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The idea of "immersion" is good, but who wants to be the poor customer who has to suffer because you are unable to receive proper service because a worker cannot speak English?
If a restaurant or bakery or hardware store clearly has a certain clientele and cannot service customers who do not speak Spanish, then they should, as a courtesy, post a sign that lets potential customers know that they will be unable to assist them in English.
I am unsure if all English as a Second Language courses do background checks to weed out illegal aliens. But I do know that there are places-- the same places that English speakers can attend to learn foreign languages-- that do teach ESL classes.
The question is, do we, as English-speakers have a duty to "work through" language barriers using visual aids, etc. in order to conduct the basics? Or do we have a right to be fed up and extremely annoyed?
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