EDUCATION
[M.A. degree candidate in Instructional Systems Design (ISD) program at UMBC
Training track. Specialization in Technology and Distance Learning. ]
Certificate of Technology.
Ph.D. Modern Languages, The Catholic University of America, Washington, D.C., 1983.
Dissertation: Guillaume Apollinaire: Un Réexamen du Modernisme.
M.A., French Literature, The Catholic University of America, Washington, D.C., 1980.
B.A., Arts and Sciences, Central Michigan University, Mt. Pleasant, Michigan, 1977.

CURRICULUM DEVELOPMENT:
FREN 101: Elementary French I
FREN 102: Elementary French II
FREN 103: Intensive Review of French
FREN 201: Intermediate French I
FREN 309: Business French
FREN 303: Special Topics in French. A series of four courses:
a).designed a new "writing workshop" video course based on the use of collaborative writing strategies (computer-conferencing for shared documents access) and softwares.
b) "French Youth Today" ( a web-based instructional model)
c) "French Society as seen by its media" (a video course)
d) Intro to international studies: styles of governments in French speaking countries, France and the European Community.
FREN 301: Advanced French I: focusing on the teaching and review of basic French structures in a cultural context.
FREN 302: Advanced French II:

PUBLICATIONS (AND OTHER CREATIVE EFFORTS)

Textbooks and Teaching Materials
de Verneil, Marie. Spécial Jeunes #1. From Childhood to Adolescence. Baltimore: France-TV Magazine, 1994.
de Verneil, Marie. Spécial Jeunes #2. Attending Secondary School. Baltimore: France-TV Magazine, 1994
[These two videos and their print support portray French youth today. The theme of the first one is "Growing-up in France," and the second one focuses on collégiens and lycéens. I directed the instructional design for these two videos and wrote the instructor's manual and the student workbook for each one.]
de Verneil, Marie (with A. Rosenthal & C. DuVerlie). Objectif France. Introduction to French and the Francophone World. Boston: Heinle & Heinle, 493 pp. 1993.
de Verneil, Marie (with C. DuVerlie & A. Rosenthal). Objectif France. Travaux Pratiques. Boston: Heinle & Heinle, 319 pp., 1993.
de Verneil, Marie. Objectif France. Testing Program. Boston: Heinle & Heinle, 138 pp.,1993.
de Verneil, Marie (Principal Writer and Editor-in-Chief). Les Cahiers pédagogiques of France-TV Magazine. Eighty-Two issues have been published as of April 1997.
Articles and creative writing:
"Using France-TV in the Classroom at the Lower Levels of Instruction."
in ESN (Education Satellite Network) program guide, December 1991, pp. 4-6.
"Le soleil casse dans la rue" and "Le soir". Cross-Roads, Vol. I, no. 1 (1982).
"Et la blancheur des bois d'automne." Ellipsis, Vol. 3, no. 1 (1977).
"La lune se fige aux peupliers." Poetry Windsor. Poésie, Vol. II, 2 (1976).
In progress: Astre d'Argile. A book of poetry (approx. 50 poems).

PROFESSIONAL ACTIVITIES

Papers:
"Teaching The Sociocultural Diversity of French Youth today", ACTFL, Philadelphia, November 1996.
"Motivating Students with Authentic Documents" , ACTFL, Atlanta, November 1994
"Motivating Students in the Elementary Language Classroom" (Using Authentic Videotexts with Beginning students), GWATFL, Georgetwon University, March 1994.
"Teaching with Video in the FL Classroom," Catholic University of America, Washington, D.C., January 1994 (a three-hour workshop).
"Video-based Strategies in the Elementary French Classroom," Maryland Foreign Language Association, "Fall Conference", October 1993.
"Using France-TV in the Classroom," MFLA/ GWATFL Joint Conference, Prince George's Community College, Largo, October 1992.
"The Teacher as Video Mediator in the Foreign Language Classroom" Conference on "Bridging Theory and Practice in the Foreign Language Classroom," October 1991, Loyola College in Baltimore, MD.
"France-TV Magazine and Integrating Technology into the Foreign Language Curriculum,"
a special session at the Northeast Conference, NYC, April 1991 (with C. DuVerlie).
"Le Bestiaire d'Apollinaire comme générateur textuel de l'oeuvre," Towson State University, 1990.
"How to Use Video in the Foreign Language Classroom." Presented at U.M.B.C., 1990
"Selecting Appropriate Satellite TV Documents for Classroom Use."
A presentation to Maryland High school teachers of Maryland, Westminster 1990.
"Le Postmodernisme de Guillaume Apollinaire." Paper presented at the 32nd Mountain Interstate Foreign Language Conference, Wake Forest University, Winston-Salem, NC, October 1982.

Modern Languages and Linguistics workshops
*Presentations in Fall and Spring methodology workshops on specific issues: teaching Gagne's nine events using video, developing interactivity in the FL classroom, sequencing instructional events in teaching with authentic documents.
*Presentations to "French Teachers/ Students Days" at UMBC

Training workshops
UMBC WebCT workshop. January 1998
Authoring with Libra. A Libra workshop held in Providence, R.I. May 15-18 1995 (Authoring with a videodisk platform).

Grants
Center for Language Initiatives grant: $600 to conduct research on the integration of new technologies in the teaching of French (1996).
Southwest Texas State University grant: as part of a FIPSE grant, $1,500 to learn Libra's authoring tool (1995).

National Committees
Member, AATF Committee on Media and Technology in the Teaching of French (Task Force on the Promotion of French in the U.S.)
Member, AATF Commission on Cultural Competence

Professional Affiliations
American Association of Teachers of French
American Council on the Teaching of Foreign Languages

HONORS RECEIVED
Elected to: Phi Kappa Phi National Honor Society.
Kappa Delta Pi International Honor Society in Education