Eric Maitrejean is the Head of the Department of Modern Languages and Linguistics at the University of the West Indies, St. Augustine, Trinidad and Tobago, and a Lecturer in French and Interpreting Techniques. He has been a member of the International Association of Conference Interpreters (AIIC) and the Vice-President for Latin America and the Caribbean of The American Association of Language Specialists (TAALS). Having provided translation and interpreting services for several companies and regional and international organisations, both in Trinidad & Tobago and the wider Caribbean, Eric Maitrejean coordinates the UWI Post-Graduate Diploma in Interpreting Techniques and is the Director of the Caribbean Interpreting and Translation Bureau (CITB) in Trinidad and Tobago.
Mr. Eric Maitrejean
The teaching of French as a Foreign Language at tertiary level: from prescriptive to descriptive – a Sociolinguistics approach
University of the West Indies, Trinidad and Tobago
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