Sandrine Devlin
Lecturer in French

Profile

Biography

I am a Lecturer in French, teaching on the French degree programme and on the Institution Wide Language provision (IWLP) including YLEs and LfA classes. 

I have a Master of Philosophy in Management and Economics from the University of Dundee, worked in this field for a couple of years before deciding to train to become a teacher. I have a PGCE in French and Spanish and taught in secondary schools in West Yorkshire before moving to York in 2006. I started working in the Department of Language and Linguistics in 2010. 

I am very interested in French current affairs.

Departmental roles

• Institution Wide Languages Provision Leader (LfA and YLE) since Summer 2023
• YLE Advisor

Teaching

Undergraduate

• Understanding French Speaking Cultures and Societies
• Intensive French language and Cultures: Beginners
• French Language and Cultures Upper Intermediate

Other teaching

• LfA and YLE (York language electives) French Language and Cultures courses at various levels including Beginners, Elementary, Lower Intermediate and Intermediate

External activities

Invited talks and conferences

• 2018: O’Flaherty, A. & Devlin, S. Reflections on Linc-ing Independent and Collaborative Learning in a First Year French Project, UK LINGUA – Multilingual Language Learning and Teaching Colloquium, Durham University.
• 2014: French A level Day for York St John’s University