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Professional Development

Educational Background

Professional Organizations

Conferences Attended

Professional Activities

TACL

GHP

Resume

CV

 

CV: MARCIANNE W. McHUGH

EDUCATION

May 2004
Masters of Education
University of Georgia
Focus on Foreign Language Education, teaching German
May 2004
Applied for Gifted and Talented Education Endorsement
May 2004
Applied for ESOL Endorsem
May 1998
Bachelor of Arts
Agnes Scott College
Majors: German and Philosophy

CERTIFICATIONS

May 2004
T-5 certification
Dec. 2002
T-4 certification (K-12) in German
Dec. 1997
Zertifikat Deutsch als Fremdsprache: German Proficiency Certificate issued by
the Goethe Institute in Atlanta, GA

HONORS & AWARD

Spring 2003
Completion of TACL, Teaching Assistants and Computer-Aided Learning, a program designed to help the TAs in the German Department at UGA become more knowledgeable about integrating technology in their own teaching, e.g., focus on using web-authoring tools to create internet activities for students, implementation of digital/audio visual equipment into the classroom and use of video editing software to create short films.
April 2003
Ludwig Uhlig Award for Research (for a self-designed qualitative research project on effective hypertext glossing techniques)

TEACHING EXPERIENCE

Aug. 02-present
TA in the Dept. of Germanic & Slavic Languages at UGA
Fall 2003: Taught two sections of GRMN 2001; an intermediate German class with an intense focus on grammar, reading, translation of intermediate texts, composition, and conversation. Spring 2003: Taught two sections of GRMN 1002; a continuation of GRMN 1001. Fall 2002: Taught one section of GRMN 1001; an introduction to the fundamentals of German with a focus on listening, speaking, reading and writing in a cultural context.
June-July 2003
Governor's Honors Program, Valdosta State University, Valdosta, GA
German instructor for 15 German majors and 16 German minors at a residential summer program for gifted and talented students from various high schools across Georgia. Classes were student-centered and I acted as a facilitator for whole class activities and students' individual research projects.
Sept.-Nov. 2003
Cedar Shoals High School, Athens-Clarke County
Instructed a 9th grade beginning ESL I class, once a week for 10 weeks.
Jan-Apr. 2002
Winder-Barrow High School, Barrow County
Student taught German II-V as split levels classes during block scheduling. I also taught one section of Study Skills to a mixed-abilities class.
Sept-Nov. 2001
Hilsman Middle School, Athens, GA
Taught 6th grade self-contained G/T class introductory German as an exploratory twice a week for 10 weeks.
Oct. 98- May 00
Fulbright Teaching Assistantship
Perg, Austria (98-99)
Innsbruck, Austria (99-00)
Worked as an English language assistant at all grade levels. The majority of my instructional time was spent with secondary schools students and students preparing to take their graduation exit exams. Taught community-sponsored after-school English conversation classes and led a weekly English Roundtable in the evenings for interested students.

PRESENTATIONS

McHugh, M. (November 2003). "Effective Hypertext Glossing Techniques for Improving Beginning Foreign Language Learner's Reading Comprehension." Paper presented at the annual meeting of SAMLA, the South Atlantic Modern Language Association, in Atlanta, GA.
McHugh, M. & Pitman, J. (Feb. 2004) "Using Hypertexts Effectively in the Foreign Language Classroom." Paper presented at annual meeting of FLAG, in Athens, GA.

PROFESSIONAL MEMBERSHIPS

American Association of Teachers of German, Member
American Council on the Teaching of Foreign Languages, Member
Foreign Language Association of Georgia, Member
Georgia Association of Gifted Children, Member
South Atlantic Modern Language Association, Member

REFERENCES

Available upon request