UMaine works to ease shortage of foreign language teachers, offer instruction to young learners

The University of Maine is addressing the state’s shortage of foreign language teachers and the resulting lack of language instruction for young learners in an after-school program at the Franco-American Center. Launched last fall, K–5 students in the Bangor-Orono-Old Town receive two hours of French-language instruction, twice a week, for a $50 fee. The program read more UMaine works to ease shortage of foreign language teachers, offer instruction to young learners