Professor Linda Carol Robins
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Division of Arts and Humanities Department: World Languages and Cultures Discipline: French
Office: L-327 Phone: (201) 447-9283 email: lrobins@bergen.edu |
Interesting French Web Sites
France2(Hear French news, sports and more direct from France.) To use this you will need the RealVideo Player Download it free here
NetScan (a French search engine)
Les Partis Politiques Français
Webmuseum Paris: Tours of the Louvre and a walking tour of Paris, as well.
TV5: International Francophonic television available in the US
Pariscope: What's on in Paris this week
Paul Bocuse's Famous Five Star French Gourmet Restaurant Site--Save your money!
http://www.paris.org/ For Parisian Tourists and those who love the City of Lights
The French National Anthem: Download a sound file or the words to "La Marseillaise"
Agence France: The Source for all francophonic news worldwide
Bayarde Presse: Magazines for all ages, especially yours!
Courses Generally Taught
French I and II, Intermediate French
The course outline for FL 110 - French I - Spring 2002 is online. Click here.
Courses Scheduled for Spring 2002
08775 |
FL 110 |
French I |
Tues, Thurs Monday |
9:55 - 11:15 10:20 - 11:14 |
09101 |
FL 200 |
French II |
Mon, Wed |
2:40 - 4:39 |
08776 |
FL 110 |
French I |
Mon, Wed |
12:30 - 2:29 |
67925 |
FL 110 |
French II |
Tues, Thurs |
6:10 - 8:09 p.m. |
Professional Information
Degrees Held
B.A. Barnard College (Political Science/ French major,) Columbia University; M.A. Middlebury College Graduate School of French in France; M.Phil., A.B.D., New York University (thesis on the epic elements in the nineteeth century French serial novels of Eugene Sue); M.A. Montclair State University in English (thesis on the influence of Frantz Fanon on Jean Genet.) Certified reflexologist.
Professional Memberships
American Association of Teachers of French; member, Board of Directors (10 years)
American Council of Teachers of Foreign Languages; Secretary of Community College Interest Group, 1997-1998
NJ Foreign Language Teachers Association
Publications
"Whatever Happened to the U.N. Trusteeship of Indochina," France-Asie, #196. Unpublished article quoted by Rene Guise in Nineteeth Century French literary review.
Contributing author of two 2002 custom edition French texts: Objectif France with Le Bloc-notes du Professeur Robins (John Wiley and Sons,) and Decouverte et creation with Le Bloc-notes 2 du Professeur Robins (Houghton Mifflin.)
Research Interests
19th Century French literature, Medieval French literature, Native American nations, message and other holistic therapies.
Major Contributions to Bergen Community College as Founding Faculty member.
Producer and creator of six Native American Day Celebrations 1996 - 2001. Sponsor of the Francophonic Student Association (French Lovers' Club) for decades and of the Native American Awareness Club for five years. Multiple events producer: French Language Weeks; European and other foreign Film Series; memorials for Rita Koors.
