Background
Freed, Barbara Faye was born on August 2, 1941 in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States. Daughter of Maurice and Lillian (Greenstein) Freed.
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Foreign Language Acquisition Research and the Classroom (Heath series on foreign language acquisition research & instruction)
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Foreign Language Acquisition Research and the Classroom assembles 24 papers covering topics such as communication in the foreign language classroom, the role of grammar in communication, cultural competence, current methodologies, and approaches to foreign language acquisition, research design, and implementation of the model in the classroom environment.
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- Contextes: French for Communication (Teaching/learning French with explanation in English.)
Barbara Faye Freed
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Education
Bachelor, University of Pennsylvania, 1963; Master of Arts, Temple University, 1971; Doctor of Philosophy, University of Pennsylvania, 1978; certified European Studies, Institute for American Universities, Aix-en-Provence, France, 1961.
Career
French teacher, Cherry Hill Public Schools, Philadelphia, 1963-1967;
foreign language text editor, Center for Curriculum Development, Philadelphia, 1967-1969;
research associate, curriculum writer, Research for Better Schools, Philadelphia, 1971-1972;
foreign language coordinator, lecturer, University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, 1972-1977;
program director summer study in France, University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, 1979-1981;
assistant dean language instruction, University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, 1979-1983;
director Regional Center for Language Proficiency, University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, 1983-1986;
vice dean language instruction, University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, 1984-1990;
adjunct associate professor Romance languages, University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, 1988-1990;
director language programs & instruction, University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, 1988-1990;
professor, head department modern languages, Carnegie Mellon U., Pittsburgh, since 1990. Trustee Institute American Univds., Aix-en-Provence, France, since 1990. Member National Research Council Commision on Behavioral and Social Sciences and Education, 1991.
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Works
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Foreign Language Acquisition Research and the Classroom (Heath series on foreign language acquisition research & instruction)
(Foreign Language Acquisition Research and the Classroom a...)
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Contextes: French for Communication
(Teaching/learning French with explanation in English.)
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Foreign Language Acquisition Research and the Classroom (Heath series on foreign language acquisition research & instruction)
Membership
Board of directors Alliance Francaise De Philadelphia, since 1980, chairman education committee, since 1980. Board directors Friends of Settlement Music School, Philadelphia, 1979-1983. Member Modern Language Association (chairman division teaching 1984, delegate pedagocial concerns 1983-1985,91-), American Association University Supervisor and Coords., American Association Applied Linguistics, American Association Teachers of French (director commission on testing 1983-1984, commission on proficiency 1991, director commission on student standards since 1993), American Council Teaching of Foreign Langs.
(oral proficiency interview Executive Committee 1988-1991, tester and trainer since 1983), Linguistic Society American, Teachers of English to Speakers of Second Langs.
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Married Sheldon Tabb, July 4, 1979.
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American
Awards
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Consortium for Language Teaching and Learning research grantee, 1988-1990,Faculty Exchange fellow United States Information Agency, U. Mohamed V. Rabat, Morocco, 1986.Consortium for Language Teaching and Learning research grantee, 1988-1990,Faculty Exchange fellow United States Information Agency, U. Mohamed V. Rabat, Morocco, 1986.