Two-player game, human connection & authentic Cards Interaction

To take their turn, the student answers a question about the authentic card visuals—but they also ask the mentor a question so the mentor can play too. This creates a real-life dialogue about the expedition's linguistic theme where the focus is on authentic conversation and the joy of the game, rather than just repetition.

Positive Emotional Charge 

The excitement of the game creates a positive bond between the child, the mentor and the French language, turning every session into a true human moment experienced in French.

Ease and Confidence

To ensure a resistance-free experience, students are always supported with model sentences so they can focus on speaking rather than searching their memory for words. In cases of spontaneous production, if an error occurs, they instantly receive a model to reuse. This allows them to speak with confidence and naturally develop their skills through use.

We do not subscribe to the traditional teaching paradigm where one first learns the language through exercises to then speak it; we believe the opposite is true: to develop language skills, you must use it.

Reading the stories behind the cards

Students discover with their mentor the youth stories behind the cards, moving from the speaking game to the reading of the lived experience of the narrator.

Writing their own version of the conversation theme of the expedition

Students are invited to create their own authentic version of the linguistic focus theme, which will serve them in phase 3. 

We follow the natural language acquisition flow: speak, read, write: not the other way around.

From spontaneous use to explicit knowledge

The grammar and vocabulary used during phases one and two are observed and rationalized.

Language: a tool for relationship 

Generally, we write for a reason: we write to be read. In the correspondance-game, student reuse their personal production to connect with other kids, who just like them, navigate a bilingual journey.

Contribution to the collective culture and fostering cultural curiosity beyond the cards

Through their expedition, students have connected with the language through the activities with their mentor, and also with the culture through the expedition's visual. In session 1-4, they've collected collection cards. It's time for them to pick on item in own of them, do a small research about it and post-it into the collective culture map for others to discover, too. They become a contributor to a human community of young explorers and they transformed their expedition into a gateway to tangible reality offered by as second language accros Canadian border.

From speaking, reading, writing, connecting & contributing the conclusion of their expedition is an introduction to the vast francophone world they can explore and connect with, beyond French To Go.