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Staff Profile

Isabelle Ruegg Alter

Lecturer in French

  • Telephone: +44 (0) 191 2085442
  • Address: Room 6.03
    Old Library Building
    GB - NE1 7RU Newcastle upon Tyne
    Great Britain
Background

Background

After studying German and History and gaining the equivalent of an MA from the University of Lausanne (French-speaking Switzerland), I qualified as a language teacher and subsequently held teaching in different schools and universities in Switzerland, Austria and Germany.

I started teaching French at the School of Modern Languages in 2008, became Teaching Fellow in 2017 and Lecturer in 2019. I have taught French language at all UG stages, with a particular focus on and interest in the second year language module FRE2061, for which I am module leader. I have also been actively involved in the University Wide Language Programme (UWLP) since its creation in 2013 and was appointed as its Director in July 2018.

 

Role

Director of the University Wide Language Programme (UWLP)


Other roles and responsibilities for 2023-24:

School of Modern Languages:

  • Member of the Board of Studies
  • Member of the Language Teaching Steering Group 

Newcastle University:

  • Member of the Language Resource Centre Advisory Group
  • Member of the Cross-FEC


 

Teaching

Undergraduate Teaching

  • FRE 2061: French General Language, Stage 2
  • FRE 4083: French General Language - Interpreting , Stage 4