Let's Talk About Service Learning Projects in French

Many would probably agree  that today service learning plays  an increasingly important part in college.  In disciplines such as Nursing, Social Work, Nutrition, English, or Spanish students have many opportunities to participate in classroom projects that take them to local communities.  It is less frequent to hear about service learning projects involving German, Italian, Japanese, or French.  

Three years ago at a conference, I met several French teachers who had created different types of  service learning initiatives  that addressed the needs kids of their communities.  Inspired by their success, I committed to finding areas of needs in my community and developing service learning projects for my students.  

This blog will explain some of the French Language and Culture Awareness programs my students and I designed and their relevance in the communities we touched.  However, I hope to hear from French teachers who have chosen to take French out of the classroom through service learning.