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Dr Karima Gaci

  • Position: Lecturer in French
  • Areas of expertise: History/Historiography of French language learning and teaching in England. History of French language and grammar. Grammar. FLE methodologies. French and general linguistics. Morphosyntax of the verb
  • Email: K.Gaci@leeds.ac.uk
  • Phone: +44(0)113 343 0672
  • Location: 1.04 Michael Sadler
  • Website: CV HAL | LinkedIn | ORCID

Profile

I specialise in the historiography of French grammar and its learning and teaching in England during the Victorian era. Another speciality is the vast field of grammatology and pedagogical contextualisation. 

I studied English and French as a foreign language (FLE) respectively at undergraduate level at the University of Lille 3 and Paris 3. At taught and research postgraduate levels (MAR) I studied the question of British diplomacy in North Africa in 1950s/1960s at Lille 3 University and French as a foreign language at Paris 3 University. I was awarded a PhD in Languages and Cultures Didactics from Paris 3 in 2023.

Responsibilities

  • LCS Health and Wellbeing Champion

Research interests

Teaching of French grammar to English-speaking learners

History of French language teaching in England

History of French grammar in England

French grammar and linguistics

<h4>Research projects</h4> <p>Some research projects I'm currently working on, or have worked on, will be listed below. Our list of all <a href="https://ahc.leeds.ac.uk/dir/research-projects">research projects</a> allows you to view and search the full list of projects in the faculty.</p>

Qualifications

  • BA (Lille 3)
  • MA (Lille 3)
  • PGCLTHE Leeds University
  • MA (Paris 3- Sorbonne Nouvelle)
  • PhD (Paris 3- Sorbonne Nouvelle)

Professional memberships

  • FHEA (Fellow of the Higher Education Academy)
  • Member of the International Federation of Teachers of French (FIPF)
  • Member of the Association for Language Learning
  • Member of the British Association for Applied Linguistics
  • Member of the Association Internationale de Linguistique Appliquée
  • Member of the network GreC (Grammaire et Contextualisation)
  • Research network for the History of Language Learning and Teaching
  • SIHFLES (Société Internationale pour l'Histoire du Français Langue Étrangère et Langue Seconde)
  • Member/research associate for the DILTEC

Student education

Teaching of French language

Research groups and institutes

  • French
<h4>Postgraduate research opportunities</h4> <p>We welcome enquiries from motivated and qualified applicants from all around the world who are interested in PhD study. Our <a href="https://phd.leeds.ac.uk">research opportunities</a> allow you to search for projects and scholarships.</p>