French-Spanish service learning as a pedagogical tool:an overview of the MIGPRO Project

Abstract

The MIGPRO project aims to inspire and engage university students in a silent reality the world currently faces: migration. Through a collaboration between an NGO (Red Cross Castellón) and students from the Translation and Interpreting degree (Universitat Jaume I, Castellón, Spain), the main goal will be to use the service learning pedagogical strategy. To do so, we will refer to the learn it, link it process (Oakley and Sejnowski, 2021), whereby students make connections and link theory with practice. Specifically, glossaries and Spanish didactic tools are offered to the Red Cross-Castellón. Learning resources are co-created based on refugees' needs. As a consequence, the acquisition of language and culture mediation strategies are targeted. Furthermore, connections between students' reactions and their (non-)existent migration background is established. Plans for a long-Term project-seeking to enroll all generations of students with French as a second language-Are devised.