Hélène Butz is a teacher of French. Her extensive and international qualifications include an MA in English Linguistics, Literature and Civilisation from the Université Charles de Gaulle (Lille, France) and a further MA in Science of Language from the Université Stendhal (Grenoble, France). She also holds a Cambridge CELTA and trained as an Online tutor with the French Institute of Madrid. She teaches general and specialised French at all levels for Undergraduate and Postgraduate modules. With over 15 years’ teaching experience in Higher Education she is also a trainer on the PGCE Pedagogical Grammar programme.

Research

Having distance-studied for the most part, Hélène is particularly interested in online and blended instructional strategies. Her research seeks to promote students’ learning autonomy and maximise students’ involvement.