Michael Boerm

Research/Teaching Interests

• Historical linguistics
• Sociolinguistics
• Evolution of French syntax
• Indo-European linguistics

Education

Ph.D., French Linguistics, University of Texas at Austin, 2008

M.A., French Linguistics, University of Texas at Austin, 2002

B.A., French and German, University of Texas at San Antonio, 1999

Courses Taught at Baylor

• Elementary French I & II (FRE 1301 & 1302)
• Intermediate French (FRE 2310)
• French for Business (FRE 2312)
• Exploring the French-Speaking World (FRE 2320)
• Advanced French Grammar (FRE 3301)
• Conversational French (FRE 3302)
• French Phonetics (FRE 3306)
• Conversation and Composition in Paris (FRE 3320)
• Introduction to French Linguistics (FRE 3351)
• French for Graduate Students I & II (FRE 5370 & 5371)
• Elementary German I & II (GER 1301 & 1302)

Selected Publications

Article

Co-authored with Robert V. Reichle. "Julius Caesar is My Teaching Assistant: Exploiting Cultural Assumptions for Pedagogical Advantage." Texas Foreign Language Association Journal 59.2 (2012): 37-39.