School of Social Sciences and International Studies

French conversation class Service Learning Projects

As part of a serving learning project, French professors Abadie and Daddah  took their French conversation students to the Bellbrook Middle School, Springboro Junior High School and to the Kettering High School on March 6- 24 to promote the French language.

The French conversation class taught the students some fundamentals on learning the French language. During the sessions, Wright State students delivered a great presentation to the classes. The main topic was centered around “why speaking French” can be an important skill to learn. After the presentation, they engaged the students in fun activities to help them learn some basic words or phrases. 

Some of the activities included learning French expressions  with BINGO. The WSU students said an expression in French and the children had to match it with the correct English expression. They also practiced the family members vocabulary while playing BINGO. Classmates worked in groups to play learning games. In one of the games, FRENCH FAST-FOOD, children were split into groups and they practiced ordering their favorite fast-food items in French. This exercise was intended to provide a hands-on learning experience. In another charade game, about sport and verbs, children had to mimic a sport expression and guess a verb to later use it in a sentence. They played a version of "Twister" to practice colors and body parts.

Over the course of our project The WSU students also showed some song videos to help further their learning. In this “Karaoke” activity, the students did basic grammar exercises with the song then the whole class sang it. They finally danced to some popular French songs and enjoyed some delicious French drinks and treats. That was a lot of fun!

This service learning project was a wonderful experience for all students. It helped get started a conversation around why choosing to learn the French language was a worthwhile educational endeavor to pursue. The experience for our students at Wright State University was extremely valuable as it allowed them to not only practice their language skills, but also participate in promoting the language to future university students.

 


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