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

Abstract

[EN] This project (MIGPRO) aims to inspire and engage university students in a silent reality the world faces nowadays: migration. Through a collaboration between an NGO (The Red Cross - Castellón) and students from the Translation and Interpreting degree (Universitat Jaume I, Castellón, Spain), the main goal will be to use the pedagogical strategy of service learning. Specifically, glossaries and Spanish didactic tools are offered to The Red Cross - Castellón. Learning resources are co-created based on the refugees’ needs. As a consequence, the acquisition of language and culture mediation strategies is 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.