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Hello there. My second language is English. One thing that help me when working for the RNID long time ago and may help you is getting the two persons together to have a chat for an hour for 5-10 days. The deaf person will more likely to pick up the differences in pronunciation and the lecturer will understand the deaf person needs. Prepare the abled bodied person to an experience of having his throat touched by the deaf person. Hope this helps, Andy Velarde Disability Project Manager, University of Kent ----- Original Message ----- From: Sue Green To: [log in to unmask] Sent: Friday, September 30, 2005 1:47 PM Subject: Lecturers with strong accents Hi, Busy time of year I know, but any advice appreciated. We have a lot of lecturers for whom English is not their first language. Some deaf students are finding it hard to understand them. These are students who have notetakers, but naturally want to understand what's going on in the actual lecture. Apart from trying to get tutors to enunciate more clearly (which might be genuinely hard for some, as some languages don't have the same sounds as English), face the front etc, what else can we suggest? Thanks, Sue Green Disability Co-ordinator The University of Birmingham