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Deborah Blaz, a French teacher at Angola High School in Angola, Indiana, is a native of St. Charles, Illinois. She received her B.A. in French and German from Illinois State University, a diplome from the Université de Grenoble in Grenoble, France, and, in 1974, an M.A. in French from the University of Kentucky. Ms. Blaz has taught French and English to grades 7 through 12 for the past 20 years in Indiana. Ms. Blaz is the author of two best selling reference books, The Foreign Language Teacher’s Guide to Active Learning and Teaching Foreign Languages in the Block. She has frequently presented on successful teaching strategies at national conferences, universities, and high schools. A recipient of the Project E Excellence in Education award for the year 2000, she was also named Indiana’s French Teacher of the Year by the Indiana chapter of the American Association of Teachers of French (IAATF) in 1998, and was named to the All-USA Teacher team, Honorable Mention, by USA Today in 1996. She may be contacted at Angola High School, 755 100 E, Angola, IN 46703.