Jane S. Smith
201 Little Hall
University of Maine
Orono, Maine 04469-5742
Ph: 207.581.2075
Fax: 207.581.1832
jsmith@maine.edu
Courses taught at UMaine
- ELL 470/ELL 570 – Methods in Teaching ESL
- ELL 485/585 – Applied Linguistics and Second Language Acquisition
- FRE 101 – Elementary French I
- FRE 102 – Elementary French II
- FRE 117 – Accelerated Elementary French
- FRE 218 – Accelerated Intermediate French
- FRE 320 – French Pronunciation
- 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
- INT 410 – Introduction to the Study of Linguistics
- MLC 466/MLC 566 – The Teaching of Modern Languages
Education
- Ph.D. in Romance Languages, University of Washington (1994)
- M.A. in French Literature, George Washington University (1980)
- B.A. in French, State University of New York College at Oswego (1977)
Research Areas
- North – American French, French Morphosyntax, Discourse Analysis and Information Structure in French
- Language Policy
- 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 (2010-2016) (2017-2020)
- Elementary and intermediate French program coordinator
- Organizer, Maine State Summer Institute for Teachers of French and Spanish
- Integrating technology into the language classroom (FRE 201, 202, 442, 542 developed for online delivery)
- President, Atlantic Provinces Linguistics Association/Association de linguistique des provinces atlantiques (2007-09)
