Abstract
This mixed methodology study reports on a new program pairing up first-year Anglophone students registered in a University-level French immersion stream with Francophone students enrolled in the same first-year content course in a bilingual university in Canada. This program had three main goals: (1) improving immersion students’ academic success; (2) facilitate their integration in the student community; (3) improve their French language skills. The program was offered over the course of an academic term and assessed via online questionnaires and participants’ digital journal entries. Although the number of respondents was limited, results indicate that students view the program as a way to improve their language and academic skills and to facilitate their integration into the student community. It also seems to foster closer ties between the two linguistic and cultural communities.
Presenters
Hélène KnoerrAssociate Professor, Official Languages and Bilingualism Institute, University of Ottawa, Ontario, Canada
Details
Presentation Type
Paper Presentation in a Themed Session
Theme
New Digital Institutions and Spaces
KEYWORDS
Online platforms, Peer-to-peer learning, Collaborative learning, Immersion in higher education
