Sylvie Mossay

Sylvie Mossay isa lecturer in the School of Languages, Literatures and Cultures and the School of Education. Sheis a qualified Modern Foreign Language teacher with 20 years experience in 2nd and 3rd level education. Originally from Belgium, she studied languages at the Université de Liège ( BAMA in langues et littératures modernes, orientation germaniques ). She spent her Erasmus year in Germany where she studied at theOtto-Friedrich-University Bamberg.She continued her postgraduate studies in NUI Galway ( HDip in Ed, MA in French, Pg Cert in Teaching and Learning in Higher Education ) where she has been teaching French and French methodology on various programs in theCollege of Arts, Social Sciences, and Celtic Studies since 2004. She is also amicroteaching- and school placement tutor as well as aresearch supervisor on the Professional Master of Education program (PME) in the School of Education . To encourage theuptake of languages at post-primary level, she recently started teaching aprimary school language sampler module that she designed(aspart of the Languages Connect and PPLI initiative) Areas of interest:· European Comics (particular interest in Belgian comics) Teaching and Learning Technology (for MFL) Curriculum design and assessment Learning Resource design