This semester I am facing a biggest difficulty in my Accounting course because the Professor of this course speaks really fast without any pauses, and his voice is deep, no pitch, barely with stress. That is difficult for me to notice what the important part of each his sentence is. Since I am a non-native English speaker and not a good notes taker, it makes the situation harder. I do pay so much attention in every lecture and drop down the notes as much as I can, but I know I still miss some of significant terms he teaches. In addition, at the first lecture, he told us his tests and exams are based on his lectures, not the textbook, so his lecture and textbook are somewhere different, and I cannot just read the textbook instead. Therefore, I try hard to find ways managing not to mess up this course.
Right now, in my Management course, I learn the concept of management process which are planning, organizing, leading, and controlling. I know the first thing I need to do in order to manage this difficulty is planning, so I come up two plans. First, I plan to found a study group with several classmates. We can share our notes, discuss the questions we have and study together. I think that might be a great help to my problem. Second, I plan to record his lectures because he already gave us the permission to do so. Recording his lectures may give me an opportunity to listen again, and that help me retake the notes which is missing. Then, for the study group, I will start to organize the study group such as finding classmates who are willing to join the group and become the leader of the group to organize and control ourselves, only discussing about the topics related to our study, not chatting. I hope I can overcome this obstacle.
