Assistant Professor of French, Faculty of Social Sciences
Sandrine Sim is an Assistant Professor at the School of Education, University of Nottingham Malaysia, and a Fellow of Advance HE (FHEA). Currently, she serves as the Program Director of World Languages and the Director for DELF exam centre at UNM.
With over 15 years of language teaching experience, I specialise in French as a Foreign Language (FLE) instruction, curriculum design, and assessment coordination. I hold a Master's degree in Didactics of French as a Foreign and Second Language (FLE/FLS) from Sorbonne Nouvelle University, Paris, France.
My research interests include learner motivation, power dynamics in language education, and methodologies for teaching French as a foreign language.
- "Navigating challenges in teaching and learning Mandarin at a British university in Malaysia", co-authored and presented at the 10th CLaSIC Conference 2024, National University of Singapore, and published in Journal Article Volume 23, Supplement, June 2026 CLaSIC 2024 Special Issue DOI: 10.56040/e-flt.231. This collaborative research contributed to regional discussions on foreign language education within transnational higher education contexts. - Research on French language learning and teaching in Malaysian companies, presented at the World Congress of French Teachers (FIPF), Besançon (2025). This work examines workplace language practices and has directly informed my development of professional and experiential learning opportunities for students. - Article on French language practices in Malaysian professional contexts, submitted and accepted to be published by Synergies France, contributing to international scholarship on multilingualism, language learning and workplace communication.
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