Patron, Marie-Claire

Marie-Claire Patron is Assistant Professor and Head of French and Spanish at Bond University, Australia. She has a background in education through teaching languages in Australia and in France and Spain. In Spain, she had industrial experience in business, law, banking and the building industry making extensive use of her skills in interpreting and translation. Her degrees are from Victoria, Queensland and South Australia and her publications are based on intercultural relations, sociolinguistics and second language acquisition.