Research Interests

French in Morocco

Publications

• “Language Policy in Morocco” in International Journal of Francophone Studies, Vol. 3, no. 2 and 3, July 2000, pp. 68-88.
• 'Uniformity and Diversity: fact and fiction in Moroccan Language Policy', in Kamal Salhi (ed.), French in and out of France. Language Policies, Intercultural Antagonisms and Dialogue, Bern: Peter Lang, 2003, pp. 335-376.
• 'The Evolution of a Post-Colonial Role for French in Morocco', in Rocheron, Y. and Rolfe, C. (eds.), Shifting Frontiers of France and Francophonie, Bern: Peter Lang, 2003, pp. 63-80.
• 'Language Attitudes in Morocco following Recent Changes in Moroccan Language Policy', Language Policy 3, 2004, pp. 25-46.
• 'Official and unofficial attitudes towards 'own' and 'other' languages in Morocco', in Rudolf Muhr and Richard Schrodt (eds), Standardvariationen und Sprachideologien in veschiedenen Sprachkulturen der Welt/ Standard Variations and Language Ideologies in Different Language Cultures around the World, Frankfurt am Main: Peter Lang, 2005, pp.183-202.
• 'Le français au Maroc. Perspectives à l'aube du 21ème siècle', Synergies Monde Arabe no. 2, 2005, pp. 84-91.
• 'The Maghrebian Community in France – defining the borders' in Gemie, S. and Altinck, H. (eds.), French at the Margins, Cardiff: Welsh Academic Press, 2007.
• 'Maghrebians via French' in M.C. Jones and W. Bennett (eds), The French Language and Questions of Identity, Legenda, 2007.
• With Farid Aitsiselmi, ‘The role and status of the French Language in North Africa’, in Dalila Ayoun (ed.), Studies in French Applied Linguistics, Amsterdam/Philadelphia: John Benjamins Publishing Company, 2008.
• With Annabelle Cone, Francophone Women’s Magazines Inside and Outside France, New Orleans: University Press of the South, 2010.

Teaching

French language; French-English translation; introduction to French and Francophone Culture and Society; French History; options on cultural and linguistic identity,  in France and the French-speaking world.

Departmental Duties

Director of Learning and Teaching

Programme Director for Languages and Translation, joint language programmes

Affiliations

• Book Reviews Editor for the Journal of Francophone Studies
• Member of Association for French Language Studies
• Member of Association for the Study of Modern and Contemporary France
• Member of AILA Research Network on Applied Linguistics and Literacy in Africa and the Diaspora

Research Interests

• French in the Maghreb: use of and attitudes towards French, impact of French culture; language planning.
• Moroccan women's magazines.
• Identity issues for the Maghrebian community in France.
• Sociolinguistic issues in France: language and cultural identity, regional languages