Photo Gallery: Spanish-Speaking Elders Get A Chance To Socialize At Fort Worth Library

Arlington TX

06 April, 2022

7:11 PM

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By Cristian ArguetaSoto, Fort Worth Report April 5, 2022 Fort Worth resident Esperanza Robles-Rodriguez, 67, takes English as a second language, ESL, courses at the Fort Worth Public Library Diamond Hill/Jarvis branch, 1300 N.E. 35th St., every Friday and Saturday. "I want to learn to communicate. I feel bad — I want to understand it, and I want to speak it. I stray away from English-speakers," Robles-Rodriguez said. "I was in anguish. It takes a lot. It's very difficult." Robles-Rodriguez and her husband, Robert Rodriguez, 71, attended 'La Hora de los Abuelos,' or hour of the elders, at the Fort Worth Public Library's North Side branch, 601 Park St., on April 5. The April 5 session was the first of four sessions designed to provide a social outlet for elders in the community. Myriam Hernandez, the ESL instructor and public education specialist at the Fort Worth Public Library, started her job in October 2021. She teaches the ESL classes in Diamond Hill every Friday night virtually and Saturday mornings in person. To read the full article, click here. Fort Worth Report is a nonpartisan, nonprofit news organization that produces factual, in-depth journalism about city and county government, schools, healthcare, business, and arts and culture in Tarrant County. Always free to read; subscribe to newsletters, read coverage or support our newsroom at fortworthreport.org.