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Staff Profile

Dr Sandra Salin

Senior Lecturer in French Studies

Background

Introduction

Dr Sandra Salin is a French native speaker with post graduate qualifications (including PGD and PhD) in English, French Studies and French as a Foreign Language. She holds a Certificate in Advanced Studies in Academic Practice and is a Senior Fellow of the Higher Education Academy. She is also a proposal and manuscript reviewer for Routledge Language Learning; an External Assessor for the Open University, and an External Examiner for Keele University. 

Dr Salin has worked as a French Lecturer in several universities in the UK, including Sheffield and Northumbria University. She joined Newcastle University School of Modern Languages in 2000, became a full-time Teaching Fellow in 2010, a Lecturer in 2015 and a Senior Lecturer in 2018. She currently teaches French on various undergraduate  modules, from first to final year. She is also the module leader of two French language modules (FRE1071 and FRE4083) and two cross-section modules (SML1024 and SML4003). 

Her current interests include: Language learning and teaching; Language material and programme development; admission and transition to HE; Graduate Skills; independent and reflective learning; students' engagement; inclusive practice. 


Other roles and responsibilities for 2022-23:

School of Modern Languages:

  • Director of Education
  • Chair of the Board of Studies
  • Chair of the Language Teaching Steering Group 
  • Admissions Lead
  • Member of the School Executive Board
  • PDR Reviewer
  • Manager of the Korea Foundation Summer School Programme in association with the Newcastle University Development Trust. This programme enables 5 students to go and spend 3 weeks in Korea to discover Korean language and culture (KFSSP) every year. 

Faculty of Humanities and Social Sciences:

  • Member of the Faculty Education Committee
  • Member of the Faculty UG Forum
  • Member of the Programme Approval Panel

Newcastle University:

  • Member of the eAssessment and Feedback group

     
Teaching

2022-23 Teaching and Module Leadership:

FRE1071 - French General Language, Stage 1 

SML1024 - Language Learning  Through Project work, Stage 1

FRE4083 - French General Language - Interpreting , Stage 4

SML4003 - Teaching and Advocating Languages in Schools, Stage 4




Research

CURRENT PROJECTS:

- Leading the designing of the SML Canvas Community in collaboration with Newcastle University Learning and Teaching Development Services.

- Leading the designing of a new Stage 1 module focusing on group work, employability, TEL and language learning.

- Virtual tandem Scheme with Université de Pau et des Pays de l’Adour for first-year students.


RECENT CONFERENCES ORGANISED (LEADING ROLE):

- July 2022: Second SML Teaching and Learning Conference (Technology enhanced learning and assessment, inclusive and innovative language learning practice, language learning through Writing).

- September 2020: L&T annual conference InnoConf20, held virtually for the first time. The event attracted 134 delegates from 40 different institutions from 7 countries and 4 continents.

- June 2019: First SML Teaching and Learning Conference to address needs expressed by colleagues in their professional reviews.

- September 2018: First Year Abroad Conference (YAC2018) that attracted 65 delegates from 15 UK universities. Has become an annual event.

RECENT CONFERENCE PAPERS PRESENTED BY INVITATION: 

 - Female Tobacco Workers and Match Makers: a case Study of Women’s Representation and Trade Union Militancy in the French Chemical industry, 1890-1914, presented at the Frauen in der Chemischen Industrie: Arbeit und Organisation Conference, Haus der Geschichte des Ruhrgebiets, Bochum,10 October  2017.


- Writing on Women in Trade Unions in France (1890-1914), paper presented at the Cross Disciplines, An Exploration of the intersectionality of biography, transnationalism, gender, and Labour Conference, Newcastle University, 20 September 2017.

RECENT CONFERENCE PAPERS / WORKSHOPS AND POSTERS:

- The Year Abroad Structure, administration and management, workshop run with Dr Damien Hall at the YAC2018 Conference, Newcastle University, 14th September 2018. 

- Female Tobacco Workers and Match Makers: a Case Study of Women's Representation and Trade Union Militancy in the French Chemical Industry, 1890-1914, paper presented at the Frauen in der Chemischen Industrie: Arbeit und Organisation Conference, Bochum, 10 October 2017.

- Writing on Women in Trade Unions in France (1890-1914), paper presented at the Cross Disciplines, An Exploration of the intersectionality of biography, transnationalism, gender, and Labour Conference, Newcastle University, 20 September 2017.

-  Skype to enhance language, intercultural and employability skills, paper presented at the Language Learning and Teaching Conference: Developing Speaking Skills, Leeds, 15 September 2017.  

- Redefining the role of the personal tutor: Using the e-portfolio as a reflective tool to support student individual learning and development during the Year Abroad, paper presented at the Innovative Language Teaching and Learning at University Conference (InnoConf17):“Integrating informal learning into formal language education”, Milton Keynes, 16 June 2017.

- The Better French Living Project: How to integrate linguistic, practical and cultural Year Abroad preparation outside the classroom, paper presented at the Innovative Language Teaching and Learning at University Conference (InnoConf17):“Integrating informal learning into formal language education”, Milton Keynes, 16 June 2017.

- The Better French Living Project, poster presented at Newcastle University Learning and Teaching Conference, 14 March 2016.

- Better French Living Through Independent Learning, paper presented at the LLAS Conference “Reshaping Languages in HE”, Southampton, 10 July 2014.

- Better French Living through the Internet and Linguistics, paper presented at the Newcastle University Learning and Teaching Conference, 18 June 2014.

- Language Students as Partners, poster presented at the North East Universities (3 Rivers Consortium) Annual Regional Learning and Teaching Conference, Newcastle University, 19 March 2013.

- The Real translation project: The impact of real translation group tasks on Language students’ learning experience, paper presented at the LLAS 2012 Conference,University of Edinburgh, 6 July 2012.

- Internationalising Language Teaching and Learning with the help of the Erasmus Community, paper presented at the LLAS 2012 Conference,University of Edinburgh, 5 July 2012.

- Professional ethics in the School of Modern Languages: Translating and Interpreting, paper presented at Annual Learning and Teaching Conference, Newcastle University, 4 July 2012.

- Internationalising Language Learning and Teaching with the help of the Erasmus Community to Increase Employability – Results of a Pilot Study, paper presented at North East Universities Annual Regional Learning and Teaching Conference, Teesside University, 29 March 2012.

- The impact of real translation group tasks on Language students' learning experience, paper presented at the Language Teaching and Learning Conference, Newcastle University, 27 May 2011. 


Publications