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Juliet Falce-Robinson
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Fall 2024 - TA: Maddie Paulow (the GOAT in my opinion) I'm quite surprised to see that there hasn't been a single new review since 2012 from here! Okay here is my review! The grade breakdown is as follows: Practice using the online lessons: 15% Listening/Reading/Writing/Performance Assessment:40% Speaking Assessment: 30% Quizzes: 15% Basically, you will be tested on your Spanish capabilities at least twice in the quarter (they essentially act as your midterm and final). You gotta go to class because that is where you will be able to practice your Spanish with your peers. Maddie was the best because she would create her own material that went beyond the textbook and make the activities very fun. As someone who was scared to death speaking Spanish in the class, it truthfully wasn't that bad. I do think the material pick up a bit after week 4, but it was definitely manageable, and Maddie made everything feel very doable. If she's teaching the whole series, I cannot recommend her enough! She cares so much about student's learning about Spanish, and she is more than willing to explain to you the certain quirks about the language! The writing exam part of the exam were always easier for me, but the oral is harder in the sense that you have to act out scenarios with a group of 2-3 of your peers. The quizzes mainly consisted of the stuff you learned for the unit you were being taught, and the online practice was essentially free points! Maddie is the goat for real!
Fall 2024 - TA: Maddie Paulow (the GOAT in my opinion) I'm quite surprised to see that there hasn't been a single new review since 2012 from here! Okay here is my review! The grade breakdown is as follows: Practice using the online lessons: 15% Listening/Reading/Writing/Performance Assessment:40% Speaking Assessment: 30% Quizzes: 15% Basically, you will be tested on your Spanish capabilities at least twice in the quarter (they essentially act as your midterm and final). You gotta go to class because that is where you will be able to practice your Spanish with your peers. Maddie was the best because she would create her own material that went beyond the textbook and make the activities very fun. As someone who was scared to death speaking Spanish in the class, it truthfully wasn't that bad. I do think the material pick up a bit after week 4, but it was definitely manageable, and Maddie made everything feel very doable. If she's teaching the whole series, I cannot recommend her enough! She cares so much about student's learning about Spanish, and she is more than willing to explain to you the certain quirks about the language! The writing exam part of the exam were always easier for me, but the oral is harder in the sense that you have to act out scenarios with a group of 2-3 of your peers. The quizzes mainly consisted of the stuff you learned for the unit you were being taught, and the online practice was essentially free points! Maddie is the goat for real!
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Summer 2018 - This is one of those classes where you don't meet the instructor and everything is conducted by your TA. My TA was Madison Panagotacos (I think that was her last name...Madison for sure) and she was great. I took 4 years of Spanish in high school and considered it to be a strength of mine, but it had been 3 years since that before I took this class. Even so, everything came back pretty quickly and it wasn't difficult at all. But this is because I was proficient enough to not have to take Spanish 1 and 2 at UCLA, so that probably contributed to my performance in the class. There were a lot of people with different speaking and comprehension abilities in the class and Madison was well aware of it. She made herself very available for anyone who needed extra help. There are a lot of annoying homework assignments in this class but it's just busy work, nothing is actually difficult. That would be my only complaint for this class. Otherwise very easy and fun.
Summer 2018 - This is one of those classes where you don't meet the instructor and everything is conducted by your TA. My TA was Madison Panagotacos (I think that was her last name...Madison for sure) and she was great. I took 4 years of Spanish in high school and considered it to be a strength of mine, but it had been 3 years since that before I took this class. Even so, everything came back pretty quickly and it wasn't difficult at all. But this is because I was proficient enough to not have to take Spanish 1 and 2 at UCLA, so that probably contributed to my performance in the class. There were a lot of people with different speaking and comprehension abilities in the class and Madison was well aware of it. She made herself very available for anyone who needed extra help. There are a lot of annoying homework assignments in this class but it's just busy work, nothing is actually difficult. That would be my only complaint for this class. Otherwise very easy and fun.
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Winter 2023 - Class was facilitated by Anita Joo Kyeong Kim and was pretty straightforward. Directions were always clear and Anita made herself extremely available for questions. I think the course load was very manageable and the classes themselves are fun. I wish the course covered more material, but the pacing itself was good and I still managed to learn a lot.
Winter 2023 - Class was facilitated by Anita Joo Kyeong Kim and was pretty straightforward. Directions were always clear and Anita made herself extremely available for questions. I think the course load was very manageable and the classes themselves are fun. I wish the course covered more material, but the pacing itself was good and I still managed to learn a lot.
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