FRNCH 3
Elementary French
Description: Lecture, five hours. Enforced requisite: course 2 with grade of C- or better. P/NP or letter grading.
Units: 4.0
Units: 4.0
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I didn't have Professor Jansma, but I just wanted to talk about the TA's I had for French 1 through 3. I loved every single one of them! Samuel Yniesta: He is French and definitely a great teacher. He was really easy to talk to! He graded pretty easily and fairly. Hannah Vaughn: I think she was the head of the TA's at the time, and she was amazing. Her class was one of my favorites. I'm usually really shy with speaking in class, but she was anything but intimidating. She was always helpful and never made you feel bad about making a mistake. She was incredibly sweet and highly recommend her as a TA. Catherine Mullen: She goes by Katie, and she was absolutely amazing. I was really intimidated by her at first, but throughout the course of the class, she was so easy going. She never put anyone on the spot. She kept order in the classroom but still created a fun environment to learn it. She also baked for us several times and acted like a friend. It was really a pleasure to get to know her. I was gone for a week and she took the time to sit with me and catch me up on everything I had missed. The day of the final, she had office hours for a few hours despite having her own work to do/being tired, and answered every question we had. She was the first TA I went to office hours for, and it gave me the courage to go to other classes' office hours as well.
I didn't have Professor Jansma, but I just wanted to talk about the TA's I had for French 1 through 3. I loved every single one of them! Samuel Yniesta: He is French and definitely a great teacher. He was really easy to talk to! He graded pretty easily and fairly. Hannah Vaughn: I think she was the head of the TA's at the time, and she was amazing. Her class was one of my favorites. I'm usually really shy with speaking in class, but she was anything but intimidating. She was always helpful and never made you feel bad about making a mistake. She was incredibly sweet and highly recommend her as a TA. Catherine Mullen: She goes by Katie, and she was absolutely amazing. I was really intimidated by her at first, but throughout the course of the class, she was so easy going. She never put anyone on the spot. She kept order in the classroom but still created a fun environment to learn it. She also baked for us several times and acted like a friend. It was really a pleasure to get to know her. I was gone for a week and she took the time to sit with me and catch me up on everything I had missed. The day of the final, she had office hours for a few hours despite having her own work to do/being tired, and answered every question we had. She was the first TA I went to office hours for, and it gave me the courage to go to other classes' office hours as well.
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Winter 2016 - Gina is awesome! The best French teacher I've ever had. Participation in her class is so easy to fulfill, because she's so engaging and bright. Her organization is clear and effective, though she does assign plenty of homework. Her tests are fair, and her hair is even fairer. I definitely recommend her!
Winter 2016 - Gina is awesome! The best French teacher I've ever had. Participation in her class is so easy to fulfill, because she's so engaging and bright. Her organization is clear and effective, though she does assign plenty of homework. Her tests are fair, and her hair is even fairer. I definitely recommend her!
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Makdisi was very effective and taught grammar extremely well. However, she was very impersonal and lacked friendliness and often laughed at students when they asked questions that she thought were stupid. She prepared us well for the second exam but failed to do so on the first and third. Especially on the third since she was absent for 3 straight days and had a student teacher come in who taught us nothing. When she came back she didn't even graze what we had missed with her. When the exam finally came, the grades were not stellar. You pretty much have to kiss a lot of ass to get on her good side. I would not recommend taking this class with her.
Makdisi was very effective and taught grammar extremely well. However, she was very impersonal and lacked friendliness and often laughed at students when they asked questions that she thought were stupid. She prepared us well for the second exam but failed to do so on the first and third. Especially on the third since she was absent for 3 straight days and had a student teacher come in who taught us nothing. When she came back she didn't even graze what we had missed with her. When the exam finally came, the grades were not stellar. You pretty much have to kiss a lot of ass to get on her good side. I would not recommend taking this class with her.
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