[nabs-l] French class

[Lucy Sirianni]

Hi Brandon,

      Have you spoken with the professor? I would imagine that 
she would understand your situation and be able to suggest 
solutions.  Perhaps you could ask that she simply send you a list 
of the words and their translations or that if she's truly 
opposed to translating, she provide tactile representations for 
you of the objects pictured on the board?

Best of luck with the class!

Lucy

 ----- Original Message -----
From: Brandon Keith Biggs <brandonkeithbiggs at gmail.com
To: National Association of Blind Students mailing list 
<nabs-l at nfbnet.org
Date sent: Wed, 02 Oct 2013 10:22:51 -0700
Subject: [nabs-l] French class

Hello,
I am in a french class where the teacher doesn't believe in 
translating
anything
It is beginning french and half of her class is her drawing 
pictures and
words on the board.
She says the word in french, draws the picture and erases it.
To say I am lost is to put it mildly.  I speak a little Italian, 
so can
get some things because they are the same in Italian or really 
near.  But
she does maybe a hundred words a day and goes way too fast for me 
to
write down all the words and put them through a translater or ask 
her
after class.
She talked for 20 minutes and I had no idea she was talking about 
time
until she explained in English that you have to use the 24 hour 
system
in France for official time.
Does anyone know how I can make this type of class work? I really 
would
like to take at least one language class in a class room.  So far
everything has been on my own.
Thank you,

--
Brandon Keith Biggs


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