[nabs-l] French class

[Sandra Gayer]

Hello Brandon,
Do you know enough French to follow a French explanation of a word you
haven't heard in French? If this professor lets you ask questions in
French, I'm sure you'll be able to get French explanations out of her.

Very best wishes,
Sandra.

On 10/4/13, Lucy Sirianni <lucysirianni at earthlink.net> wrote:
> 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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