Professor Daria is extremely helpful and caring for her students. For each lecture, she provides detailed notes and great lecture slides, and the assigned reading that comes along with each lecture is also very interesting. She makes the concept easily digestible by using relatable examples and she answers any questions carefully to avoid any confusions student might have. The final project is also very interesting, although it is a group project, professor Daria gives a lot of time in discussions to allow students to work on them and constantly provide guidance on the project. Professor Daria is also approachable outside of class, she makes her schedule flexible according to students' needs. One time before the finals, the professor arranged a meet-up with me outside of her regular office hours and went through my questions one by one thoroughly until I understood, and I was really touched by her. I highly recommend taking this class with her!

Professor Bahtina is so wonderful! She is very knowledgeable and informative. I also felt that she was very encouraging and cared about her students enough to even reach out to them via Slack or email. The grades were made up of Perusal annotations, research proposal, group project presentation, participation, and blog entry. Unfortunately, I don't remember exactly what the percentage weights are since I don't have access to the syllabus anymore, however, I feel that they range from 15-25% each and were all important to getting a good grade. Because the group quarter-long project is so important to the class and our grades, we were almost step-by-step guided through it which makes it so we have the opportunity to improve but also not be overwhelmed. Professor actually reached out to us after the end of the quarter for potential regrade of the blog because some of us were close to the next grade, which I found to be incredibly generous. She is that type of professor and so I would highly recommend her. So long as you stay focused and on top of the material, you will learn a lot and be rewarded with a good grade. Good luck!

I loved this class and a huge reason why was because of Daria. She made lectures interesting and engaging. The topic was interesting to me so I had a lot of fun learning about it. The workload isn't crazy, it's a decent amount but the grades given out were all reasonable. Daria wants all of her students to succeed so she is pretty lenient about a lot of things as long as you approach her. She loves when people give their opinion and participate in class. She only grades participation on if you show up to class or not. There are no tests, only one final research paper along with other supplemental writing assignments. I loved this class and would definitely recommend it!

DON'T TAKE THIS CLASS IF YOU AREN'T VERY FLUENT IN A LANGUAGE!!! I really loved having Professor Daria. She not only was super sweet but also a great professor. It is a lot of busy work, but it's super simple. Considering the situation of this quarter, she made it super enjoyable and I would definitely recommend taking a class with her. There were weekly assignments that didn't take long, an essay where you had to analyze a text that was translated from one language into english, another essay where you had to analyze subtitles in a language translated into english and a big group project where you have to interview people. It was a lot of busy work, but it wasn't hard. I recommend taking this class only if you are fluent in a language because it requires a lot of analyzing. Overall great class and not super hard. I totally recommend it as an elective for Ling majors and also having her as a professor!

I enrolled this class mostly because it was a GE and WII, and by gosh is it difficult to get into. That being said, I'm really glad I took this class with Dr. Bahtina because I've learned more than I would ever think about learning and teaching language. Dr. Bahtina tries really hard to make sure we are learning practical things, and so this class is really helpful if you want to teach language either in the short or long term.

That being said, I wouldn't classify this class as an easy A. Your grade depends on 3 total writing assignments (split up into drafts, so technically 6), weekly journal assignments, peer reviews, a classroom observation (basically just attend a language class and take notes), and participation (+ you get 1% extra credit for using the UWC). The first two writing assignments make up 15% of your grade each, with the final paper being 25%. You can basically get 100% on the peer reviews, journal assignments, and in participation as long as you try to speak in class a couple of times each session. As someone who usually is uncomfortable with speaking in class, I felt like Dr. Bahtina made the environment extremely conducive to participation for students, and I had a really great time in this class.

While the content itself isn't insanely hard, there is a fair bit of work associated with the class. But, as long as you stay diligent and go into office hours and utilize feedback from your rough drafts, you should still end up with a good grade.

Can't find the review page for her Ling M7, I'll just write it here:

I WOULD NEVER RECOMMEND THIS CLASS TO ANYONE, THIS CLASS HONESTLY GAVE ME SO MUCH PAIN AND ANXIETY. Most people taking this class are just trying to fulfill their GE req, but Prof Bahtina thinks everyone is linguistics genius or sth, so she made the material really challenging for us. If it wasn't for the curve, I probably would have got a B+, but just because the entire class was doing so poorly, I got round up to an A+ ...?

This class killed my interest for linguistics lol

This class was my first GE and I am so thankful that I enrolled in it. The professor is genuinely passionate and her material is very interesting.
- The material can be confusing, so I highly recommend attending office hours and the discussion. That being said I wasn't very diligent about attending discussions and I was still able to understand and do well in the class.
- Read your materials before hand and attend class, there's a quiz almost every lecture
- The professor gives extra credit for participating in the psychology department's experiments, using the writing center, and going to the library.

If I took it again I would NOT MISS A CLASS! Professor Bahtina is very helpful, knowledgeable and engaging

Dr. Bahtina is the BEST!!!! This class was so great and I really wish I could've taken it in person. Dr. Bahtina is so nice and very understanding, making the class much more enjoyable and less stressful. The class is centered around a group project and blog post that you focus on for the entire quarter. There are no tests/quizzes, only weekly reading/annotation assignments which are very easy (mostly for participation). I would highly recommend this class, not only for the professor and workload, but also the topics covered are very interesting.

I took this course just because this was the only writing 2 course available that granted social analysis GE credit. Daria is a good lecturer who truly cares about her students learning. Concise lectures and acceptable workload, with participation points for each discussion you attend. I was generally uninterested in the course material though and it made the lectures and activities really boring for me. Also, there is a 3500word research paper you have to write as a final project and it requires a sizeable data collection if you are to do well. I think I've watched almost a hundred YouTube videos to collect linguistic examples I needed to support my paper. All in all, easy A and interesting course material if you are into linguistics and gender stuff. If you aren't it's still acceptable workload and fair grading, though it may be boring af. Recommended.

Dr. Bahtina is extremely caring and thoughtful. She tried her best to make the class engaging - even during COVID - and I appreciate her a bunch! The class wasn't too challenging, but the research paper was definitely more intense than I was expecting. Definitely give your topic some thought, because I ended up hating my topic by the end of the quarter. Daria is super approachable and sweet, but the readings were definitely quite dense. Don't let that dissuade you too much though - I overall enjoyed the class.