[nabs-l] French class

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Also if u can, try and see if u can record the lessons. 

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> On Oct 4, 2013, at 9:47, minh ha <minh.ha927 at gmail.com> wrote:
> 
> Brandon,
> 
> I think a conversation with your professor would be extremely
> beneficial. Perhaps she doesn't understand that you cant follow what
> she's doing when she's drawing pictures on the board and rapidly
> speaking in French. Another suggestion I have is getting a notetaker
> for the class. I'm sure a lot of people oppose the idea of a
> notetaker, but I found that when I was taking elementary Italian, it
> was really helpful to have someone write down what my professor was
> writing on the board. The notes allowed me to learn the spelling and
> accent marks of the words.
> 
> Minh
> 
>> On 10/2/13, Brandon Keith Biggs <brandonkeithbiggs at gmail.com> wrote:
>> 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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