Looking for advice. Most of the time, when I try to learn new tech material from major course providers, the instructors are often Indian, and they usually have very thick heavy accents that I cannot understand. On top of that, they tend to speak super fast, which definitely doesn’t help with the enunciations.
Learning new tech stack and concepts already takes a lot of brain power and mental effort, and I don’t have much brain processing capacity left to also focus on deciphering a thick heavy accent. So I usually look for instructors who speak English well or even Indians who moved to the US at a younger age who speak decent English. However, for some courses, Indian instructors with thick accents who speak super fast are the only option available. It makes learning an extremely frustrating experience.
I want to emphasize I generally have no problem with accents since a lot of people in school and work are from different countries and have varying degrees of accents and I generally can understand most accents from other countries totally fine, but thick heavy Indian accents are a whole new level level for me since Indians usually talk so fast, and I literally get headaches trying to watch video to learn and understand at the same time. Whereas, when I watch courses with someone who speaks decent or good English, it makes learning enjoyable and fun.
Besides captions (which are generally computer-generated and often produce poor and inaccurate results), do y’all have any tips for overcoming this challenge? This is probably a “me” issue since I believe in DEI, so I’m looking for insights.
Also, another question: why is there such a high percentage of Indian instructors compared to other races and ethnicities producing these video courses? Is it because they generally enjoy teaching more (self-selection)? Is it because only they possess these kind of knowledge? Or is it because they are willing to produce videos for less money than others? I’m always curious why there aren’t more white instructors or other Asians creating content.
Seeking wisdom from the community 😇
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r/cscareerquestions Looking for advice. Most of the time, when I try to learn new tech material from major course providers, the instructors are often Indian, and they usually have very thick heavy accents that I cannot understand. On top of that, they tend to speak super fast, which definitely doesn’t help with the enunciations. Learning new tech stack and concepts already takes a lot of brain power and mental effort, and I don’t have much brain processing capacity left to also focus on deciphering a thick heavy accent. So I usually look for instructors who speak English well or even Indians who moved to the US at a younger age who speak decent English. However, for some courses, Indian instructors with thick accents who speak super fast are the only option available. It makes learning an extremely frustrating experience. I want to emphasize I generally have no problem with accents since a lot of people in school and work are from different countries and have varying degrees of accents and I generally can understand most accents from other countries totally fine, but thick heavy Indian accents are a whole new level level for me since Indians usually talk so fast, and I literally get headaches trying to watch video to learn and understand at the same time. Whereas, when I watch courses with someone who speaks decent or good English, it makes learning enjoyable and fun. Besides captions (which are generally computer-generated and often produce poor and inaccurate results), do y’all have any tips for overcoming this challenge? This is probably a “me” issue since I believe in DEI, so I’m looking for insights. Also, another question: why is there such a high percentage of Indian instructors compared to other races and ethnicities producing these video courses? Is it because they generally enjoy teaching more (self-selection)? Is it because only they possess these kind of knowledge? Or is it because they are willing to produce videos for less money than others? I’m always curious why there aren’t more white instructors or other Asians creating content. Seeking wisdom from the community 😇 submitted by /u/According_Ice6515 [link] [comments]
Looking for advice. Most of the time, when I try to learn new tech material from major course providers, the instructors are often Indian, and they usually have very thick heavy accents that I cannot understand. On top of that, they tend to speak super fast, which definitely doesn’t help with the enunciations.
Learning new tech stack and concepts already takes a lot of brain power and mental effort, and I don’t have much brain processing capacity left to also focus on deciphering a thick heavy accent. So I usually look for instructors who speak English well or even Indians who moved to the US at a younger age who speak decent English. However, for some courses, Indian instructors with thick accents who speak super fast are the only option available. It makes learning an extremely frustrating experience.
I want to emphasize I generally have no problem with accents since a lot of people in school and work are from different countries and have varying degrees of accents and I generally can understand most accents from other countries totally fine, but thick heavy Indian accents are a whole new level level for me since Indians usually talk so fast, and I literally get headaches trying to watch video to learn and understand at the same time. Whereas, when I watch courses with someone who speaks decent or good English, it makes learning enjoyable and fun.
Besides captions (which are generally computer-generated and often produce poor and inaccurate results), do y’all have any tips for overcoming this challenge? This is probably a “me” issue since I believe in DEI, so I’m looking for insights.
Also, another question: why is there such a high percentage of Indian instructors compared to other races and ethnicities producing these video courses? Is it because they generally enjoy teaching more (self-selection)? Is it because only they possess these kind of knowledge? Or is it because they are willing to produce videos for less money than others? I’m always curious why there aren’t more white instructors or other Asians creating content.
Seeking wisdom from the community 😇
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