Dounia Bissar
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Email
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Telephone
+44 (0) 1206 872213
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Location
4.215, Colchester Campus
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Academic support hours
Monday 15:00-16:00, Friday 15.00-16.00
Profile
Biography
I joined the University of Essex in 2012, and left in 2025 as Senior Lecturer in French. Among my multiple interests the main one is second language acquisition, particularly the learning and teaching of grammatical structures. I have co-authored a French course book. I supervised undergraduate and postgraduate dissertations in the following areas: French language Translation French culture and society (literature, cinema, music, education, social relations, etc.) Second language acquisition
Qualifications
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MA in Romance Philology Université Libre de Bruxelles,
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MA in Applied Linguistics Birkbeck, University of London,
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Senior Fellow Higher Education Academy,
Research and professional activities
Research interests
Second language acquisition
Translation
Language testing
Conferences and presentations
Stott, R., Cousins, S.,Bissar, D. ' Pioneers on the frontiers of learning? A narrative inquiry approach to new pedagogical practices using technology in Arts and Humanities learning and teaching', 2nd annual HEA Arts and Humanities conference, 29-30 May 2013
2013
Cousins, S., Bissar, D. 'Tutor engagement in technology enhanced learning and teaching in Higher Education: some warming stories about change', ALT-C 2011, Leeds University, 6-8 September 2011
Leeds, United Kingdom, 2011
Bissar, D. 'L'expérience de la London Metropolitan University dans le lancement d'un plan institutionnel d'apprentissage des langues s'appuyant sur les TICE', Keynote address for conference on ICT and language teaching at Université Libre de Bruxelles, 28 January 2010
Brussels, Belgium, 2010
Teaching and supervision
Current teaching responsibilities
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Intercultural Communication and Research Skills (LA051)
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Language Studies Capstone Project (LA059)
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Translation, Interpreting and Subtitling Skills (LA067)
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Modern Languages Capstone Project (LA069)
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Mastery French (LA160)
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Translation Portfolio I (LA815)
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Translation Portfolio II (LA825)
Publications
Journal articles (1)
Cousins, S. and Bissar, D., Adapting to the digital age: a narrative approach. Research in Learning Technology. 20
Books (1)
Bissar, D., Phillips, H. and Tschirhart, C., (2016). Foundations French 1. Palgrave
Contact
Academic support hours:
Monday 15:00-16:00, Friday 15.00-16.00