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)