Re: foreign Students

[Rick Tarara <rtarara@SAINTMARYS.EDU>]

Are the students complaining about the tests or only your supervisor?  If
only the supervisor, then the advice given earlier--tell her what she wants
to hear and then do what _you_ believe is best--should be your strategy.
[Of course this is easy for us tenured folks to say!  ;-) ]

Rick


----- Original Message -----
From: "Tina Fanetti" <FanettT@QUEST.WITCC.CC.IA.US>
To: <PHYS-L@lists.nau.edu>
Sent: Tuesday, February 19, 2002 2:39 PM
Subject: foreign Students


> I have no trouble with not using slang when teaching.
> I have no trouble letting a student using a dictionary or translator on a
test.
> The problem I have is how can it be said that a test is invalid for a
given population for students based on whether or not a student is a native
speaker or not.
> Now, I have mostly Vietnamese students.  (Sioux City has a large
Vietnamese and Hispanic population)
> 2 of these students are finishing their requirements for citizenship.
>
> Is it too much to expect that American citizens be able to speak and read
English?
> They don't complain about the textbook being in English
>
> Tina Fanetti
> Physics Instructor
> Western Iowa Technical Community College
> 4647 Stone Ave
> Sioux City IA 51102
> 712-274-8733 ext 1429