A multicultural French ambassadress:

• A French woman; born from an expatriate French family working for the state department in  the cultural services.
• From school to  university, by my marriage with a French-speaking foreigner, due to my personal and professional interests, I always lived, studied and worked in a world of multiple cultural and linguistic diversities: from Damascus to Kabul, to Istanbul, to Oran, to Paris, to Budapest, to Chicago, to Cairo, to Milan, to New York, to Singapore, to  Bangkok.
• For the last 3 years, I lived and work between Florida and the South of France.
• My professionnal and international experiences forged my inner conviction of the need to be in the service of the French language and the French-speaking cultures.

A trainer of trainers and a teacher of FLE for more than 30 years:

1- A strong training:

At the CREDIF : I have first been trained at the SGAV methodology (structuro-globales audio-visuelles). I have taught and used this methodology in various countries.

Learn and teach with TV5Monde: In 2003 I have been trained and received my certification at the CAVILAM at Vichy of this very new device created by the francophone channel  TV5Monde. I have been recognized as an expert “labellisée” by TV5Monde.

2- An experimented trainer:

“Learn and teach with TV5Monde”: I presented through workshop this device since my training. I trained various FLE teachers in Asia and in the United States in its use. I wrote different articles on this device.

In FOS: I am also been trained in “French language on Specific Objectives” (FOS): the FLE for “Diplomats and international employees “; the FLE “French and Francophone Cultures and Civilizations “; the FLE for the “preschool and primary Children “. I have taught these special classes different time in Asia and in the United States.

3-An international teacher:

Teaching FLE: I taught the FLE (A1-C3; to children, teenagers, adults) in numerous countries and various French, Francophone’s and  English-speaking institutions (French Alliance, French Institutes, Universities) I made,  prepared and gave  numerous examinations (DELF, DALF, IB French A1 and A2, AP French, O level). I have been French language and Pedagogical Coordinator.

Varied educational systems: I have adjusted myself. My teaching skills have been enriched by the varieties and the differences used through numerous educational systems in the Middle East, Asia, Europe and in the United States. I am a member of the AATF, ACTFL and of the AP French group of the American College Board.