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Megha Sundara
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Spring 2019 - I found this class to be much more interesting than Ling 20. Perhaps because of that, I thought the class was pretty easy. The slides were online, so yes you can skip lecture. Wouldn't recommend doing that a whole lot, as some slides are vague and are discussed in more detail within lecture. Quizzes are based on the slides, and the homeworks are quite simple. The IPA chart is a little annoying to remember fully, but hopefully don't have to remember much considering Ling 20 worked with the English phonemes in IPA a lot, so you just have to memorize the non-English ones. Also the guest lecturers are quite entertaining and insightful if you feel like you want to pursue one of those careers. TL;DR if you like linguistics this can honestly feel like a GE.
Spring 2019 - I found this class to be much more interesting than Ling 20. Perhaps because of that, I thought the class was pretty easy. The slides were online, so yes you can skip lecture. Wouldn't recommend doing that a whole lot, as some slides are vague and are discussed in more detail within lecture. Quizzes are based on the slides, and the homeworks are quite simple. The IPA chart is a little annoying to remember fully, but hopefully don't have to remember much considering Ling 20 worked with the English phonemes in IPA a lot, so you just have to memorize the non-English ones. Also the guest lecturers are quite entertaining and insightful if you feel like you want to pursue one of those careers. TL;DR if you like linguistics this can honestly feel like a GE.
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Prof. Sundara is an effective and humorous lecturer. She has an indian accent, but understandable. Her curve is really really nice in this course(102 actually), I think the median gets an A-(in her syllabus, that should be B+). She invites a lot of wonderful guest speakers to give presentations, which help facilitate the study a lot.
Prof. Sundara is an effective and humorous lecturer. She has an indian accent, but understandable. Her curve is really really nice in this course(102 actually), I think the median gets an A-(in her syllabus, that should be B+). She invites a lot of wonderful guest speakers to give presentations, which help facilitate the study a lot.
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Spring 2024 - I recommend taking this class as a UD Ling elective if you want to learn more about the subject and career itself. Professor Sundara has lots of experience in the field and is a great lecturer. The workload is manageable and accommodating. Course Breakdown: 4 online quizzes, 32% of the grade Transcription test, 10% of the grade Preliminary report on assignment 1, 5% of the grade Preliminary report on assignment 2, 5% of the grade 2 assignments, 28% of the grade Term paper, 10% of the grade [Due 1 week after last day of class] In-class presentation, 10% of the grade You can take this class for either 2 or 4 units. The term paper and the presentation are only required if you take it for 4.
Spring 2024 - I recommend taking this class as a UD Ling elective if you want to learn more about the subject and career itself. Professor Sundara has lots of experience in the field and is a great lecturer. The workload is manageable and accommodating. Course Breakdown: 4 online quizzes, 32% of the grade Transcription test, 10% of the grade Preliminary report on assignment 1, 5% of the grade Preliminary report on assignment 2, 5% of the grade 2 assignments, 28% of the grade Term paper, 10% of the grade [Due 1 week after last day of class] In-class presentation, 10% of the grade You can take this class for either 2 or 4 units. The term paper and the presentation are only required if you take it for 4.
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