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  EI;   " I !I`,II}II,   .·‘r     I Ann Ross, designed a two-hour class   I
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      ; I,_ I.;   I;. ~ Vrtv     I that met foraweekmjuly 1991. I  
’·'¤.I _l HI,7 ·   YI   I Over 300 migrant-workers were , y   
I I ·   I I ,, ,, _ .._  I employed by farmers in just the area   -I
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I ‘ _   I     `_.‘I ‘I ~       Lewis, Mason, Nicholas and Robertson   ,:_,_  I SAQ
I _  I ·l I. · USIIQI ' , I     Counties. They were expected to begin    I Y 
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    .I_4;m’_   li    · this together very qu1ckly,” Ross says.  
         II  I,] Iajilrr?. II   Thirty-seven farmers signed up for Y;  l 
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    ;1§\zl‘~@I ` .°¥   In learned from them [the farmers]    
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I iQue horn es?   . ~,`   l:·>I\· what to put m 1t. I started out with a 5 Il- I
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  cprendre Esp¤n¤le:   ' ` ` ;—.2— ”I  Q¤`*~‘   I ‘you tell me what you need.’” - · * I
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I '°’ ']'"° *° I°°"" ould 1t be that Spanish isbecom- Ross has written the book with I  I     
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ln me Mqysvllle lllg kentucky s second language? phrases and words for very practical use l Q · 
Community College Probably not, but it seems that by farmers. It contains no grammar ;  
I d“`{"‘"°_° °l'I:’l:' ‘:':° way in counties sharing the in flux of lessons. She says, “We get a lot of ques-  
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I cn ocwpulloml Spanish-speaking migrant-workers. tions that are grammar oriented  
I Spcnish c|¤ss Many Kentucky farmers are becoming because people are naturally CUYIOLIS. I  
  d°;1°I':Pi`dl’P:’l:°'*" bi-lingual and seem to be enjoying it, try to give as briefan answer as possible.  
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communlmle too, thanks to the efforts of the good ljust try to make 1t more conversational it;  
better with the people at Maysville Community Col- — I pronounce, they practice. We get I  
?;°w"lgh"°mb:" lege and a course called Occupational into groups and have dialogue. And by   I 
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I lng mlgmnl w°,l(_ Spanish for Farmers. phase two we are creating our own dia- I  
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I ers like the worker It all began last year when Bill Peter- logues in different situations. They get  
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I '" lh'? '°b°"° son /9, the Mason (,ounty Extension very sweaty palms.  
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I lllose lwrvesllng agent, contacted Pam Stewart, MCC. s Most of all workers need to be  
· squash, fur right. coordinator of continuing education warned of the dangers that are obvious I  
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