[nabs-l] problems with a spanish assignment

[Arielle Silverman]

Hi Lillie,

I'm not sure what the other options are for assignments, but it seems
like the teacher should be able to give you one that's accessible.
Perhaps she could send you a file for one of the web-based assignments
that's not accessible, or create a separate assignment for you. It's
listening you're being tested on, so that doesn't have to be visual at
all. I'd suggest either emailing your teacher or talking to her in
person (or both) to see what the two of you can come up with. You can
definitely agree on an assignment that's equivalent in terms of
difficulty and stuff being tested on, but that doesn't include the
visual questions or the inaccessible online quizzes.

Best,
Arielle

On 3/24/14, Lillie Pennington <lilliepennington at fuse.net> wrote:
> Hi everyone
>
> In my Spanish 3 class, we have listening homework that is due every two
> weeks or so. The options are mostly very tedious or inaccessible. I was
> doing online textbook work with sited assistance for reading the screen
> until my teacher stopped putting assignments on that site as an option. I
> believe her reason for not doing this was because she did not have time, or
> that is what she said for one chapter when they were not up there. I took
> advantage of a new assignment that was available as an option. It was
> watching a youtube video made by students in her class last year. The video
> then had some comprehension questions on a timed quiz in Spanish which
> someone would read to me.
>
> However, the questions mainly had some visual concepts. Such as what item
> was not in a persons suitcase. My mother had some issues seeing the video
> picture and I was providing the best translations of the video that I could
> in English.
>
> It is difficult to rely on someones descriptions of something that I can
> not
> see. I had 15 seconds left on the quiz by the time I was finished with it.
>
> I do not know what to do. I am not sure if this is significant enough to
> email my teacher about. I am not sure what I can really ask my teacher to
> do. My TVI will be no help in this situation. Should I just take the grade
> and suck it up? I am not asking to get out of the assignment. I am just
> asking for questions that require the person to pay attention to the video.
> For example, instead of what did Trevor pack in his suitcase, something
> like
> where did the boys agree to meet at 7:00. Is this an appropriate request?
>
> Thank you
>
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