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Builders say sí to 'Survival Spanish'
ww.sarasotaherald.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?aid=/20051127/news/511270 Published on: 11/27/2005
Last Visited: 11/27/2005
Christ Stubenberg, of FasTrac Languages.com teaches his Survival Spanish for Construction Sites class at Manatee Community College in the Lakewood Ranch area of Sarasota, Fla. "Even some of these real redneck guys are seeing the need now," Stubenberg said. He teaches "Survival Spanish for Construction" at Manatee Community College in Lakewood Ranch, and his classes fill fast. He also teaches courses in specialized Spanish for hospitals, restaurants and landscaping companies. Changes in the region's work force have made his business a success, he said. As the building industry booms here and more workers are needed, the industry has turned increasingly to Mexican and other Latino immigrants, his construction students say.
Stubenberg gives the students "cheat sheets" with translations for construction lingo that most laypeople would not understand in English. He encourages the class to communicate with gestures as well as words and to focus on being understood, not on perfect grammar.