Louise Ouvrard

Louise Ouvrard is a University Professor at the Institut National des Langues et Civilisations Orientales (INALCO) specializing in African languages with a focus on Malagasy. She teaches within the Africa and Indian Ocean department, focusing on Malagasy grammar, the Malagasy verbal system, and Arabic-Malagasy manuscripts.

Her research interests center on Malagasy didactics, digital language teaching methodologies, Malagasy enunciative particles, pragmatics, and word order. As a member of the PLIDAM research team, she investigates how digital tools transform language education, particularly for less commonly taught languages. Her recent work has focused extensively on the impact of the pandemic on language teaching, exploring the transition from traditional to digital learning environments.

Professor Ouvrard's scholarly output demonstrates her commitment to innovative language teaching approaches, with numerous publications on multimodal learning, virtual reality applications, smartphone-mediated vocabulary acquisition, and audiovisual materials for language mediation. Her work bridges theoretical linguistics with practical classroom applications, particularly for African languages.

Her research on linguistic variation in less commonly taught languages addresses both sociolinguistic questions and didactic challenges, contributing to broader discussions about language preservation and pedagogical adaptation. The pandemic accelerated her focus on digital transformation in language education, with many 2020 publications examining remote teaching methodologies and the paradoxes of distance learning.

Professor Ouvrard has been involved in international collaborations, including Chinese-French language exchange programs between INALCO and BFSU, demonstrating her commitment to cross-cultural language learning partnerships.