Lorena Fonseca Karahan
Curriculum vitae

Instructor of French

EDUCATION:

• Joint PhD in Linguistics at Universidade Federal de Minas Gerais and Universite Lumieres-Lyon II
• M.A. in Second Language Teaching and Acquisition with emphasis in French, Universidade Federal de Minas Gerais
• B.A in French language and litterature, Universidade Federal de Minas Gerais
• Diplome de langue et civilisation francaises, Alliance Francaise de Paris

AREAS OF SPECIALIZATION:

• Discourse analysis and Teaching French as a Second Language

MOST FREQUENTLY TAUGHT CLASSES:

• French 111, 211, 201
• French 201 & 202
• Business French and French Advertising

PUBLICATIONS:

ARTICLES:

• Fonseca, L. "Since There’s No Help, Let Me Have Breakfast And Part: Using Literature In Teaching A Foreign/Second Language ». Mississippi Language Crusader. Vol. 52, N. 2. pp. 5-11. May 2004.
• Fonseca, L. "O Uso Dos Chats Na Prendizagem De Línguas Estrangeiras"(The Use of Internet Chat Rooms for Second Language Acquisition). Caligrama: Revista de Estudos Românicos. v. 7, 2002.
• Fonseca, L. "Considerações Metodológicas para um Curso de FLE Mediado pela Internet” (Methodological Considerations for a French Course via Internet). Caligrama: Revista de Estudos Românicos. v. 4. pp. 67-77. Dec. 1999.

BOOK CHAPTER:

• Fonseca, L. "Alocação de turnos em salas de chat e em salas de aula"(Comparison of Turn Allocation in Chat Rooms and Classrooms). In: Interação e aprendizagem em ambiente virtual. Belo Horizonte: Faculdade de Letras (ed.) PAIVA, V.L.M.O. UFMG, 2001. pp. 74-85.