Anne VERONIQUE Lair portrait
  • Professor (Lecturer) of French, World Languages and Cultures
  • Professor (Lecturer), World Languages and Cultures
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Professional Service

  • French Embassy. Role: Moderator and presenter. The Future Immersion Teacher Fellowship program and the new initiative: New Pathway to Teaching French, Third Seminar on Bilingual Education in the United States, organized by the French Embassy, October 23-25, 2023. 10/23/2023 - 10/25/2023
  • American Association of Teachers of French. Role: presenter. “Augmenter les compétences langagières par l’intermédiaire de la culture au niveau avancé”, presented at the American Association of Teachers of French in Trois-Rivières, CA, July 26, 2023. 07/23/2023 - 07/27/2023
  • Utah Teachers of French. Role: trainer. French teacher workshop, given to French WL and DLI teachers on June 12-15, 2023, organized by the L2TReC and the WLC at the University of Utah. 06/12/2023 - 02/15/2024
  • Souwthwest Conference on the Foreign Language . Role: Presenter. “Best of UFLA: “Enhancing Interculturality and Oral Skills in a Writing Course” presented at the Southwest Conference on the Foreign Language on February 25, 2023 in Utah. 02/23/2023 - 02/25/2023

Internal Service

  • Faculty Senate. College representative, career line, 08/21/2017 - 06/30/2020. University service.

Community Partnership

  • Honorary Consul of France. 04/26/2017 - present

Outreach

  • Honorary Consul of France, UT. 04/26/2017 - present
  • French-American Business Council. 03/24/2016 - present

Honors & Awards

  • Advisory Council Member for Language Connects Foundation (ACTFL). ACTFL, 11/13/2023
  • Best of UFLA: “Enhancing Interculturality and Oral Skills in a Writing Course” presented at the Southwest Conference on the Foreign Language on February 25, 2023 in Utah. Southwest Conference on the Foreign Language on February 25, 2023 in Utah., 02/25/2023
  • Recipient of the AATF Dorothy Ludwig Excellence on Teaching at the University level. American Association of Teachers of French , 07/17/2020
  • Awarded as Knight in the order of the Palmes Académiques by the French Ministry of Education in recognition of the contribution to the French language and culture. The French Ministry of Education , 05/30/2017
  • Recipient of the 2013-2014 Utah Foreign Language Association teacher of the year award at the post- secondary level . Utah Foreign Language Association, 01/12/2014
  • Recipient of the 2012 ACTFL/Nelson Brooks Award for the Teaching of Culture. American Council on the Teaching of Foreign Languages, 11/16/2012
  • Outstanding Educator of the Year at the University Level, for Foreign Languages. Iowa World Language Association , 10/03/2008

Affiliations

  • National Association of District Supervisor of Foreign Languages (NADSFL), member, 11/01/2015 - present
  • Alliance Française de Salt Lake City (AF-SLC), President, 07/01/2014 - present
  • Utah Foreign Language Association (UFLA), Officer, 07/01/2013 - present
  • American Council on the Teaching of Foreign Languages (ACTFL), member, 01/01/2003 - present

In the Media

  • “L’Utah, l’étonnant pionnier de l’éducation bilingue”, interviewed on French Morning podcast on January 28, 2019. https://frenchmorning.com/podcast-lutah-letonnant-pionnier-de-leducation-bilingue/. 01/28/2019. https://frenchmorning.com/podcast-lutah-letonnant-...