Integrating Faith in Second Language Acquisition Curricula: A Case Study

摘要

The benefits of integrating culture into second language acquisition curricula are extensively documented. Less is known about “faith integration,” a term describing modules that some Christian colleges expect every course to implement. I document one such module, “Ha?ti: Un Pays en Crise,” a series of multimedia activities focusing on Ha?ti's post-2010 humanitarian crisis presented in a 2012 French II course at a private southern California university. I analyze the module's effectiveness, discuss its instructional benefits and challenges, describe alternative strategies adopted by foreign language instructors at other colleges, and close with suggestions for implementing similar modules at non-denominational and secular institutions.