Dr. Antoinette A. Barffour
Department
World Languages and Cultures
Role: Faculty
Campus: Springfield
Postal mail
Missouri State University
World Languages and Cultures
901 S. National Ave.
Springfield,
MO
65897
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Education
- PhD, Romance Languages, French/Applied Linguistics Track, the University of Alabama, 2016
- MA, French Linguistics, Indiana University Bloomington, 2012
- MA, International Affairs and Administration, Missouri State University, 2010
- Master Lettres: Sciences du Langage, Université de Strasbourg, 2008
Teaching
- FRN 101/102 Elementary French
- FRN 201/202 Intermediate French
- FRN 311 French Conversation
- FRN 316 French for the Professions (health, humanitarian response, diplomacy and business)
- FRN 324 Introduction to Francophone linguistics (French phonetics)
- IDS 297/397 Interdisciplinary Studies Course - International Culture and Study Abroad
- FRN 414 Le français Vivant (French in Media)
- FRN 495 Advanced Undergraduate French
- FRN 510/610 Advanced Translation
- FRN 524/624 Advanced Topics in Francophone Linguistics
- FRN 590/690 Advanced French Grammar
- MCL 724 Seminar in Linguistics for foreign languages
- FRN 725 Seminar in Francophone Literature and Culture (Francophone Africa and Diaspora focus)
Professional experience
- Assistant Professor of francophone Linguistics, Missouri State University, 2017-present
- Lecturer of French, Washington University – St Louis, 2016-2017
- Graduate Teaching/Research Assistant Mentor, Missouri State University, 2019-present
- Faculty-Led Study Away (in Quebec) Program Director, Missouri State University, 2019-2020
- Pi Delta Phi (French Honor Society) Faculty Advisor, Missouri State University, 2017-present
- Associate Instructor, Indiana University Bloomington, 2010-2012
- Instructor of French and Study Away Public Relations’ Coordinator, Indiana University Honors Program for Foreign Languages (IUHPFL) – France, 2011-2012
Professional affiliations
- American Association of Teachers of French (AATF)
- American Council on the Teaching of Foreign Languages (ACTFL)
Selected peer-reviewed publications
- Barffour, A., & Picone, M.D. (2019). Anglicisms in Written French Mass Media: Frequency, Nature and Impact on the French Lexicon. Southern Journal of Linguistics, 43 (1), 1-24.
- Barffour, A. (2020). L’analyse Linguistique du lapsus: Les Aspects phonétiques et Phonologiques. Akofena: Revue Scientifique des Sciences du Langage, Lettres, Langues & Communication,002 (1), 381-398.
- Barffour, A. (2020). Frequency and Nature of Anglicisms in Written French Advertisements: A Review of Ads in French Journals. International Journal of Humanities and Cultural Studies, 7(1), 1-13.
- Essien, H. & Barffour, A. (in press). Using Bilingual Thematic Dictionaries in African Language Pedagogy. The Journal of the National Council of Less Commonly Taught Languages.
- Barffour, A. (in press). English borrowings in French print media: attitudes and perceptions of native speakers of French from France. The International Journal of the Linguistic Association of the Southwest.
Research and professional interests
- Sociolinguistics and language contact
- L2 French pedagogy
- Applied linguistics
- Language politics
- African linguistics (Twi/Akan)
Awards and honors
- Tournées Film Festival Grant, FACE Foundation, 2020
- Assessment Grant, Missouri State University, 2020
- MCL Proactive Advisor, Missouri State University, 2020
- Master Advisor, Missouri State University, 2019
- College of Arts and Letters Faculty Summer Fellowship, Missouri State University, 2018
- Joffre and Zadie B. Whisenton Outstanding Black Graduate Student Award, University of Alabama, 2016
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