About the Author Stuart Smith received her degrees and her first training and experience in teaching at the University of Texas at Austin. She has been teaching at Austin Community College since 1981 and has been authoring foreign language textbook and textbook materials since 1986. Patricia Lee Men Chin holds a Ph.D. (Dalhousie) in Applied Linguistics, an M.A. (Carleton) and B.A. Hons. (Concordia) in French Literature. She has spent more than twenty years teaching French in Canadian universities and is currently a Senior Instructor in the Department of French at Dalhousie University. Prior to this, she also held teaching positions at the University of Ottawa, Carleton and Saint Mary’s University. Her scholarly interests include language learning strategies (LLS) in L2 acquisition, French as a Second language didactics and curriculum development.