Christine Sas

Christine Sas

Teaching Fellow in Dutch

Teaches on the undergraduate Dutch language courses, Sociolinguistics and Project in Dutch. Former tutor at the Foreign and Commonwealth Office Language Centre, providing training to British diplomats before postings in The Hague, Amsterdam or Brussels. Specific interests are language standardization, multilingualism and language attitudes, particularly with regards to the language situation in Flanders and Brussels.

In collaboration with Gerdi Quist and Dennis Strik, published Dutch language textbook (Routledge Intensive Dutch Course 2006), incorporating concepts of intercultural communication and critical language awareness.

Contact details

Office Hour: Wednesday 1-2pm or by appointment.

Courses 2012/13

Year Code Course
I DUTC1001 Dutch Language 1
I DUTC1201 Modern Dutch Literary Texts
II DUTC2001 Dutch Language 2
I and II ELCS6028 Language in Society: an introduction to the study of Sociolinguistics
IV DUTC4901 Project in Dutch
IV ELCS4013 Language and Ideology

Publications

    2009

    • Sas, C. (2009). Basic Dutch: A grammar and workbook by Jenneke Oosterhoff. Dutch Crossing : A Journal of Low Countries Studies 33(2), 171-174 London: doi:10.1179/155909009X461948. Author URL

    2008

    • Sas, C. (2008). Dick Smakman: Standard Dutch in the Netherlands, a Sociolinguistic and Phonetic Description. Internationale Neerlandistiek 46(1), 58-59 Amsterdam:
    • Sas, C. (2008). Festivals and Ceremonies in the Netherlands and Belgium; Music and the performing arts in the Netherlands and Belgium. In The world and its peoples (Encyclopedia of Europe) ( ). New York: Marshall Cavendish.

    2006

    • Quist, G., Sas, C., Strik, D. (2006). Intensive Dutch Course. London: Routledge. Author URL

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