Jean Schultz
Lecturer with Security of Employment
Supervisor of the French Language Program
Undergraduate Advisor

Educational Background

• Ph.D. Comparative Literature, University of California, Berkeley, 1983
• M.A. Comparative Literature, University of California, Berkeley, 1976
• B. A. French and Comparative Literature with Honors and Distinction in General Scholarship, University of California, Berkeley, 1975

Professional Experience

• 2002-Present: Director, Lower Division French Program, University of California, Santa Barbara.
• 2000-2002: Academic Coordinator for the Berkeley Language Center.
• 1986-2002: Coordinator, Second-Year French Program, University of California, Berkeley.

Academic Distinctions and Awards

• UC Consortium for Language Learning and Teaching Award for Outstanding Contributions to Language Teaching at the University of California (2004).
• UC Berkeley College of Letters and Science McEnerney Grant (with Richard Kern and the Department of French, 1996-99).
• Gilbert Chinard Prize for best pedagogical article published in The French Review in  1991-92.

Research Interests

• Foreign Language Pedagogy; Second Language Acquisition
• Foreign Language Writing
• Nineteenth-and-Twentieth Century French Literature and Culture

Publications

• "The Role of Special Focus Sections in the Articulation of Language and Literature
  Courses". Language Program Articulation: Developing a Theoretical Foundation. Eds. Catherine Marie Barrette & Kate Paesani. Boston, MA: Heinle & Heinle, 2004.
• "Toward a Pedagogy of the Francophone Text in Intermediate Language Courses."
  The French Review, forthcoming in 2004.
• “The Gordian Knot: Language, Literature, and Critical Thinking.” SLA and the
  Literature Classroom: Fostering Dialogues. Eds. Virginia M. Scott & Holly
  Tucker. Boston, MA: Heinle & Heinle, 2001.
• With Hoffmann, Léon-François. Revised by Schultz, Jean Marie. L’Essentiel de la
  Grammaire Française. New Jersey: Prentice Hall, 1995.
• Hoffmann, Léon-François & Schultz, Jean Marie. Travaux pratiques. New Jersey:Prentice Hall, 1995.
• And numerous articles in such journals as The Modern Language Journal, The French Review, etc.

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