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French/MFL: French Politics – Macron & Beyond with Ilse Renaudie from University of East Anglia
February 4 @ 14:45 - 15:30
In this Modern Languages/French session, Ilse Renaudie, Associate Professor in French Language in the School of Media, Language and Communication Studies at UEA, will run an interactive talk for students on French Politics: Macron & Beyond.
In this interactive talk about French politics, we will be looking back at the French political landscape since Emmanuel Macron‘s first election as President and the start of a movement bringing voices together to operate beyond long established political parties.
How have national and international events since then impacted his vision and strategy and how can we explain the instability of domestic politics with several Government collapses in the past few years?
With all eyes on the 2027 elections and opinion polls showing the far-right Rassemblement National growing in popularity, we will explore what may happen next and in what ways national leadership elections in today’s world have far wider social, economic and geopolitical implications.
Lecturer Profile: Ilse Renaudie teaches French language and cultures as well as translation between French and English. Through her teaching, she is particularly interested in the development of fluency and phraseology through translation as well as through collaborative project work. Ilse teaches French language from first to final undergraduate and has experience of coordinating students’ period abroad. In her classes, she often uses news items, with various purposes including summarising, translating, acquiring vocabulary and comparing the presentation of news across languages as well as within French national and regional or local news.
Our events are designed so that a group of students can take part from a classroom or students and teachers can take part as individuals, either from school or from home. There is no charge to take part.
As a live, participative event, this session will not be recorded but slides and other resources will be shared after the event, where available.
Suitable for: Aged 16+ pre-university students studying, or with a possible interest in studying, French, Modern Languages and related disciplines. Student groups as well as students and teachers joining individually are very welcome.
Preparation/Pre-Reading: Students may wish to consider the topic in advance and questions they have. Students can also think about questions about studying at university level.
The IT Setup: The event will be run on Zoom and participants will be able to join using laptops, tablets, and mobile devices. If you are joining as a school group, we recommend connecting with one device and projecting on to a whiteboard. You will be able to interact with the speaker via typed comments and questions and/or via a microphone. Full details will be sent to those who have registered (see below) prior to the event.
Booking a Place: This is free for schools and colleges. If you would like to take part in this event, please register your interest using the link to the registration form below: