Season 2

Episode 1: The gestures of teachers in the language classroom with Prof. dr. Marion Tellier

The Je suis prof de FLE podcast is back! Here is the first episode with Prof. Dr. Marion Tellier from the University of Aix Marseille. The topic of this episode is teachers' gestures in the language classroom. Is it useful to use specific gestures so that our students learn better? Are there gestures that shouldn't be used? Are the gestures limited to the use of the hands or do they also involve other parts of the body (the gaze, the voice, movements)? Whether you're a beginner or an experienced teacher, you'll enjoy this episode and take a fresh look at your teaching practices.

Episode 2: Generative AI for conversations in the FLE classroom with Dr. Serge Bibauw

In this second episode of the season, I welcome Dr. Serge Bibauw from the University of Louvain (Belgium), a specialist in language didactics and educational technologies.

We tackle a hot topic of the moment: generative Artificial Intelligence in the FLE classroom.

• What exactly is generative AI?
• Can it foster conversations and interactions in the classroom?
• What are the risks of ignoring it in our pedagogy?
• And what does the most recent research on the subject tell us?
  

A clear, nuanced and fascinating discussion to better understand AI tools and their place (or not) in the teaching of French as a foreign language today.

For more information on Serge Bibauw's work:

https://sbibauw.github.io/