Sherlin Suresh

Sherlin Suresh is an Assistant Professor of French at the School of Humanities, Mahindra University. She has experience in the field of Language Teaching and her research domain is in the area of Teaching French as a Foreign Language (FLE).

She completed her Masters in French from English and Foreign Languages University, Hyderabad in 2014. She pursued her Phd in French from the same University. The topic of her research was « Evaluation Dynamique : vers une pratique renouvelée de la production écrite des apprenants de FLE en Inde ». In her thesis she worked on investigating the possibilities of using dynamic assessment to improve writing skills of learners of French in the Indian context. She has presented papers and attended workshops on areas related to her research.

• Ph.D. in French at the English and Foreign Languages University, Hyderabad in 2020.

• Qualified the UGC-NET for eligibility for Assistant Professor held on 8th July 2018.

• M.A in French at the English and Foreign Languages University, Hyderabad in 2014.

• B.A. (Hons.) in French at the English and Foreign Languages University, Hyderabad in 2012.

Conference Presentations

• Presented a paper titled “Le translinguisme comme un outil pour développer la compétence de l’écrit chez les apprenants de FLE en Inde” at the international conference Les études françaises et francophones: brouiller les frontières disciplinaires, English and Foreign Languages University, Hyderabad, March 6–8, 2025.
• Presented a paper titled “Le rôle de la rétroaction corrective dans le développement de la compétence linguistique des apprenants de FLE” at the International Conference on Latest Trends in Foreign Language Teaching-Learning and Curriculum Designing, March 1, 2019.
• Presented a paper titled “L’évaluation dynamique comme un outil pour le développement des compétences en FLE” at the National Seminar on L’Inde et les pays francophones: un dialogue interculturel (India and French-Speaking Countries: An Intercultural Dialogue), September 14–16, 2017.
• Presented a paper titled “Capter les capacités individuelles d’expression écrite chez les apprenants de FLE: vers une évaluation dynamique” at the 3rd International Congress organised by IATF, Mumbai, November 4–6, 2016.

Workshops and Training Programs

• Participated in a 10-day teacher training programme at École Suisse Internationale, Dijon, France, organised by the Indian Association of Teachers of French (IATF), July 1–10, 2025.
• Participated in the workshop “Le séjour de perfectionnement en didactique, langue française et culture” conducted by the University of Montreal, Montréal, Canada, May 15–30, 2018.

Publications

• “Capter les capacités individuelles d’expression écrite chez les apprenants de FLE: vers une évaluation dynamique”, Caraivéti, Démarche de Sagesse, Vol. IV, Issue 2, January–June 2021, ISSN 2456-9690, Banaras Hindu University, Varanasi, pp. 66–74.
• “Le Rôle De La Rétroaction Corrective Dans Le Développement De La Compétence Linguistique Des Apprenants De FLE”, Journal of Advances and Scholarly Researches in Allied Education, Vol. 16, Issue 7, May 2019.
• “L’évaluation dynamique comme un outil pour le développement des compétences en FLE”, Réflexions, Numéro 5, 2018, ISSN 2322-0677, EFL University Press, Hyderabad, pp. 170–185.

• Dr. Sherlin Suresh is an Assistant Professor of French at the School of Humanities, Mahindra University.

• Part-time French teacher at Sardar Vallabhbhai Patel National Police Academy, Hyderabad from March 2021.

• Contractual Faculty at Gitam University, Hyderabad from January 2020 to May 2020.

• Guest Faculty at Mahindra Ecole Centrale, Hyderabad from August 2017 to April 2018.

• Part-time French teacher at the Indian Institute of Hotel Management, Habsiguda, Hyderabad from January to July 2017.

Her areas of interest include Didactique, FLE, Translinguisme, Évaluation de l’écrit