I had a year to learn enough German to understand lectures, so the pressure was on, but it also helped to have a goal to work towards.
The EU student focus group recognised that English language proficiency is also associated with ability to understand lectures and perform as a medical student.
if they can't understand the MMI, it's going to be very difficult for them to understand lectures and therefore they're not going to do well in Ireland" (EU).
However some EU students felt that the MMI was " a useful screening tool for the English language" (EU) which was important because "…. if they can't understand the MMI, it's going to be very difficult for them to understand lectures and therefore they're not going to do well in Ireland " (EU).
The instructor anticipates learners to understand lecture content following the instructor's expectation.
For the most part, I understand lecture notes on the board and at least I can browse through them at home… Mathematicians cannot carry a computation tool which can do differential integral calculus and perception of mathematicians in society requires doing operations with paper and pencil or mentally.
They often felt that although they might have understood the lecture materials during the lecture, it was difficult to retain the information after the lecture had finished: A: You know you hear (lecturer's name) say it and it makes sense.
Over 55% of students strongly agreed and a further 30% somewhat agreed that " the lecture support pages helped me understand the lectures…" but only 29% strongly agreed with the statement that "that " the workshop support pages helped me to get more out of the workshops".
When he was at MIT, he didn't go to many of his lectures because he was unable to understand the lectures (which weren't signed).
However he finds that he understands the lectures in his daughter's history & politics classes.
