Sophie Gezolme joined King's College Language Centre in 2021. She completed her BA in English Linguistics, Literatures and Civilisations (2006) University of Poitiers, France and her  MA in Language Didactics, Language policies and ICT (2011) University of Angers, France.

Sophie Gezolme is a native French speaker who has been a teacher of French as a foreign language for over 15 years. She graduated from the university of Poitiers, France with a BA in English linguistics, literatures and civilisations. After a year spent in Oxfordshire, England as a French assistant in primary and secondary schools, she enrolled in the university of Angers, France, where she received her master’s degree in language didactics, in 2011. Her thesis was dealing with the teaching of French for university purposes.

Always interested in discovering new cultures and educational practices, she worked in several different countries among which France, Morocco, Thailand, Ireland and New Zealand. She taught French in a range of structures such as French language institutes, universities, business schools and centres for continuing education, which allowed her to diversify her teaching methods. She has been teaching French at various levels (from A1 to C2) in different programmes including undergraduate and postgraduate language modules provisions, short courses, language classes through a partnership with London Business School and tailor-made classes. Her professional interests lie in the teaching and learning of French language through current affairs and Francophone literature. She dedicates a lot of time adapting authentic documents to the teaching of French. She is also particularly interested in the error handling mechanisms in the classroom. Besides, she has focused on the integration of digital tools in language teaching and learning.

Research, Scholarly projects and Academic Awards

Sophie has been participating in the TASK project (Transforming Assessment for Students at King’s) specifically in the context of assessing C2 level students.

Academic Publications:

Gezolme S. (2011), "La compétence discursive en français dans l'enseignement universitaire thaïlandais", published in the academic journal "French at Naresuan University", Thailand.