rec from teacher who is bad at english Forum

[bluedvl]

Is it a bad decision to get a rec from a teacher who is not that good at english? He moved to America recently and while he is a cool guy he has a pretty big accent and I'm not sure how good his written english is.

[CanadianWolf]

Does he write with an accent ?

Regardless, if he is a foreign language or science/technical professor, then it should be fine. If he is your english professor, then it may not be a good idea to use him as a reference.

[Moomoo2u]

Is it a bad decision to get a rec from a teacher who is not that good at english? He moved to America recently and while he is a cool guy he has a pretty big accent and I'm not sure how good his written english is.

It's a little pretentious to assume that just because he's foreign he won't write well. The guy is a professor I assume and can probably write a LOR without committing basic English mistakes.

[kahechsof]

If he really can't write English, he may just ask you to write it for him.

[Army2Law]

If he can't really write well in English, the school will assume you wrote the letter and have bad English skills.

[JustE]

Is it a bad decision to get a rec from a teacher who is not that good at english? He moved to America recently and while he is a cool guy he has a pretty big accent and I'm not sure how good his written english is.

It's a little pretentious to assume that just because he's foreign he won't write well. The guy is a professor I assume and can probably write a LOR without committing basic English mistakes.

While I completely agree with what you're saying, I think most people would be surprised (horrified) at the number of mistakes that show up in recs. I have no idea if it hurts you, though.