About Me

I am passionate about language learning and I have created a language learning Method called Mediarts Language Immersion. Mediarts Language Immersion is a new, efficient, and innovative language method that allows students to immerse themselves in their target language and culture. This method offers pedagogical activities mainly based on Arts and Media content with a direct access to online videos. This method developed according to the CEFR levels helps students learn a language more instinctively in a captivating way taking pleasure in discovering the culture and the concerns of the target-language society through music, films, series, literature and media

EDUCATION

RESEARCH INTERESTS

Sheng, an urban mixed language spoken in Nairobi.

10/2005

Ph.D., Doctoral Thesis in Languages, Literatures and Societies, INALCO (National Institute of Oriental Languages and Civilizations), Paris, with Distinction. Title: “Descriptive and Sociolinguistic Analysis of Sheng, a Mixed Language Spoken in Nairobi (Kenya)”, supervised by Prof. B. Caron.

Didactics of Swahili as Foreign Language

Swahili Learning through Media, Music, Films, literature...

Swahili in the Diaspora.

Oman, USA, UK, Yemen...

Swahili Language in DRCongo.

Swahili of Lubumbashi

2001-2002

M.Phil. Summa cum laude (Languages & civilizations), INALCO, Paris, France