I hope to God that I am the only one going through this one...
So... I have an instructor that can't seem to even pronounce the words she is "teaching" us about.
To be fair, she has been very nice to us as students and it appears that she is trying really hard to ensure that we succeed...
but COME ON!!
How are we supposed to listen intently and learn from a person who obviously doesn't have a firm grasp on the material that she is covering. I know that it is difficult to find people in this profession that are willing to take a serious cut in pay to become full-time faculty at a community college, but I had hoped that they could be at least a little bit selective.
A couple of my favorites so far have been...
-drugs with the possible side effect of heart "palpations"
-"sphinxter" muscles
Anyone else running into this frustration? Got any funny examples?
I'm in an online program, so about 95% of our interactions with our instructors is listening to their lectures while viewing the slide shows.
*I cannot stand it* when they use completely incorrect grammar or pronunciation. It's very distracting, and it makes me question their knowledge and abilities if they can't even use proper English. I'm not referring to differences in pronunciation due to geographical differences, occasionally mis-speaking, or an occasional typo; I'm referring to completely incorrect usage of the English language. Proper sentence structure (can we conjugate a verb correctly or not, folks?!?!) and pronunciation is unfortunately a huge issue in my program. I think I have more instructors than not who sound like complete idiots on their presentations. I'm sure they aren't, but I certainly wonder if they are qualified to teach me if they can't even pronounce medical terms.
Most online dictionaries have sound files for pronunciation. Proper pronunciation should be a non-issue, particularly amongst instructors.
BluegrassRN
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I'm in an online program, so about 95% of our interactions with our instructors is listening to their lectures while viewing the slide shows.
*I cannot stand it* when they use completely incorrect grammar or pronunciation. It's very distracting, and it makes me question their knowledge and abilities if they can't even use proper English. I'm not referring to differences in pronunciation due to geographical differences, occasionally mis-speaking, or an occasional typo; I'm referring to completely incorrect usage of the English language. Proper sentence structure (can we conjugate a verb correctly or not, folks?!?!) and pronunciation is unfortunately a huge issue in my program. I think I have more instructors than not who sound like complete idiots on their presentations. I'm sure they aren't, but I certainly wonder if they are qualified to teach me if they can't even pronounce medical terms.
Most online dictionaries have sound files for pronunciation. Proper pronunciation should be a non-issue, particularly amongst instructors.