Professor of French

About

  • Role

    Faculty

  • Position

    • Professor of French

  • Concentration

    • French and Applied Linguistics/Teaching Methodologies

  • Department

    • Languages, Literatures and Culture

  • Education

    • Ph.D. University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign

Biography

Professor of French

Advisor - Teacher Licensure in Foreign Languages

License at Université Jules Verne, Amiens , France ; M.A. at Purdue University Ph.D. at University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign

Frédérique Grim is a native from Dunkerque, France. She teaches French language and linguistic courses, as well as second language pedagogy courses. She is also involved with the training of pre-service (with the School of Education) and in-service teachers, and serves as the advisor for the teacher licensure program in the department. In 2009, she was the recipient of the Colorado Congress of Foreign Language Teachers Excellence in Teaching award and Honors' Advisor Award.

Frédérique's research interests are on foreign language education, through classroom and experiential research, on the integration of content and language forms (content-enriched instruction), service-learning and pronunciation. She has also been interested in the role of teachers in the classroom, particularly in regard to the use of the first and second language in the classroom. Other interests are on anglicisms, bilingual education and code-switching. With colleagues and friends (Miller & Violin-Wigent, 2013), she has published Sons et Sens: La prononciation du fran̤ais en contexte (2013), a French Phonetics textbook that integrates culture throughout. She has also contributed to C'est Parti! French Level One textbook. Some of her articles are listed below. Through her initiatives and the help of her colleagues, students of French and other languages have had the opportunity to teach in local elementary schools, get involved in high schools, and participate in charity initiatives.

Frédérique is very happily married to Joe, and together, with Eloïse their jolie fille and Poudre the Pup, they love exploring the beautiful Rocky Mountains: http://www.joeandfrede.com/. She also enjoys being a maman, running, doing some craft and baking.

Publications

Book
Tinnefeld, T. (Ed.) with Grim, F. (collaborator). (2023). Optimiser l’enseignement des langues étrangères en sortant des sentiers battus : Méthodes – Matériaux – Mentalités. Sarrebruck.

Textbook
Violin-Wigent, Anne, Miller, Jessica & Grim, Frédérique. (2013). Sons et Sens : Phonétique française en contexte, Georgetown University Press. 408 pp., 7 x 10. Paperback (1 DVD-ROM). ISBN: 9781589019713.

