There is a growing effort in Prince George’s County to immerse young students in a foreign language. Each of the elementary schools — Cesar Chavez, Overlook in Temple Hills and Phyllis E. Williams in Upper Marlboro — has three or four kindergarten classes and is scheduled to add the program in subsequent grades each school year.

“Marty Abbott, executive director of the American Council on Teaching of Foreign Languages, said the number of school districts that use a foreign-language immersion model rises annually. Spanish is the most popular foreign language taught in U.S. schools, while Chinese is seeing a significant increase, and strong interest remains for French, Abbott said.”

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