Faculty/Staff Detail
Bob Ponterio
Website: http://web.cortland.edu/ponterior/
I strongly believe in the importance of offering students a variety of options in language learning at all levels and in the need to help language teachers improve their language, culture, and teaching skills.
Moderator of FLTeach (Foreign Language Teaching Forum)
Specializations: French Language, Literature, Culture; Technology; Cinema
Collaboration with Marie Ponterio on Civilisation Française web site
I have taught English in France at the Université de Metz & Business English in La Rochelle.
Education
Ph.D University of Illinois, Champaign-Urbana
(English Assistant at the Université de Metz, France)
B.A. & M.A. Binghamton University
(Study abroad in Aix-en-Provence)
Teaching
Technology in the Second Language Classroom
http://web.cortland.edu/flteach/mm-course/
French Cinema
French Civilization
Beginning & Intermediate French
The Couple and the Role of Women in French Literature
French Short Story
Realism & Romanticism
Survey of French Literature I & II
French Grammar
Publications
Though my primary training ws in French literature and computational linguistics, I now work mostly on practical pedagogy for language, culture, and technology in the classroom.
Bien Dit! Holt French Level 1, 2, & 3. Austin, Tex.: Holt, Rinehart and Winston, c2008; with John Demado, Séverine Champeny, Marie Ponterio. (High School French textbook; contributing author for cultural materials)
LeLoup, J. W., Ponterio, R. & Heller, W. (Winter 2010). “Cultural Perspective in the Language Classroom: Providing a Meaningful Context for Communication.” NYSAFLT Language Association Journal. Vol. 61, No. 3, 11-36.
"On the Web" Regular column in Language Learning and Technology journal 1997-2007 <http://llt.msu.edu/>.
“Technology and world language instruction: Where we have been, where we are now, where we are headed,” in A. L. Heining-Boynton, Ed., 2005: Realizing Our Vision of Languages For All. Upper Saddle River, NJ: Prentice Hall College; with LeLoup, J. W.
“FLTEACH Project: Online Database of Model Lessons with Cultural Content,” in Cherry, C. M. & Bradley, L. (Eds.). Languages for today’s world: Dimension 2006, 13-24; Valdosta, GA: Southern Conference on Language Teaching; with LeLoup, J. W.
"Technology and Foreign Language Instruction" in ¡Exprésate! Holt, Rinehart and Winston; with LeLoup, J. (2004).
“FLTEACH: Using technology for professional development,” in L. Lomicka & J. P.Cooke (Eds.), Technology and the Language Teacher: The Theoretical, Practical, and Historical Interface (pp. 26-44). Boston, MA: Heinle (2003) with LeLoup, J. W.
Second Language Acquisition and Technology: A Review of the Research. ERIC Digest EDO-FL-03-11. with LeLoup, J. W. (December 2003).
“FLTEACH: Online database of lesson plans for teaching with cultural materials, ” in Wm. Heller, Ed., Celebrating the Teacher Within, Annual Meeting Series No. 20, 57-62; Schenectady, NY: New York State Association of Foreign Language Teachers. with LeLoup, J. W. (2003).
“Creating standards-based activities integrating authentic materials from the WWW”, in Wm. Heller, Ed., ABC to PhD: Foreign Language Proficiency for ALL, Annual Meeting Series No. 17 (2000), 13-20; Schenectady, NY: New York State Association of Foreign Language Teachers; with Jean LeLoup.
“Foreign Language Resources on the Web: Cultural and Communicative Wealth on the Wires.” In S. Gruber (Ed.), Weaving a Virtual Web: Practical Approaches to New Information Technologies (pp. 91-102). Urbana, IL: National Council of Teachers of English. (1999); with Jean LeLoup.
"Meeting the National Standards: Now what do I do?" In A. Vogely (Ed.), Celebrating Languages: Opening All Minds! (pp. 43-50). NYSAFLT Annual Meeting Series 14; with Jean W. LeLoup: (1997). Also condensed and published as ERIC Digest, December 1998.
