Opportunities for hands-on experience

We believe students learn by doing, which is why the French program integrates numerous opportunities for students to interact with other French speakers as well as French culture. Opportunities include:

Conversing in a social setting

• The French Immersion experience (an off-campus event where only French is spoken). It is a fun time where students play games, sing songs, worship, eat delicious French meals, and often converse with French and/or Francophone guests.
• The French Conversation Tables on campus, led by majors, minors, or faculty
• French-speaking guests in class
• Class trips to the Indianapolis Museum of Art or to a French restaurant
  

Teaching French

• Saturday morning French classes (for children or adults)
• Heritage Festival
• Tutoring local high school or current college students
  

Worshiping in French

• At French soirées (immersion experiences once per semester)
• In class
• In French chapels
  

Studying and/or serving abroad

• Tri-S trips to other countries (approximately two weeks of travel)
• Alpha Mu Gamma (the foreign language honor society) offers a summer scholarship to Université Laval in Québec, Canada
• Anderson University at Chez Vous, summer travel, study, worship, and service in Normandy, France (in conjunction with the Université de Caen)
• Study abroad programs in conjunction with other Christian colleges and universities, such as Brethren Colleges Abroad (BCA), Columbia University, Dominican University, IES programs in Montpellier and Lourdes, France
• Service abroad within programs
  

Attending professional conferences and presenting academic work

Additionally, French speakers from different origins are integrated into the many facets of the program whenever possible.