About the Scientific Committee
Le français des affaires has created a Scientific Committee to support us in our efforts to continuously improve the quality of our French language assessment services.
The Scientific Committee is an international team of experts and researchers in the fields of psychology, measurement and assessment, computational linguistics, French as a Foreign Language and Professional French.
It considers the methodological and technological aspects of assessment systems.
Its missions:
- advise Le français des affaires on decisions relating to its assessment systems (tests and diplomas);
- issue an annual opinion on developments in assessment systems described in an activity report;
- facilitate the creation of partnerships with universities and the development of scientific communication on the topic of French language assessment (organizing seminars and study days, taking part in workshops, publishing scientific articles).
Members of the scientific committee
Marc DEMEUSE, President
Professor, University of Mons (Belgium), Faculty of Psychology and Educational Sciences, National Institute of School Administration, Methodology and Training Department
Jean-Marc MANGIANTE, Vice President
University Professor, University of Artois (France), Faculty of Arts and Humanities, GRAMMATICA Laboratory
Marie BEILLET
Lecturer in Language Sciences – Teaching French as a Foreign Language, Paris Nanterre University (France), UFR PHILLIA (Philosophy, Information-Communication, Languages, Literature, Performing Arts)
Sébastien BÉLAND
Associate Professor, University of Montreal (Quebec – Canada), Faculty of Education, Department of Educational Administration and Foundations
Pedro CARDOSO-LEITE
Assistant Professor, University of Luxembourg (Luxembourg), xCIT Research Group
Marie-Christine FOUGEROUSE
Lecturer, Jean Monnet University of Saint-Etienne (France), Faculty of Arts, Literature, Languages
Thomas FRANÇOIS
Professor, Catholic University of Louvain (Belgium), Center for Automatic Language Processing
Marielle MARÉCHAL
Senior Lecturer, University of Liège (Belgium), Head of the French Department at the Institut Supérieur des Langues Vivantes
Anne-Cécile PERRET
Director of the University Center for French Studies in Grenoble
Thierry ROCHER
Deputy Director of Assessment and Academic Performance, Ministry of National Education (France), Directorate of Assessment, Forecasting, and Performance
Cheryl TOMAN
Professor of French, University of Alabama (United States), Head of the Department of Modern and Classical Languages
Sonja UGEN
Researcher, University of Luxembourg (Luxembourg), Director of LUCET (Luxembourg Center for Educational Testing)