{"id":2211,"date":"2018-01-29T15:18:47","date_gmt":"2018-01-29T15:18:47","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/history.cah.ucf.edu\/?p=2211"},"modified":"2018-01-29T15:18:47","modified_gmt":"2018-01-29T15:18:47","slug":"alumni-spotlight-karen-kelly-class-of-2017","status":"publish","type":"news","link":"https:\/\/cah.ucf.edu\/news\/alumni-spotlight-karen-kelly-class-of-2017\/","title":{"rendered":"UCF History Alumni Spotlight: Karen Kelly, Class of 2017"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Karen Kelly currently lives about an hour away from Paris in the historic city of Rouen, Normandy teaching English to French children.<br \/>\nSince graduating from UCF in 2017 with a BA in History, Karen has started working as a teaching assistant through the Teaching Assistant Program in France (TAPIF). The program is an initiative through the French government allowing graduates to teach English in French schools.<br \/>\n\u201cI do lessons in English about the United State<span class=\"text_exposed_show\">s, American history and culture, holidays, etc.,\u201d said Kelly. \u201cWe also play a lot of games and listen to music and listen to music.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n<div class=\"text_exposed_show\">\nKelly attributes the skills and experience she uses while making her lesson plans to her involvement to the UCF-Hillcrest Foreign Language Club. The program provides UCF students studying Spanish and French with an opportunity to enhance the academic growth at Hillcrest Elementary.<br \/>\n\u201cSo far, the whole experience has been amazing,\u201d said Kelly. \u201cI would definitely recommend the program, and the Acad\u00e9mie de Rouen in particular, to anyone who is interested in living abroad.\u201d<br \/>\nStudents interested in participating in the UCF-Hillcrest Foreign Language Club can contact the History Department at 407-823-2225.\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Karen Kelly currently lives about an hour away from Paris in the historic city of Rouen, Normandy teaching English to French children. Since graduating from UCF in 2017 with a BA in History, Karen has started working as a teaching assistant through the Teaching Assistant Program in France (TAPIF). 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