Teaching Professor of French; Lecturer IV of French
She, Her, Hers / Elle
About
Sabine Gabaron is a French native speaker who received two M.A.s from the Université Paris 7, France, one in Second Language Acquisition, and one in English Language and Civilization with concentration in American Literature. Originally hired at the University of Michigan as an exchange lecturer in 1996 while starting her dissertation in France, she continued teaching at UM until she became faculty in 2001. She is currently a Lecturer IV, Teaching professor. Sabine coordinated elementary French from 2002 to 2006 and in winter 2014, and directed the Elementary Language Programs in the spring for many years. She also directed the summer program abroad in Grenoble, France, in 2018. Sabine teaches across the curriculum in French both in the ELP and in the ULP in addition to a graduate reading course French 113, taught in English. She developed several French 232 topics courses in the past 20 years, around various themes (BDs or French comics, politics, food, sports, Québec, music and songs). She has also taught a couple of upper-level classes abroad with CGIS, in Grenoble. She is currently the RLL Intership course coordinator.
Since her first year at the University of Michigan, Sabine has been interested in developing new teaching techniques involving ever-changing technology (from ppt and iChat in the late 90s to Harmonize and chatGPT), encouraging meaningful communication in an inclusive classroom environment, and motivating students to express their passions and interests in French, to feel empowered and be successful. Teaching remotely during the pandemic has deepened her awareness of inequities and motivated her to become more active in her Department regarding DEI issues. She is currently working on several projects allowing her to reflect on how to better apply DEI principles to teaching and course development.
Courses taught:
In the ELP
French 100: Intensive Elementary French
French 101-103: Elementary French
French 230: Intensive Intermediate French
French 231-232: Intermediate French
French 232 topics: "French songs - Music and Text"/ "Food in French society"/ "French comics"/ "French and American politics - Cultural and Societal differences"/ "Quebec Identity in the Arts" / "Music Trends in France from the 50s to nowadays" / "The culture of Sports in France" / "Crosscultural comparisons and technology"
In the ULP
French 235: Advanced French
French 270 "L'interculturel au sein de la francophonie"
French 272 "Screening Quebec"
French 274 "Education"
French 274 "Medical I" and French 274 "Medical II"
French 274 "La société française dans la BD - Fiction ou réalité"
French 278 "French for the professions"
French 280 "Conversation through Film - Arts and Cinema"
French 281 / French 381 "Internship course"
With CGIS
French 270 "Cultural identity"
French 350 "Stendhal in Grenoble"
French 350 "IDEA principles and France"
Graduate courses
French 111
French 112
French 113
Research areas:
La Bande Dessinée (French Comics), the French medical system, French politics, French education, Quebec identity, cross-cultural comparisons, Second Language Acquisition, linguistics and phonetics, the use of technology in the classroom, DEI principles, anti-racist pedagogy, gender-neutral and non-binary pronouns in romance languages.
