Anne Violin-Wigent

violinwi@msu.edu
(517) 884-6304

B352 Wells Hall
619 Red Cedar Rd
East Lansing, MI 48824

FacultyRomance and Classical Studies

Associate Professor
French

Biography

Anne Violin-Wigent is an Associate professor of French. Her previous research analyzed regional variations of the French language in France and the leveling effect of Standard French on regional accents and vocabulary. Her research currently focuses on the effectiveness of explicit instruction in the acquisition of a second language and, in particular, on the development of pronunciation. She is currently working on the second edition of Sons et Sens, La prononciation du francais en contexte, a French pronunciation textbook written in collaboration with Jessica Miller and Frédérique Grim and published by Georgetown University Press in 2013. She has served as the French Language Director and Assistant to the Language Director for many years and has taught a wide variety of classes, including History of the French language, Evolution of French Gastronomy, Teaching Methods, and French linguistics and phonetics to name but a few. She is also actively involved in teacher professional development, with the Michigan World Language Association (President in 2011) and in mentoring undergraduate and graduate students.

Degree: PhD, 2001, Purdue University

Research Interest: French linguistics (regional French) and Pedagogy

University News

Albertine Cinémathèque French Film Festival Returns to MSU 
Published October 3, 2024 in College of Arts & Letters
A collection of six film posters arranged in two rows. From left to right in the top row: "La Nuit du 12" (a woman in a red coat at night), "The Beast" (a close-up of a woman's face), and "Retour à Séoul" (a woman in a black coat in front of neon lgihts). Bottom row: "Other People's Children" (a smiling woman and man with a child), "Le Mépris" (a woman lounging in a room above the ocean), and "Banel & Adama" (a woman in a red dress laying on cracked earth).
Assistant Professors Elizabeth Tuttle and Jena Whitaker in the Department of Romance and Classical Studies at Michigan State University are excited to announce the return of the MSU Albertine…Read now »
Alumna Works to Strengthen State’s International Alliances
Published January 31, 2020 in College of Arts & Letters
a woman with long blonde hair wearing a black shirt with a white blazer
MSU alumna Katelyn Wilcox is the Assistant Chief of Protocol for the State of Michigan where she works to strengthen Michigan’s international alliances. She graduated from Michigan State…Read now »