Today, participation in world language studies in Connecticut schools is on the rise - at the same time that it's increasingly difficult to find qualified language teachers. There's a push toward offering instruction at earlier grades and a growing emphasis on responding to the Bush administration's National Security Language Initiative, which promotes spreading the study of languages like Chinese and Arabic….

… teachers is mirrored throughout the nation, said Marty Abbott, director of education for the American Council on the Teaching of Foreign Languages. …

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