Émile B. De Sauzé

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Émile B. De Sauzé (born December 7, 1878 in Tours , † July 10, 1964 in Cleveland ) was an American Romance studies and foreign language teacher of French origin.

life and work

Émile Blais De Sauzé (also de Sauzé or DeSauzé or DeSauze) studied at the University of Poitiers (graduation in 1900) and went to the United States in 1905. In 1910 he was registered in Philadelphia. From 1918 to 1949 he was responsible for foreign language teaching in Cleveland . He directed the School of French at Case Western Reserve University and founded the Maison française de Cleveland.

His foreign language learning method (an extended direct method) became famous under the name "Cleveland Plan".

A professorship in modern languages ​​at Case Western Reserve University bears his name. The same goes for a Cleveland City school.

Works

Textbooks

  • Cours pratique de français pour commençants , Philadelphia 1919, 1927; ( avec transcriptions phonétiques ) 1934; ud T. Nouveau course pratique de francais pour commencants , 1949, 1953; (with Eugene K. Dawson and B. June Gilliam) New York 1970
  • (with Harriet M. True) Grammaire française , Chicago / Philadelphia 1920, Philadelphia 1948
  • The Cleveland plan for the teaching of modern languages ​​with special reference to French , Philadelphia / Chicago 1924, 1929, 1946, 1953, 1959
  • (with Vesta Condon) The Cleveland plan for the teaching of modern languages ​​with special reference to Spanish , Philadelphia 1931
  • The Cleveland plan for the teaching of languages ​​with special reference to Latin , Chicago 1940
  • Lisons donc , New York 1932, 1937, 1952, 1958, 1961
  • Using French. A workbook covering basic syntax idiomatic expressions and verbs , New York 1945

Editorial activity

  • (Ed.) Contes Gais , Philadelphia 1924
  • (Ed.) Sept comédies modern, New York 1925
  • (Ed.) Jean Valjean. Extrait des Misérables de Victor Hugo , New York 1926
  • (Eds.) Helen M. Chesnutt, Martha Whittier Olivenbaum, Nellie Price Rosebaugh, The road to latin. A first-year Latin book , Philadelphia 1932
  • (Ed.) Alexandre Dumas, Nouvelles aventures de D'Artagnan , New York 1935
  • (Ed. With Agnès M. Dureau) Un peu de tout. Second French reader , Philadelphia 1937, 1947; (with Eugene K. Dawson and B. June Gilliam) New York 1970
  • (Ed. With Agnès M. Dureau) Commençons à lire. A first year French reader , New York 1940

literature

  • Oreste F. Pucciani , The Cleveland Plan for the teaching of modern languages, in: Modern Language Journal 28, 1944, pp. 499-507
  • Casimir D Zdanowicz, Professor Emile de Sauzé and "The Cleveland Plan", in: French Review 18, 1945, p. 196
  • Walter W. DuBreuil, A Tribute to Dr. Emile de Sauzé, in: The Modern Language Journal , 32, 1948, pp. 608-609
  • Milton Barall, The Contributions of Emile Blais de Sauzé to the teaching of modern foreign languages , Thesis (Ph. D.) New York University 1948
  • John Harvey Underwood, Chomsky, De Sauzé, and the computer. A humanistic approach to language teaching (with special reference to Spanish), Thesis (Ph. D.) University of California, Los Angeles 1981

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personal data
SURNAME De Sauzé, Émile B.
ALTERNATIVE NAMES De Sauzé, Émile Blais; DeSauze, Emile B.
BRIEF DESCRIPTION American Romance studies and foreign language teacher of French origin
DATE OF BIRTH December 7, 1878
PLACE OF BIRTH Tours
DATE OF DEATH July 10, 1964
Place of death Cleveland