If you can take this class with another professor, DO IT. I dreaded going to class every week. All we do in class is go through the textbook exercises, which gets so boring and repetitive, and the textbook isn't very helpful anyways. She moves through the material way too fast and covers it in a way that is hard to understand. If you don't have hours to spend practicing on your own each week, don't bother taking it with this professor.

FYI: Italian II is way harder than Italian I! That being said, Prof. Truong is very kind and helpful, she's very lenient and goes out of her way to make sure students understand the material. However, I wasn't a big fan of her teaching methods - class just consisted of going over textbook exercises, which got old real fast. I think some of the other professors have more engaging teaching methods, but it's not a big deal. I wouldn't go out of my way to have her again but I also wouldn't go out of my way to not have her.

I really liked Truong! She is sweet as can be and is a very good teacher. I was skeptical at first of having a Vietnamese woman teach me Italian, but she is so fluent in English and Italian and really understands both languages very well. She is an interesting person and is fun to talk to after class. She expects everyone to really practice on their own at home and she likes to keep things at a quick pace, but I like it fast like that. She also is extremely generous on extending deadlines and understands compromising situations very well. I think she's a great teacher to take!

She definitely knows the language very well, but I often disliked her teaching methods and spent a lot of time studying on my own. I ended up with an A-, but I don't think I learned as much as I could have. She is very concerned about students learning the material, but her class somehow lowered my love of Italian. I wouldn't not take a class because she's teaching it, but if you have the option of taking a different teacher, try to do so.

Hoang is ok. She really knows what she is talking about, and is fluent in Italian, Vietnamese, and English, also a little French. Her class is not hard, but honestly, she is my least favorite Italian teacher so far. Maybe this is because I had a really outstanding Italian 1 professor and a really cool Italian 3 professor (Pescatori, who really is Italian, like from Venice) I would never not take Italian because she is teaching it, at all. She makes sure you understand. Just like for any language course, though...GO TO CLASS, especially since most are every day. You don't want to miss too many days, especially in a row, or else you will get really lost really fast.