"Internet Resources for French Civilization Course at SUNYCortland: A Pilot Project." Reaching Out to the Communities We Serve. Ed. V. B. Levine. NYSAFLT Annual Meeting Series 13(1996), 43-50.
"Adapting Internet Technologies to Enhance Language Teaching." Interactive CD-ROM Teacher's Guide for Allez Viens! and ¡Ven conmigo! Holt, Rinehart and Winston, 1996; with Jean LeLoup.
"Teaching Authorial Point of View: Using Film to Question the Male Perspective in French Literature." Association of Departments of Foreign Languages Bulletin. 26,1 (1994): 12-18.
"What's happening in France Today? : Using Current News Reports in a French Language Class." The Possible Dream: Meeting the Challenges of Change. Ed. Virginia Levine. NYSAFLT Annual Meeting Series 10 (1993): 43-46.
"Using Sexism to Provoke Debate in the French in Action Classroom." Outcomes and Assessment: Teachers Helping Teachers. Ed. Virginia Levine. NYSAFLT Annual Meeting Series 8 (1991): 75-78.
"Using a Microcomputer in the Study of Irony." Proceedings of the First Annual Eastern Small College Computing Conference, Oct. 19, 1985, (Scranton: University of Scranton) 268-274.
Service
Modern Languages Department chair, 00-01, 2007-2010.
Awards:
1995: President's Award for outstanding contribution to the profession from NYSAFLT for creating and moderating the FLTEACH academic discussion forum; with Jean LeLoup.
1997: Anthony Papalia Award for Outstanding Article on Foreign Language Education from NYSAFLT for "Internet Resources for a French Civilization Course at SUNY Cortland: A Pilot Project," NYSAFLT Annual Meeting Series, No. 13.
2000: Dorothy S. Ludwig Award for Service to the Foreign Language Teaching Profession from NYSAFLT; with Jean W. LeLoup.
2001: Anthony Papalia Award for Outstanding Article on Foreign Language Education from NYSAFLT for “Creating standards-based activities integrating authentic materials from the WWW,” NYSAFLT Annual Meeting Series, 17 (2000), 13-20; with Jean LeLoup.
2003: Excellence in Research and Scholarship Award, SUNY Cortland.
2006: Anthony Papalia Award for Outstanding Article on Foreign Language Education from NYSAFLT for “Technology and world language instruction: Where we have been, where we are now, where we are headed,” in A. L. Heining-Boynton, Ed., 2005-2015: Realizing Our Vision of Languages For All, 153-174; Upper Saddle River, NJ: Prentice Hall College, with Jean LeLoup.
2011: Anthony Papalia Award for Outstanding Article on Foreign Language Education from NYSAFLT for “Cultural Perspective in the Language Classroom: Providing a Meaningful Context for Communication.” NYSAFLT Language Association Journal. Vol. 61, No. 3 (Winter 2010). 11-36; with LeLoup, J. W. & Heller, W.
2011: Dorothy S. Ludwig Award for Service to the Foreign Langusge Teaching Profession from NYSAFLT.
Grants
- National Endowment for the Humanities (NEH) Exemplary Education Project: Dissemination Project grant titled “FLTEACH: A Model for Professional Development and Foreign Language Instruction”, $167,198; 2002-2005; with Jean LeLoup.
- Graphic Design grant; SUNY Cortland, Title 3: $1200 for workshop and course development; 2002.
- National Endowment for the Humanities (NEH) Teaching with Technology: Educational Development and Demonstration: Diffusion and Dissemination grant titled "FLTEACH: Communication Technologies for Professional Development and Foreign Language Instruction." $50,000 outright/$10,000 matching, 1997-2001.
- SUNY Office of Educational Technology grant for Languages Across the Curriculum Multimedia Development Project. Co-director with Virginia Fichera, SUNY Oswego. $121,706, 1996-98.
- Fund for the Improvement of Post-Secondary Education (FIPSE) LxC Select SUNY Cortland Team Leader. Project Director Stephen Straight (1995-99)