Teacher video: the impact of French Language Immersion on students

Discover how a French language immersion trip with Voyager School Travel helped Luke Woolnough’s students achieve better outcomes in their language learning. In this short video, Luke explains the educational benefits of taking Sweyne Park School on a residential to Château de la Baudonnière in Normandy. 

This extraordinary French trip that will get your learners using more French in a week than in an entire term of lessons at school.

Why choose a language immersion trip over a regular school trip?

Unlike traditional school trips, our language immersion programmes are led entirely in French by our native-speaking animateurs. Every activity—from mealtimes to evening entertainment—is delivered in French, encouraging students to communicate confidently in real-world scenarios.

Cover more of the MFL curriculum

Our trips are designed to hit more of the aims of the national curriculum for languages than typical overseas visits. With a focus on speaking and listening in an immersive environment, students practise:

• Spontaneous speaking

• Understanding native accents

• Real-time interaction

• Cultural awareness

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What teachers say

Don’t just take our word for it. MFL teachers across the UK recommend our immersive approach:

In a Tes article, Catherine Montgomery, a French teacher at Thornhill College, explained the impact of her animateur-escorted trip to Normandy with Voyager School Travel. She said:

“Speaking is one of the most difficult aspects of learning a language, and the immersion trip gave my pupils the confidence to use French spontaneously in a supportive environment.”

In a nutshell

• Native-speaking animateurs lead every part of the trip in French

• Students use more French in a week than in a whole term back at school

• Confidence and fluency improve—especially in speaking and listening

• The trip supports key MFL national curriculum goals

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