Staff
Laurence Giraud-Johnstone
L-ès-Lettres, Postgraduate Certificate in Education (merit)
Lecturer in French
Tel: +44 (0) 141 848 3390
Fax: +44 (0) 141 848 3533
Email: laurence.giraud-johnstone@uws.ac.uk
Laurence Giraud-Johnstone, graduated in English Language and Literature at the University of Jean Monnet, Saint-Etienne (France) and did the Postgraduate Certificate in Education at the former Saint Andrews College of Education, Glasgow. Taught French at the University of Regina in Saskatchewan (Canada), The University of Strathclyde, Continuing Education Department at the University of Glasgow and at the Alliance Française in Glasgow before setting up the Languages section at the former Department of Accounting, Economics and Languages at the University of the West of Scotland in 1990. She is the year abroad coordinator for languages on behalf of the School of Creative and Cultural Industries and the programme organiser of visiting scholars from France who have given in-depth, first-hand, up-to-date, vocationally appropriate lectures and with whom research links and scholarship activities are established.
Her main research interests are in the cultural , social, political, economical and environnemental issues in contemporary France but also improving students as lifelong learners and pedagogical aspects of language learning and teaching. She has also been working on political landscape and social issues in Contemporary France via the implementation of PDP. Her most recent publication dealt with the use of non-language specialist Socrates visiting scholars to lecture about social discontent in France in the target language to enhance student learning experience. She is currently investigating workbased learning abroad in a foreign language.
From 2001 up till now Laurence is writing and editing of up-to-date curricular materials on a wide range of economic, political, environmental and social issues in collaboration with Socrates partners with the cooperation of CAPD.
Recent and forthcoming activities:
- Poster presentation for QAA Scotland, Employer engagement through Work Based Learning West Park Centre, University of Dundee, 10th May 2010
- Workshop on work based learning Abroad in a Foreign Language module delivered for British Council, Edinburgh, 18th of May 2010.
- Forthcoming academic paper on findings on Workbased learning Abroad in a Foreign Language pilot project.
Publications
Giraud-Johnstone L. (2008) in collaboration with Chaserant Camille, Un exemple de collaboration Outre-Manche, Francophonie, Number 37 (pp11-16).
Giraud-Johnstone L. (2005) Encourager la motivation chez les non-spécialistes, Francophonie, Number 32 (pp7-13).
Refereed and Published Conference Proceedings
Giraud-Johnstone, L. (2004) Comment motiver des apprenants non-linguistes par l'intermédiaire des tâches?, les Cahiers de l'Apliut- Vol.XXIII- N.1- February (pp 104-121 )
Giraud-Johnstone L. and Russow, R. (2001) Enhancing Student Autonomy through Learning Technology, Laurence University Language Press.
Funded Research
Awards for High-quality teaching (£500) from Faculty of Education, Craigie Campus, June 1998.
PBS mini-research Awards on Enhancing student autonomy through learning support technology - December 2001
Seminar delivered
Giraud-Johnstone L.(2003) "Comment motiver des apprenants non-linguistes par l'intermédiaire des tâches?", XXVème Congrès de l'Apliut in Auch (IUT Toulouse III, France)
Seminars delivered by visiting scholars from France since 2000
Camille Chaserant, I.U.T Le Havre , 2009
- Les pratiques culturelles des Français
- Les Français et la récession
Camille Chaserant, I.U.T. Le Havre, 2007
- La France face au réchauffement climatique
- L’absence de politique environnementale en France
- Le système éducatif en France: Fonctionnement et démocratisation
Camille Chaserant, I.U.T. Le Havre, 2006
- Les élections présidentielles en France
Camille Chaserant, I.U.T. Le Havre, 2005
- Le mécontentement social en France
Camille Chaserant, I.U.T. Le Havre, 2004
- Les développements économiques de la France du 20ième siècle.
- Présentation d'une région française (La Normandie).
- Comparaison de deux régions françaises.
Anne-Laure Le Nadant, Caen University, 2004
- La remise en cause des 35 heures
- L'entreprise LVMH
Marie Scaramuzzino, Ipaq, Annecy - 2004
- L'élargissement de l'Europe
- Les formes juridiques d'une entreprise
Virginie Béhue, IUT Le Havre, 2003
- Portraits de patrons français
- La remise en cause des 35 heures
- Comment l'europe peut-elle vivre avec l'élargissement de l'Europe?
Pascal Ricordel, I.U.T. Le Havre, 2003
- La réforme de la protection sociale en France.
- La politique étrangère de la France.
Pascale Touratier, IUT de Troyes, 2003
- La mise en place des 35 heures
- Comment l'Europe peut-elle vivre avec l'élargissement grand marché?
Naima Yassim, IPAC Annecy, 2003
- L'effet des 35 heures sur les loisirs des Français.
- Une entreprise française: La maped
Visit of Pascale Touratier, I.U.T de Troyes, 2002
- Les 35 heures pouvaient-elles modifier la place du travail dans la société future?
- L'influence de la France envers l'Europe.
Thierry Suchère, I.U.T Le Havre, 2001
- Le paysage politique français
- Le patronat français
Jean-Marie Bassouamina, I.U.T le Havre, 2000
- Business French Management Styles
- La France et l'Europe.