[nabs] foreign professors

[Starner, Alicia M.]

Hello All,

 

I kind of know what I am going to do, but thought I would get some input
from all of you. This semester is the first time I have come across a
foreign professor with such a strong accent. ON the first day of classes
there was only room for me in the back of the classroom, so I went in and
took a seat. I had a very difficult time understanding the professor. I left
the classroom thinking that I will go back and sit up front. On Friday that
is just what I did, but I still walked out of class not understanding him. I
did understand the video he was playing, but couldn't understand a word he
was saying. My first thought was drop the course and see if there was
another instructor that taught the course, but I learned that he is the only
instructor that teaches the course. I feel I am at a double disadvantage if
I can't see his notes and I can't understand a word he is saying. I started
to send an email to the access office, but decided it probably isn't an
issue for her. It is not really her fault or the universities fault I don't
understand a word this man says. I even recorded the lecture to see if I
could understand him better at home, but the recording was even worse. Does
anyone have any suggestions? I thought about dropping the course and seeing
if he teaches the course online, but don't know what to do. What would you
all do if in the same situation.

 

Thanks,

 

Alicia Starner

 

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