French Program
Caren Barnezet Parrish, Ph.D.
Faculty
cparrish@chabotcollege.edu
Learning a foreign language is a journey. I like to remind myself of my own experience
as an ESL speaker when I teach my students French. Thus, I emphasize genuine interactions
and communication in French, and promote a positive learning environment for them
to gain confidence and skills in the target language. I earned my Ph.D. in French
from UC Davis (Designated emphasis in Second Language Acquisition) and my MA in French
as a Second Language from Grenoble 3 (in France). A resident of Hayward since 2008,
my family of 4 is thankful for the opportunity to apply urban "farming" to our daily
life with our garden, chickens, goats, and bees!
Spanish Program
Cristina Moon, Ph.D.
Faculty
cmoon@chabotcollege.edu
My parents are Koreans but I never lived in Korea. I was born in Guam and moved to
Buenos Aires, Argentina when I was 3 years old and lived there until I was 16. At
the age of 16, we left Argentina and moved to Glendale, California where I attended
Hoover High School. After high school, I went to UC Berkeley where I majored in Spanish
Literature. After receiving my BA in Spanish, I went to UCLA where I earned a MA and
a PhD in Latin American Colonial Literature. I have taught Spanish at UCLA, Scripps
College, Western University of Health Sciences, and San José State University. I have
been a full-time Spanish instructor at Chabot College since Fall of 2006. I speak
Spanish, Korean, and English fluently. I have studied Italian, Portuguese, French,
and Latin. I live with my husband (Moon), daughter (Emily), son (Alexander), and cat
(Ellie) in San José, California. As a former language student of several foreign languages
including Portuguese, Italian, French, Latin, and Korean, I believe I can relate to
my students’ struggles when it comes to learning a new language and all the frustration
that sometimes comes with it. In my classroom, I strive to create a safe community
where students are encouraged to learn about the Hispanic culture as well as the language.
What is truly important to my teaching is to foster an inviting learning environment
for my students by being an opened, flexible, creative and dynamic instructor.
Francisco Zermeno
Faculty
fzermeno@chabotcollege.edu
Francisco Zermeno earned his BA and MA from UC Santa Barbara. He has taught Spanish at Chabot for many years. Teach on!