Faculty and Staff - Jane S. Smith, Ph. D.
Associate Professor of French
201 Little Hall
University of Maine
Orono, Maine 04469-5742
Ph: 207-581-2075
Fax: 207-581-1832
jane.smith@umit.maine.edu
Degrees:
- Ph.D. University of Washington
- M.A. George Washington University
- B.A. State University of New York College at Oswego
Research Areas:
- North – American French, French Morphosyntax, Discourse Analysis and Information Structure in French
- Language Policy
Current research focus:
- Language Policy in the U.S. and India
- A Sociolinguistic Investigation of Franco-American French, a collaborative project with researchers at the University at Albany funded by the National Science Foundation.
- Information Structure in Franco-American French
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Professional Activities and Interests:
- Chair, Modern Languages and Classics
- Elementary and intermediate French program coordinator
- Organizer, Maine State Summer Institute for Teachers of French and Spanish
- Integrating technology into the language classroom
- Departmental technology ad hoc committee
- President, Atlantic Provinces Linguistics Association/Association de linguistique des provinces atlantiques (2007-09)
Courses taught in French:
- FRE 101: Elementary French I
- FRE 102: Elementary French II
- FRE 103: Elementary French I: Modules
- FRE 104: Elementary French II: Modules
- FRE 117: Accelerated Elementary French
- FRE 211: Intermediate French I: Modules
- FRE 212: Intermediate French II: Modules
- FRE 218: Accelerated Intermediate French
- FRE 350: Multidisciplinary Readings in French
- FRE 310: Readings in Francophone Literature
- FRE 315: Advanced French Conversation
- FRE 397: Québec May Term
- FRE 398: Western France (Immersion)
- FRE 420: French Phonetics
- FRE 442: North American French
- FRE 500: History of the French Language
- FRE 520: French linguistics
- FRE 542: Seminar in North American French
- FRE 598: Projects: Sociolinguistics
- FRE 598: Projects: Contemporary French Culture
Courses taught in English:
- INT 410: Introduction to the Study of Linguistics
- MLC 466/MLC 566: The Teaching of Modern Languages
- ELL 470/ELL 570: Methods in Teaching ESL
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