Reimagining French Language Education: A Comparative Study of Immersion Programmes in Badagry and Lomé for University of Ilorin Students

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dc.contributor.authorISA, Bayo
dc.date.accessioned2026-05-07T13:47:39Z
dc.date.available2026-05-07T13:47:39Z
dc.date.issued2025
dc.descriptionInternational Journal of Foreign Languages and Literature (IJOFLL)
dc.description.abstractAs a graduation requirement, students of French Studies in Nigeria are required to “spend the third year of study (for UTME candidates) and the second year of study (for Direct Entry candidates) at the Nigeria French Language Village, Badagry, or in a French-speaking country for the One-Year-Abroad French Language Immersion Programme” (CCMAS 2023:436). Although this requirement is intended to produce accomplished graduates who are competent in both spoken and written French, the learning of the French language, according to Onah (2019), Okoedion (2019), and Odion et al. (2025), continues to face numerous challenges in Nigeria. This study adopts the University of Ilorin, Nigeria, as a case study to explore the design and implementation of exchange and language immersion programmes, including teaching and assessment methods, using a causal-comparative research design. The study found that some Unilorin students preferred to go to Togo, a French-speaking country, for the One-Year-Abroad French Language Immersion Programme, after more than two decades of participation in the Nigeria French Language Village (NFLV), Badagry, for the same purpose. The study concluded that the laudable intention of the Nigerian Universities Commission (NUC), which prescribes language immersion as one of the graduation requirements for French Studies in Nigerian universities, may inadvertently contribute to some of the problems confronting the study of French as a foreign language in Nigeria. It therefore recommends that Nigerian universities should leverage the existing policy that allows study in a French-speaking country as an alternative to the NFLV, Badagry, as this option may provide students with a unique opportunity to experience a different culture and academic environment while earning credits toward their degrees.
dc.description.sponsorshipUniversity of Port Harcourt
dc.identifier.issn1595-3246
dc.identifier.urihttps://uilspace.unilorin.edu.ng/handle/123456789/18181
dc.language.isoen
dc.publisherDepartment of Foreign Languages and Literature, University of Port Harcourt
dc.relation.ispartofseriesVolume 2; Number 3
dc.subjectLanguage Immersion
dc.subjectLanguage Education
dc.subjectUnilorin
dc.subjectCCMAS
dc.subjectStudents’ Exchange Programme
dc.titleReimagining French Language Education: A Comparative Study of Immersion Programmes in Badagry and Lomé for University of Ilorin Students
dc.typeArticle

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