No habla español? Austin Community College hopes to fix that for workers – Texas
Tagged: Austin, TexasPosted on: August 10th, 2007“As a telephone triage nurse at a busy South Austin clinic, John Heron has little time to spare as he fields calls from dozens of patients who speak only Spanish each day.
But hes hardly proficient in the language; Heron hasn’t taken a Spanish course since he was in high school more than 30 years ago.
“My grammar is to die for!” quips Heron, who works at the South Austin Community Health Center for the City of Austin ”” but “if they don’t understand me, then I have to get a third party” to translate.”
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