[nabs-l] French class

[Laurel and Stockard]

Hey Brandon,
Try to get your professor to describe for you the pictures on the board. If you can't come up with a reasonable in class solution, ask her to allow you to record the classes. I'm fluent in French, and if you ever needed, I could listen to the recordings and help you learn the words. If you ever want that kind of help, please feel free to write me off list at laurel.stockard at gmail.com
Hopefully your professor will work with you.
Laurel
On Oct 5, 2013, at 7:06 AM, Lavonnya wrote:

> Also if u can, try and see if u can record the lessons. 
> 
> Sent from my iPhone
> 
>> 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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