spelling and grammar
This semester I took a basic Bio-101-type course, and the professor’s lecture format was in PowerPoint slides. On these PowerPoint slides, he often made minor spelling or grammar mistakes; the ones that come to mind are the frequent spelling of “complimentary” instead of “complementary,” or “groves” instead of “grooves.” A lot of students in the class remark on the mistakes during every single lecture-there’s at least one minor mistake in every lecture-and I’ve even heard a lot of student complain, saying that the professor’s mistakes show a lack of “caring” or “professionalism” and that they can no longer take him seriously because of this. I haven’t noticed anything glaring in his slides, it’s not like he is indecipherable, and he seems to get the words and phrases correct that really matter (the big science words). Besides the spelling and grammar mistakes, I think his style of teaching and content of his lectures are fine, but maybe I can see how they might be distracting to other students.
Should poorly-spelled and -worded presentations by a professor matter at all? And if it does, why?
Should poorly-spelled and -worded presentations by a professor matter at all? And if it does, why?