MADAME LITTEN
Madame Allison Litten grew up in Scituate, MA, where, in high school, she became interested in the French language and culture. She majored in French and sociology at Williams College. Immediately upon graduation she began a two-year program at the University of Mississippi. This program, the Mississippi Teacher Corps, allowed her to teach French at the high school level while obtaining her certification and taking courses to fulfill requirements for a Masters of Arts in Curriculum and Instruction. During these two years she worked at Brookhaven High School in Brookhaven, MS, where she tripled the enrollment in the French program and supervised the Student Council. After she finished her M.A. at Ole Miss she remained one more year in Brookhaven.
In the summer of 2003 Madame moved to the Upper Valley and began teaching at Marion Cross that fall. She has been here ever since, loving her job more as each year passes. She loves her students and having fun, singing songs and being silly. However she still loves to learn and is constantly striving to perfect her French. She completed her M.A. in French at Middlebury College in 2010, spending her final semester in Poitiers, France, and has traveled to France on numerous occasions since.
Madame goes to France every opportunity she has. She loves to visit her friends in Brittany, on the northern coast of France, and in Provence. While she enjoys going back to her favorite places, she is also ready to explore new regions. Her other travels to Francophone countries include Québec and Sénégal. She has a strong desire to go back to Africa, and to visit southeast Asia to see what remains of the French colonial period.
Madame believes that all students should have the opportunity to learn a foreign language. She is passionate about teaching with TPRS (Teaching Proficiency through Reading and Storytelling) and CI (Comprehensible Input). Her focus in class lies in giving her students numerous possibilities to hear French and process both spoken and written language. She believes that through listening and repetition, students will develop the skills and confidence to express themselves; she does not like the approach of "forced output." She has participated in numerous workshops to deepen her understanding of this pedagogical philosophy, and has presented her ideas and lessons at local, regional, and national conferences. She blogs about her experiences and ideas at the site cicanteach.com
Outside of school, Madame enjoys spending time with her family and her cat, traveling, watching movies, running, cooking, reading, and yoga. Some of her favorite Francophone musicians are Stromae, Le Vent du Nord, Black M, Les Cowboys Fringants, De Temps Antan, Carla Bruni-Sarkozy, Magic System, and Daara J.
Madame Allison Litten grew up in Scituate, MA, where, in high school, she became interested in the French language and culture. She majored in French and sociology at Williams College. Immediately upon graduation she began a two-year program at the University of Mississippi. This program, the Mississippi Teacher Corps, allowed her to teach French at the high school level while obtaining her certification and taking courses to fulfill requirements for a Masters of Arts in Curriculum and Instruction. During these two years she worked at Brookhaven High School in Brookhaven, MS, where she tripled the enrollment in the French program and supervised the Student Council. After she finished her M.A. at Ole Miss she remained one more year in Brookhaven.
In the summer of 2003 Madame moved to the Upper Valley and began teaching at Marion Cross that fall. She has been here ever since, loving her job more as each year passes. She loves her students and having fun, singing songs and being silly. However she still loves to learn and is constantly striving to perfect her French. She completed her M.A. in French at Middlebury College in 2010, spending her final semester in Poitiers, France, and has traveled to France on numerous occasions since.
Madame goes to France every opportunity she has. She loves to visit her friends in Brittany, on the northern coast of France, and in Provence. While she enjoys going back to her favorite places, she is also ready to explore new regions. Her other travels to Francophone countries include Québec and Sénégal. She has a strong desire to go back to Africa, and to visit southeast Asia to see what remains of the French colonial period.
Madame believes that all students should have the opportunity to learn a foreign language. She is passionate about teaching with TPRS (Teaching Proficiency through Reading and Storytelling) and CI (Comprehensible Input). Her focus in class lies in giving her students numerous possibilities to hear French and process both spoken and written language. She believes that through listening and repetition, students will develop the skills and confidence to express themselves; she does not like the approach of "forced output." She has participated in numerous workshops to deepen her understanding of this pedagogical philosophy, and has presented her ideas and lessons at local, regional, and national conferences. She blogs about her experiences and ideas at the site cicanteach.com
Outside of school, Madame enjoys spending time with her family and her cat, traveling, watching movies, running, cooking, reading, and yoga. Some of her favorite Francophone musicians are Stromae, Le Vent du Nord, Black M, Les Cowboys Fringants, De Temps Antan, Carla Bruni-Sarkozy, Magic System, and Daara J.