts, Newcastle upon Tyne: Cambridge Scholars Publishing, 47-71.
Academic Journal Special Issue
- Le Baron-Earle, F. and O'Reilly, C. (eds) Virtual Exchange and the Development of Transferable Skills: a Review of Practices Across Disciplines (upcoming winter 2023). Journal of Virtual Exchange, Special Issue.
Book reviews
- Le Baron-Earle, F. (2014), 'Social Networking for Language Education, Marie Noëlle Lamy and Katerina Zourou', Language Learning and Technology, 18(3), 52-55.
- Le Baron, F. (2010) Learning Language and Culture via Public Internet Discussion Forums, Barbara E. Hanna and Juliana de Nooy', ReCALL, 22(2), 266-269.
Corpus
- Chambers, A. and Le Baron, F. (eds.) Le Corpus Chambers-Le Baron d'articles de recherche en français / Chambers-Le Baron Corpus of Research Articles in French. 2007, Oxford, University of Oxford: Oxford Text Archive. Available at: http://ota.ahds.ac.uk/desc/2527
PhD Dissertation
- Le Baron-Earle, F. (2013), 'Social media and language learning: Enhancing intercultural communicative competence'. unpublished PhD dissertation, available at: http://ulir.ul.ie/bitstream/handle/10344/3589/LeBaronEarle_2013_social.pdf?sequence=5
Media
- Le Baron-Earle, F. (2023) "He proposed on our first date": my experience of Irish culture shock, RTÉ Brainstorm, available: https://www.rte.ie/brainstorm/2023/0322/1364404-culture-shock-ireland-language/
LATEST CONFERENCE PRESENTATIONS:
- O'Regan, V., Le Baron-Earle, F. and Batardière (upcoming summer 2023) "Fostering Collaboration and Internationalisation of the Curriculum through CALL" paper presented at the 56th British Association for Applied Linguistics Annual Conference, University of York, UK, August.
- Le Baron-Earle, F., O'Regan, V., Batardière, M-T. (2021) Virtual Mobility in Higher Education: Appraising the Impact of a VE Project during a Pandemic, paper presented at the IVEC 2021 conference, New York, October.
- Le Baron-Earle Florence (2021) Internationalisation Projects: Introducing the Erasmus+ Virtual Exchange (EVE) and the Transnational Virtual Exchange Projects (TEP)', paper presented at MLAL Teaching Day, UL, June.
- Le Baron-Earle, F. (2020) Testimonial about Virtual Exchange', paper presented at the UNICAEN Webinar, Université de Caen, October.
- Le Baron-Earle, F. and Giralt, M. (2020) Ready, Mobility, Go! A Pre-mobility VE project to prepare European university students for the period abroad', paper presented at the UNICollaboration Symposium, IVEC 2020, Newcastle-upon-Tyne, September.
- Le Baron-Earle Florence (2020) LiPS Online : Capitalising on students' mixed competencies in an intercultural virtual exchange', paper presented at MLAL Teaching Day, UL, June.
- Batardière, M-T., Giralt, M., Jeanneau, C., and Le Baron-Earle, F. (2018) 'Ready, mobility, go! : A series of cross-disciplinary telecollaborative projects promoting intercultural awareness among European university students', paper presented at the Telecollaboration and virtual exchange across disciplines: In service of social inclusion and global citizenship conference, Pedagogical University, Krakow, Poland, April.
- Batardière, M-T. and Le Baron-Earle, F. (2018) 'Wiki tips and tricks for the modern foreign language classroom', paper presented at the Digital tools for MFL: Moving forward conference, Maynooth University, Ireland, March.
- Giralt, M. and Le Baron-Earle, F. (2018) 'Authenticity and multimodal communication in online intercultural exchanges', virtual paper presented at the 6th international conference on the development and assessment of intercultural competence, University of Arizona, USA, January.
- Batardière, M-T., Giralt, M., Jeanneau, C., Le Baron-Earle, F. and O'Regan, V. (2017) 'Fostering intercultural thinking (FIT) for globalisation, paper presented at the MLAL Research Day, University of Limerick, Ireland, December.
- Le Baron-Earle, F. (2017) 'Insight into a telecollaborative project embracing multimodality and overcoming asymmetrical participation', paper presented at the international conference on intercultural communicative competence: A competitive advantage for global employability, Prague, Czech Republic, June.
CONFERENCES AND EVENTS ORGANISATION
- VE in Higher Education: Charting the Irish Experience'Interdisciplinary online conference co-hosted by UL and UCC, 17 September 2021
- Looking Back and Looking Forward: Innovative Practices in our Transition to Online/Remote Teaching and Learning'Annual MLAL Teaching Day, UL, 17 June 2020
- Applied Linguistics in the Era of Globalisation: Opportunities, Challenges, Practices'Annual Irish Association for Applied Linguistics (IRAAL) conference, UL, 18 November 2017
- Thinking Outside the Module Box'Annual Learning and Teaching Conference, University of York, 18 June 2014 - Applied Linguistics and Materials Development'Materials Development Association (MATSDA) conference, UL, 29-30 June 2012
- Web 2.0 and Language Learning'One-day symposium on Computer-Assisted Language Learning, UL, June 2011
- Languages Week'A series of language-related activities (taster classes, workshops, film screenings, themed lunches), UL,21-25 September 2009 and 26-30 September 2016.
Professional Activities
Employment
- 2014 School of Modern languages and Applied Linguistics, University of Limerick - Teaching Assistant in French
- 2013 Department of Language and Linguistic Science, University of York - Teaching Fellow in French
- 2008 School of Languages, Literature, Culture and Communication, University of Limerick - Part-time tutor
- 2006 Department of Languages and Cultural Studies, University of Limerick - Lectrice
- 2005 Department of Languages and Cultural Studies, University of Limerick - French teacher
- 2005 Language Centre, University of Limerick - French tutor
- 2005 Agence Universitaire de la Francophonie, Lao National University - French teacher and resource designer
- 2002 Department of Languages and Cultural Studies, University of Limerick - Lingua
Award
- 2012 - Best Presentation Award
- 2011 - Best Poster Presentation
- 2010 - Best Presentation Award
- 2008 - ISSP PhD Scholarship
Association
- 2012 Member, Cult-Net World: http://cultnetworld.wordpress.com/
- 2009 Member, ' European Association for Computer-Assisted Language Learning (EuroCALL): http://www.eurocall-languages.org/
- 2008 Member, The Computer Assisted Language Instruction Consortium (CALICO): https://www.calico.org/
- 2008 PhD Scholar, Irish Social Sciences Platform (ISSP): http://www.issplatform.ie/
- 2008 Member, Centre for Applied Language Studies (CALS): http://www3.ul.ie/llcc/cals/english/home.shtml
Language
- French
- English
- German
- Spanish