Does anyone know Spanish?

[mindofmidwifery]

I am thinking about taking Spanish at my community college. Is there anyone who knows Spanish and who believes it has helped them so far? Have you or are you going to take Spanish at your college/university? Was it easy for you? I have taken languages but have a hard time grasping them and actually learning them. Any tips or advice on this topic?

[KThurmond]

I'm going to take spanish 1 and spanish 2 and then learn conversational spanish.

[mamagui]

I do! So most Spanish for Health professionals classes are designed for someone with a basic understanding of the language. I would suggest that you buys "Madrigal's Magic Key to Spanish" and go through the book, do the exercises, and practice what you have learned with a native speaker. It is a good book to intuitively learn basic conversation. Then you can move on to specialized vocabulary. Speaking Spanish has been very, very useful for me as far as clinicals in school, and now it is helping me to get interviews in a highly saturated area.

[RunBabyRN]

I used to know more Spanish than I know now, but I can tell you it's a very useful language in CA, where I am. It's hard to build rapport with a patient when you need an interpreter. I can understand much of what my patients tell me, but I can't necessarily respond. I am probably going to go back and take a Spanish course, because now that I am going back to labor and delivery, I will need it even more than I do in urology.

[KThurmond]

I do! So most Spanish for Health professionals classes are designed for someone with a basic understanding of the language. I would suggest that you buys "Madrigal's Magic Key to Spanish" and go through the book, do the exercises, and practice what you have learned with a native speaker. It is a good book to intuitively learn basic conversation. Then you can move on to specialized vocabulary. Speaking Spanish has been very, very useful for me as far as clinicals in school, and now it is helping me to get interviews in a highly saturated area.

Thanks for the tip. Unfortunately I'm not good at learning things out of classroom setting. Gordon state college doesn't have healthcare spanish so I have to take a semester at another college. I'm looking forward to it. It will make me feel more confident knowing I can communicate with all my patients.

[selenaaa]

I'm fluent in Spanish, and am a qualified bilingual interpreter at work (they certify employees as interpreters if they are fluent enough in a language). It is very convenient to have someone on the unit that speaks the language needed, and as a qualified interpreter, if other units need us and we're not too busy, we are allowed to go and help other units interpret, too. This is a much better alternative and first choice pick with everyone in comparison to the language landline that a lot of times has to be used.

[neuron]

I have learned that a lot of phrases are the same, and they will make it simple for you and not think it's funny if you don't understand.