Zippy was greeted with a jovial “bonjour!” as education students from The University of Akron and seven other universities arrived in France this week to participate in the Franco-American Teachers-in-Training Institute. The education students are attending a language and culture seminar at the Center for Applied Linguistics in Besançon for three weeks, and afterward, will teach science, math, music and English in schools in Reims, Rouen, Amiens, Orléans, Tours, and Blois.
The teacher-exchange program, funded by a grant from the U.S. Department of State, is coordinated by UA in conjunction with the Franco-American Commission and French Ministry of Education. The current group of teachers-in-training represents the fourth group sent to France through the institute.
As part of this intensive cultural experience, the students will live with host families. They will return from France Dec. 15.
For more information about UA’s annual Franco-American Teachers-in-Training program, call 330-972-7980 or e-mail dhergen@uakron.edu.