Language immersion: A case of Cours Lumiere and University Basic School Pupils

Abstract

Language immersion is considered as one of the best methods in current trends in language learning. Language immersion programme helps not only to learn how to speak a language flently, but also to connect people from different sociocultural backgrounds and beliefs. This paper seeks to investigate the impacts of a four-week immersion exchange programme for pupils of University of Cape Coast Basic School (UCCBS) in Ghana and Cours Lumiere (CL) in Togo. The study basically analyses feedbacks gathered from guest-pupils and their parents, both in Cape Coast (Ghana) and Lome (Togo) through questionnaire. Quantitative and qualitative approaches were employed in the data analysis to arrive at findings which suggest that learning a foreign language in the place where it is spoken facilitates the ability to learn while making the experience of the learner enjoyable, exciting, and memorable. The feedbacks from the respondents also suggest that the pupils have experienced total language immersion in their new environment. Based on the findings of this study, recolllll1endations (lre made so as to enhance the learning opportunities that this type of immersion programme can bring to pupils studying a foreign language