Students will enter the project through a bilingual audio-map investigation, identify competing explanations for changes in global French use, and develop an initial evidence-based position. They will then learn to evaluate source credibility and revise a bilingual claim after structured peer critique.

Students will examine competing perspectives on whether French expands opportunity or sustains unequal power, form inquiry teams, and develop a provisional bilingual position grounded in regional comparison, affected voices, and initial evidence.

Students will investigate competing explanations for changes in global French use, evaluate bilingual sources, and assemble an annotated evidence dossier containing confirming and disconfirming evidence for their evolving positions.

Students will transform their research into nuanced bilingual arguments, test those arguments against credible counterevidence, and revise through multiple critique rounds. They will complete a timed defense before advancing their individual arguments and team showcase materials to the public exhibition phase.

Students will refine and publicly defend their traveling bilingual showcase before an authentic audience, respond to evidence-based challenges in French and English, and document how feedback shaped their conclusions and multilingual communication.