A movement by parents and lawmakers to get computer coding to count toward foreign language credits has hit a snag — but advocates aren't giving up.

In foreign language classes, students learn to become better communicators. Learning a new language forces students to cope with the vulnerability of expressing themselves with fewer resources.

Paul Thomas, a fourth-year undergraduate student at St. Michael’s College who plans on majoring in computer science next year, says he has a proclivity for learning languages, but ultimately took the ...