Dr Karima Gaci

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

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