Contact Information

Office: 3125 JFSB

Phone: 422-2782

Email: chantal_thompson@byu.edu

Vita: Link to Vita

Biography: Chantal P. Thompson, a native of Brittany, France, is a Teaching Professor of French at Brigham Young University (Utah). • Coordinator of first-year courses • Founder of African Studies Program at Brigham Young University • Has directed 3 Study Abroad Program in Senegal, West Africa (2000, 2003, 2005) • Professor Thompson has received many teaching awards at the Department, College and University levels, including the Karl G. Maeser Distinguished Teaching Award and the prestigious Susa Young Gates Professorship (1998-2008) • As an ACTFL Trainer and popular lecturer, she has been presenting workshops worldwide on all aspects of foreign language instruction and assessment. Recent workshops and speaking engagements have included Jakarta (Indonesia), Frankfurt (Germany), Caracas (Venezuela), Oxford (England), Bangkok (Thailand) and Rabat (Morocco). • Chantal Thompson is the author of three French textbooks: Ensuite, a second-year College text published by McGraw-Hill (1989, 1994, 1998, 2003), Moments littéraires, an anthology for intermediate courses published by Houghton Mifflin/Cengage (1992, 2006), and Mais oui!, a first-year program based on higher-order learning, published by Houghton-Mifflin/Cengage (1996, 2000, 2004, 2009). • Former national long jump champion of France!