Dr Catherine Chabert

Darllenydd mewn Ffrangeg, Cyfarwyddwr Gweithredol Sefydliad Confucius

: ChabertC@caerdydd.ac.uk
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Catherine Chabert, BA, MA, PhD, PGCE-HE, SFHEA

Mae cysylltiad cryf rhwng fy rolau ysgolheictod ac arweinyddiaeth â rhyngwladoli. Yn ystod y blynyddoedd diwethaf, rwyf wedi gweithio gyda Phrifysgol Xiamen (fel Cyfarwyddwr Sefydliad Confucius Caerdydd), gyda chanolfannau iaith Ewropeaidd ar Bwyllgor Gweithredol CercleS, a chyda phartneriaid prifysgol sy'n siarad Ffrangeg, yn negodi ac yn curadu cysylltiadau ar gyfer ein myfyrwyr Blwyddyn Dramor.

Rhwng 2015 a 2019, bûm yn arwain ar ddylunio a gweithredu Ieithoedd i Bawb, rhaglen iaith gyntaf Prifysgol Caerdydd. Rhwng 2016 a 2022, roeddwn yn gadeirydd y cynllun ardystio ledled y DU, UNILANG.

Mae fy nysgeidiaeth, sy'n cynnwys dylunio, cyflwyno ac asesu, yn ogystal â dylunio a dilysu rhaglenni, yn cael ei dylanwadu'n ddwfn gan safonau Ewropeaidd a rennir a luniwyd gan y Fframwaith Cyfeirio Ewropeaidd Cyffredin ar gyfer Ieithoedd.

Date
Type

2021

Chabert, C. and Worne, J. 2021. Catherine Chabert on the importance of the CEFR. The Linguist 60(6), pp. 30-31.

2020

Chabert, C. 2020. UNILANG workshop. Presented at: 21st AULC Annual Conference January 2020, Maynooth, Ireland, 9-10 January 2020.

2018

Chabert, C. 2018. UNILANG - a case-study from the UK. Presented at: 15th International CercleS Conference, Poznan, Poland, 6-8 September 2018.

2017

Chabert, C. 2017. The political dimension of the CEFR. Presented at: 6th Bremen Symposium On Language Learning And Teaching At Universities, Bremen, Germany, 24-25 February 2017.

2016

Chabert, C. 2016. How to promote exchange and share experience to further improve Confucius Institutes’ teaching quality. Presented at: 8th Xiamen University Confucius Institute Partnership, Kunming, China, 8 - 9 December 2016.

2015

Chabert, C. 2015. Supporting outward mobility- The role of Languages for All. Presented at: Go International 2015: Innovation and Motivation Conference, London, UK, 29 April 2015.

2014

Chabert, C. 2014. De la place stratégique des politiques de 'Languages for All' dans l'enseignement supérieur britannique. Presented at: XXIIe Congrès RANACLES, Boulogne-sur-Mer, France, 27-29 November 2014.
Chabert, C. 2014. Reshaping modern languages at Cardiff University – a case study. Presented at: Reshaping Languages in Higher Education conference 2014, Southampton, 9 -10 July 2014.

2012

Chabert, C. and Eckart, H. 2012. Language provision for non-specialists in HE: Are we getting it right?. Presented at: Language Futures: Languages in Higher Education conference 2012, Edinburgh, UK, 5-6 July 2012.

2010

Chabert, C. 2010. Higher Education Policy-Making in France and in the UK. Presented at: SRHE Annual Research Conference 2010, Newport, UK, 14-16 December 2010.

2006

Chabert, C. 2006. L’Université Virtuelle Britannique. Distances et Savoirs 4(1), pp. 23-40. (10.3166/ds.4.23-40)

Mae fy niddordebau ysgoloriaeth yn cynnwys llunio polisi addysg uwch, prifysgolion rhithwir a meincnodi iaith. Ar hyn o bryd rwy'n edrych ar yr effaith y mae mesurau cloi wedi ei gael ar addysg ddigidol prifysgolion.