Refereed/Peer-reviewed Journal Article
Grim, F. (2022). Teaching pronunciation through community outreach. Journal of Linguistics and Language Teaching (JLLT), 13, 1.
Grim, F. (2020) A story to tell… The three modes of communication through a community-engagement program. Coastal
Review: An online peer-reviewed journal, Volume 11, issue 1 (Fall 2019-Spring 2020).
Grim, F. (2020). La transformation de cours fondamentaux de français en cours à objectifs plus spécifiques. Proceedings
for Second symposium on French for Specific Purposes, Le français de spécialité - actuel, applicatif, omniprésent ; French for Specific Purposes - Applicable, Omnipresent, Up To Date. https://drive.google.com/file/d/1KhvdXvDVzeWrt_7tWkXRG59NjL9Yz8Hh/view
Tinnefeld, Thomas & Frédérique Grim (2018). The Cognitive Contrastive Approach As a Functional Method to Enhance
Students’ Language Proficiency? - A Case Study. Journal of Linguistics and Language Teaching, 9, 1, 35-66. https://drive.google.com/file/d/1AXMv7Oxnpiu8h6v6k8MJ7MjC8YJEt6XU/view
Grim, F. (2018) C’est cool, ici ! C’est vraiment l’fun ! Le rôle des anglicismes en français de France et en français
québécois. Dialogues et Cultures, 63 : Le français langue ardente. Volume II. (Actes de congrès (referred proceedings) of the Fédération International des Professeurs du Français. L’Harmattan.
Grim, F. (2018). Week-end ou fin de semaine ? Distinguer le français de France et du Québec. 2015-2016 French Review
Proceedings, 34-49.
Grim, F. (2017). Encourager des étudiants de français langues étrangères à un apprentissage autonome: Un projet de service communautaire. For Travaux de didactique en français langue étrangère. Numéro 69/2017 - Revue TDFLE (revue-tdfle.fr)
Grim, F (2016). Best practices for foreign language teacher preparation. Proceedings to Third Saarbrücken Conference on
Language Teaching. https://drive.google.com/file/d/0B-2HUXwM3-xiU1F4Y2R2YTFJb0E/view
Grim, F. and Sturm, L. (2016). Where does pronunciation stand in the 21st century foreign language classroom?
Educators’ and learners’ views. In J. Levis, H. Le., I. Lucic, E. Simpson, & S. Vo (Eds). Proceedings of the
7th Pronunciation in Second Language Learning and Teaching Conference, ISSN 2380-9566, Dallas, TX,
October 2015 (pp. 51-65). Ames, IA: Iowa State University.
Miller, J., & Grim, F. (2015). Spoken French in a pronunciation course: Impressions and applications. In J. Levis, R.
Mohamed, M. Qian & Z. Zhou (Eds). Proceedings of the 6th Pronunciation in Second Language Learning and Teaching Conference (ISSN 2380-9566), Santa Barbara, CA (pp. 213-224). Ames, IA: Iowa State University.
Grim, F. (2014). Foreign Language Teaching Assistants and their classroom practices. Journal of Linguistics and
Language Teaching, 5, 2. https://sites.google.com/site/linguisticsandlanguageteaching/home-1/volume-5-2014-issue-2/volume-5-2014-issue-2---article-grim.
Grim, F. (2014). Meeting in-service teachers in a teacher preparation course. Teacher Development SIG Newsletter, April
issue.
Correa, M. & Grim, F. (2014). Audio recordings as a self-awareness tool for improving L2 pronunciation: sample
activities. Currents in Teaching and Learning, 6, 2.
Grim, F. (2014). Teaching culture through FLEX programs. The Teaching and Learning of Cultures SIG Newsletter, 1, 1,
4-6.
Grim, F. (2014). Le Maghreb et le Maroc dans nos classes (for the Dossiers pédagogiques section). French Review, 88, 1.
Grim, F. (2014). Using culture beyond its borders: The use of content-enriched instruction and the effects of input
enhancement on learning in high school French classes. Innovation in Language Learning and Teaching, Pages 219-238. DOI:10.1080/17501229.2013.835313
Grim, F. (2012). Les standards et le français : une intégration logique en 7 étapes. French Review, 85, 4, 710-716.
Grim, F. (2011). J’apprends et j’enseigne le français: Etudiants de français dans leur communauté. French Review, 85, 2,
1132-1140.
Grim, F. (2011). Socio-cultural sensitivities and service-learning. Modern Journal of Language Teaching Methods, 1, 1,
pp. 15-19.
Grim, F. (2011). Enseigner le Québec: Un format non-traditionnel. The French Review, 84, 6, 1132-1140.
Grim, F. (2011). Does being an L2 native-speaking teacher influence L2 use? International Journal of Foreign Language
Teaching, 6, 1, 2-4.
Grim, F. (2010). Giving authentic opportunities to second language learners: A look at a French service-learning project.
Foreign Language Annals, 43, 4, 605-623.
Grim, F. (2010). The L1 in the L2 Classroom at the Secondary and College Levels: A comparison of Functions and Use
by Teachers. Electronic Journal of Foreign Language Teaching, 7, 2, 193-209.
Grim, F. (2008). The topics and roles of the situational code-switching of an English-French bilingual. Journal of French
Language Studies, 18, 189-208.
Grim, F. (2008). Response to “The Focus on Form Debate: Another Explanation for Grim's Results”. Foreign Language
Annals, 41, 587-588. In response to a letter by Dr. Stephen Krashen on my 2008 article. (Published “Letter to Editor”)
Grim, F. (2008). The Integration of Focus-on-form Instruction within Culture-Enriched Lessons. Foreign Language
Annals, 41, 2, 321-346.

Book chapters
Grim, F. (2025). French all around us: from preschoolers to senior citizens. Page #?. French All Around Us – Vol. 2 – CALEC.
Grim, F. (2023). Getting French majors ready for their future career. In The Importance of Learning a Second Language: Essays Re-Thinking and Re-Envisioning Foreign Language Education. Editor Kathy Stein-Smith. Edwin Mellen Press.
Grim, F. (2017). Experiential learning for L2 students: Steps for a service-learning program in a local community. In Creating experiential learning opportunities for language learners: Acting locally while thinking globally. Melanie Bloom & Carolyn Gascoigne, Editors. Multilingual Matters.