ABOUT SUE FENTON, M Ed

    EXPERIENCED TEACHER                  CREATIVE CONSULTANT               WRITER      

    EDUCATION CONSULTANT               WORKSHOP PRESENTER              SONGWRITER   

    KEYNOTE SPEAKER                           PHOTOGRAPHER                             MOTIVATOR

    GRAPHIC ARTIST        

   President of Madame Fifi Publications, since 1999

   Experienced Teacher, French 1, 2, 3, & 4AP; Spanish 1

   Creator of the method "Virtual Residence Language™"

   Author of over 25 books and materials. 

              Bestsellers:  Over 1,000 Conversation Starters, French Chat Boosters,

  Author & Lyricist for 2 CD's and manuals of Oh Là Là - Sing Your Way to French (with CC Couch & Teddy Irwin)

                           Published by McGraw-Hill; 2 books:

                           The World's Wackiest French Joke Book  (Reviewed in the AATF "The French Review," April, 2010.

                           The World's Wackiest Spanish Joke Book  (Reviewed in the NECTFL Conference papers, Marchl, 2010.

KNOWN FOR:  Her energy, creativity, innovative ideas

                          Chaired 2 city-wide French Immersion weekends for 25 schools with 22 mini courses & a Francophone village in a college gym

EDUCATION:

M Ed in Curriculum and Instruction at Tennessee State University.

BA  French Language & Literature at Boston University

English Certification, Bridgewater State College

Spanish Certification. Boston University, Bridgewater State College

Berklee College of Music,  4 semesters

Spent many summers living in Paris, visiting friends, traveling in Europe, researching, and writing

SPEAKING:  Sessions presented at many state conferences around the country, regional conferences (NECTFL, CSCTFL, SCOLT,) ACTFL.

                      Workshops presented for organizations, schools, school districts, state regions

                               Ex. Texas Region XV (4 times,) the University of South Carolina at Spartanburg "Reflections" workshop,

                                    Pawling, NY School District (2 times,) FL Association of Northern CA, NJ Association of Independent Schools,

                                    the Education Cooperative (MA,) Westchester Association of Foreign Language Teachers (NY,) and

                                    many more schools & districts.

HONORS:   National Alliance Française scholarship for a summer stage pédagogique in Paris.

                    University of Chicago Commendation

                    Who's Who Among American Teachers

                    Teacher of the Year; City Finalist

STUDENTS:  5's on the AP French Test; 1st in the state and city on the National French Exam; 4th national rank

                       on the National French Exam, student went on to get 800 on the SAT French Test; many students placed

                       in 2nd semester junior college French for majors courses as freshmen; one student was awarded an internship at French Embassy

                       her freshman year of college.

                      Took many groups of students to Paris; organized exchanges

BOOKS & MATERIALS:  Have been selling in the major national catalogs for 11 years such as Teacher's Discovery,

                                          Applause Learning Resources, World of Reading, Carlex, Inc., Delta Systems, Tralco Educational Services,

                                           Dolo Publications, International Book Center, Continental Book, MEP /Schoenhof's, etc.. 

PASSIONS:  Motivating people; getting students to speak; to make language as real as possible for students