The next economic development tool: Learning Spanish

Posted on: September 13th, 2007
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““But it’s more than that. Even here you can find businesses all around you where Spanish is spoken. My next-door neighbors speak Spanish. It’s just more prevalent all the time. Why wouldn’t you want to be able to communicate with more people?”

Hicks’ attitude is becoming more common for professionals whose first language is English, said Betty Kettman, director of the University of Oklahoma’s Economic Development Institute. The institute has a partnership with Cetys University near Baja, Mexico.”

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