Dr Lucie Riou

Lucie Riou is teaching in both the Department of Modern Languages and Cultures and the Language Centre at intermediate and advanced levels. She graduated in Language Teaching Methodology and Linguistics in 2007, and she has been teaching in various European places and contexts. She also carried out a PhD programme at the university of Exeter in French linguistics. Her research interests lie within the field of sociopragmatics of French, and more specifically politeness norms in France among friends.

Biography:

Originally from France, Lucie graduated from Rennes 2 University. She gained a BA (2005) in English Language, Literature and Culture and French as a Foreign Language Teaching Methodology. Then she completed an MA (2007) in Language Teaching Methodology (French and English) and Linguistics (Research) at the same institution. Since, she had taught in various institutions and countries, as the Netherlands (Language Teacher training programme), Glasgow (primary and secondary schools, Alliance Française and Glasgow University) with students of different ages and needs. In 2013 she obtained a PhD in Sociopragmatics (Applied Linguistics). The focus of her work was politeness phenomena in French between friends. She was appointed Associate Lecturer in French at the University of Exeter in 2013 and then promoted to Lecturer. She now contributes to the development of French programmes, and teach French language and culture at intermediate and advanced levels.