Anne Kerns

Adjunct Assistant Professor

French

Contact

Email

akerns@gettysburg.edu

Phone

(717) 337 - 7066

Box

Campus Box 0411

Address

McKnight Hall
Room 7 D
300 North Washington St.
Gettysburg, PA 17325-1400

I teach Beginning and Intermediate French, and I love to share my enthusiasm for and knowledge of France and the Francophone world with my students. I earned my Masters degree at the University of Colorado, Boulder, and my Ph.D. in French with a designated emphasis in Critical Theory at the University of California, Davis. My dissertation examined 20^th and 21^st century Francophone women’s writing and the genre of autobiography. Recently my research is focused on pedagogy and the place of web-based tools like Google Translate in the foreign language classroom.

I love to travel! I did a full year of study abroad in France as an undergraduate at Albright College in Reading, PA., I taught English and conducted my doctoral research in Ivory Coast, West Africa, and I have long served as the chief liaison for a local church mission in Haiti. I was born in Pennsylvania and after being abroad and out West for many years, I am happy to be living in Maryland and near my extended family. After many years of experience teaching at various institutions of higher learning, it is a singular joy and a privilege for me to work with the exceptional students and outstanding colleagues and staff at Gettysburg College.

My hobbies include hiking, backpacking, foraging, birdwatching, and participating in citizen science projects like eBird. I am a certified Master Naturalist volunteer, and during the summers I can be found guiding hikes, leading special programs, and organizing volunteer crews to control invasive plants at nearby Cunningham Falls State Park.

Courses Taught

Fundamentals of French grammar, composition and pronunciation. Emphasis on oral comprehension, verbal communication, reading and writing in the broader context of French and Francophone culture. Classroom interaction stresses oral-aural method of language learning. Enrollment limited to those with previous study of French or according to achievement on the Departmental Placement Examination. A student may not receive credit for both 101 and 103.
Fundamentals of French grammar, composition and pronunciation. Emphasis on oral comprehension, verbal communication, reading and writing in the broader context of French and Francophone culture. Classroom interaction stresses oral-aural method of language learning. Enrollment limited to those with previous study of French. Successful completion of 103 is a prerequisite for entry into 104 unless a student is placed in 104 according to the Departmental Placement Examination. A student may not receive credit for both 102 and 104.
Grammar review and practice in oral French, with stress on reading and written expression in the spring. Contact with French culture is maintained throughout. Enrollment limited to those who have previously studied French and who have completed 101-102, or who are enrolled according to achievement on the Departmental Placement Examination. Successful completion of 201 is a prerequisite for entry into 202, unless student is placed there according to the placement examination.
Grammar review and practice in oral French in the fall semester, with stress on reading and written expression in the spring. Contact with French culture is maintained throughout. Enrollment limited to those who have previously studied French and who have completed 101-102, or who are enrolled according to achievement on the Departmental Placement Examination. Successful completion of 201 is a prerequisite for entry into 202, unless student is placed there according to the placement examination.