Some of the modules I have taught

High-level Proficiency in French Language (Final year UG)
French for Professional Purposes (Final year UG)
French for Professionals in the EU Context (Final year UG Business School)
Developing Oral and Aural Skills (Year 2 UG Business School)
Higher Intermediate B1 (Languages for All)
Advanced B2 (Languages for All)

Programmes I have developed and taken through Quality Assurance validation

Languages for All (in the first six languages, from A1 to B1)
Business School UG degrees with a minor in a Modern Language)
BA Chinese Studies (the language side from HSK1 to HSK5)

Other Quality Assurance roles

2020: University of Sussex (External Academic on the Validation pannel for BA Languages and Intercultural Studies)
2017: University of Liverpool (External Reviewer on the 3-Year Minor Subject Components in Chinese, French, German, Italian, Portuguese and Spanish)
2016: University of Manchester (Periodic Review of the Faculty of Humanities, LEAP - Language Experience for All Programme)
2014 and 2015: Aberystwyth University (Lead External Examiner at the School of Education and Lifelong Learning for Modern Languages, Humanities, Sciences and Arts)

Recent external examining roles

Technological University Dublin (2018-to present date) - BA (Hons) in International Business & Languages
University of Surrey (2018-to present date) - UWLP
University of Sheffield (2017-2018 ) – UWLP French
University of Manchester (2013-2017) - UWLP French
Aberystwyth University (2012-2017) - School of Education and Lifelong Learning, Modern Foreign Languages

A graduate of Lyon (Licence and Maitrise) and Cardiff (PGCE-HE and PhD), I was appointed to the Cardiff University’s Language Centre in 1997. In 2012, I became Co-Dean of Lifelong Learning before moving to the newly created School of Modern Languages to become the Director of the Languages for All programme. In 2016, I was invited to become the Executive Director of the Cardiff University’s Confucius Institute. I was promoted to Reader in 2016.

Honours and awards

2019 Xiamen University's Best Confucius Institute
2016: I was awarded Xiamen University’s 2016 Confucius Institute Individual Performance Excellence Award from Hanban-Southern Base
2016: Languages for All was shortlisted in the Outstanding Support for Students category for the Times Higher Education Awards
2015: Languages for All was awarded the Cardiff University Celebrating Excellence Award for Outstanding Contribution to the University’s International Activities

Professional memberships

Chair of UNILANG (this is a recognition scheme which serves to help UK university students articulate and translate their language learning outcomes in terms of the CEFR)
Senior Fellow of the Higher Education Academy
Member of the AULC (Wales Representative)
Member of CercleS (Deputy Secretary General) until 2019
Member of the UCML (Wales Representative) until 2018
Accredited Assessor and Trainer for the French diplomas of the Common European Framework of Reference for Languages (DELF-DALF), A1 to C2 (Centre International d’Etudes Pédagogiques), three successive accreditations since 1999 (Current accreditation: 2015-2020)
Accredited Assessor for the Chambre de Commerce et d’Industrie de Paris CCIP – DFP B2 (Diplôme de Français Professionnel B2)
Practical Leadership for University Management – ILM (2009)

Anrhydeddau a dyfarniadau

2019 Sefydliad Confucius Gorau Prifysgol Xiamen
2016: Dyfarnwyd Gwobr Rhagoriaeth Perfformiad Unigol Sefydliad Xiamen 2016 gan Hanban-Southern Base
2016: Roedd Ieithoedd i Bawb ar y rhestr fer yn y categori Cefnogaeth Ragorol i Fyfyrwyr ar gyfer Gwobrau Times Higher Education
2015: Enillodd Ieithoedd i Bawb Wobr Dathlu Rhagoriaeth Prifysgol Caerdydd am Gyfraniad Eithriadol i Gweithgareddau Rhyngwladol y Brifysgol

Aelodaethau proffesiynol

Cadeirydd UNILANG (mae hwn yn gynllun cydnabyddiaeth sy'n helpu myfyrwyr prifysgol y DU i fynegi a chyfieithu eu canlyniadau dysgu iaith o ran y CEFR) tan 2022.
Aelod o bwyllgor gwaith AULC (Cynrychiolydd Cymru)
Uwch Gymrawd yr Academi Addysg Uwch
Aelod o bwyllgor gwaith Cercles (Dirprwy Ysgrifennydd Cyffredinol) tan 2019
Aelod o bwyllgor gwaith y Cyngor Ymchwil (Cynrychiolydd Cymru) tan 2018
Asesydd Achrededig a Hyfforddwr ar gyfer diplomâu Ffrangeg y Fframwaith Cyfeirio Ewropeaidd Cyffredin ar gyfer Ieithoedd (DELF-DALF), A1 i C2 (Canolfan Ryngwladol d'Etudes Pédagogiques), tri achrediad olynol ers 1999 (Achrediad cyfredol: 2022-2027)
Asesydd Achrededig ar gyfer y Chambre de Commerce et d'Industrie de Paris CCIP - DFP B2 (Diplôme de Français Professionnel B2)
Arweinyddiaeth Ymarferol ar gyfer Rheoli Prifysgolion – ILM (2009)

Gwneud polisi addysg rhyngwladol
Addysg gymharol
Safonau iaith (CEFR, ac ati)
Addysg rithwir, prifysgol rithwir