𝗗𝗮𝗻𝗶𝗲𝗹 𝗖𝗵𝗮𝗻 is Assistant Dean (Undergraduate Studies), Office of Programmes, at the NUS Faculty of Arts and Social Sciences, He is also Senior Lecturer of French at the NUS Centre for Language Studies. His international activities include that of being the co-convenor for a Research Network of AILA (Association Internationale de Linguistique Appliquée), and an associate member of the research group PLIDAM (Plurality of Languages and IDentifies in language Acquisiton and Mediation), at the Institut National des Langues et Civilisations Orientales (INaLCO), Paris. Formerly a recipient of prestiguous scholarships from the Public Service Commission and the French governement, he completed his undergraduate studies at Sorbonne Nouvelle University, after which he went on to earn his M.A. and PhD in Linguistics at Paris Diderot University (which has since been merged into Paris Cité University) under the supervision of Professor Marie-Claude Paris. His current research interests include a range of topics related to language education.