I am a qualified and experienced teacher. I have taught about 30 different courses at university level.
Currently, I work as a University Lecturer of French (2020–24) at the University of Helsinki. I teach for instance Grammar, Text and context (1 & 2), and Academic Writing. I supervise and evaluate MA thesis. During the academic year 2020-21, I taught most of the courses online via Zoom.
Previous experience in teaching
In 2012–16, I served as a University Lecturer of French at the Universities of Helsinki and Turku. I taught students of BA and MA levels in 24 different courses related to linguistics and translation. In the teaching of translation, I have two areas of speciality: EU translation and authorised translation.
Furthermore, I have served as a visiting lecturer in various courses, a tutor teacher and a second examiner of MA theses. Finally, I have a long experience (2005–09) in teaching and coordinating courses related to careers and work options of students of Romance languages.
Pedagogical qualifications
I am a qualified teacher with the following diplomas:
- Teachers’ pedagogical studies oriented towards adult education, Faculty of Educational Sciences, University of Helsinki (60 ECTS) (2013).
- Advanced studies in education, especially in subject didactics (foreign languages) (40 ECTS), Faculty of Educational Sciences, University of Helsinki (2015). In my MA thesis, I studied spoken language proficiency assessment, and made observations related to the digitalization project of the Finnish matriculation examination.