Faculty and Staff
Jane S. Smith, Ph. D.
Associate Professor of French
262 Little Hall
University of Maine
Orono, Maine 04469-5742
Ph: 207-581-2079
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
Current research focus:
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
Please go to:
Documenting Franco-American French
Professional Activities and Interests:
First-year French program coordinator
Graduate Coordinator
Organizer, Maine State Summer Institute for Teachers of French
College of Liberal Arts & Sciences Awards Committee
Co-Director, UMS Partnership Maine-France-Quebec
Integrating technology into the language classroom
Departmental technology ad hoc committee
UM New Faculty Mentoring Program (2006-07)
Maine Learning Results Review Panel (2005-06)
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 211: Intermediate French I: Modules
FRE 212: Intermediate French II: Modules
FRE 250: Multidisciplinary Readings in French
FRE 310: Readings in French Literature II
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: The Teaching of Modern Languages
ELL 470: Methods in Teaching ESL
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