Jeannette Leduc - Langara College, Vancouver, BC

Professor: Jeannette Leduc

Department: Languages

College: Langara College, Vancouver, BC

Rating # 1

Overview:

• Course: 1115
• Grade Received: C+
• Overall Rating: 1.0
• Course Difficulty: 5.0

• For Credit: N/A
• Textbook Used: No
• Would Take Again: N/A
• Attendance: Not Mandatory

Comment:

Been studying Japanese at Japanese schools for 7+ years. Transfered to Langara, took the placement test with her; she bluntly said my ability was terrible and I needed to take 1115. Ridiculous. Not the nicest/approachable person either. DO NOT EVER BY ALL MEANS take her class even if room is still available. Go for Hayashi! He's THE best :)

Rating # 2

Overview:

• Course: JAPN1115
• Grade Received: N/A
• Overall Rating: 1.0
• Course Difficulty: 5.0

• For Credit: N/A
• Textbook Used: No
• Would Take Again: N/A
• Attendance: N/A

Comment:

Horrible. deduct marks from every single character you don't write like printed textbook strokes. Went through the material fast and read from drill. Unfriendly and won't repeat herself. Picking minimal error to deduct marks if you don't have obvious ones. w/ or w/o background she makes it hard for you. Expects respect but no respect for students.

Rating # 3

Overview:

• Course: 1115
• Grade Received: N/A
• Overall Rating: 1.0
• Course Difficulty: 5.0

• For Credit: N/A
• Textbook Used: No
• Would Take Again: N/A
• Attendance: N/A

Comment:

bad teacher, you have to spend a lot of time to remember vocabulary ,never take again

Rating # 4

Overview:

• Course: JAPN1115
• Grade Received: N/A
• Overall Rating: 2.5
• Course Difficulty: 5.0

• For Credit: N/A
• Textbook Used: No
• Would Take Again: N/A
• Attendance: Mandatory

Comment:

Don't take her period. The slightest error in your hiragana and your point is gone. I've taken Japanese before but her marking is just brutal. Good luck next sem.

Rating # 5

Overview:

• Course: JAP1115
• Grade Received: N/A
• Overall Rating: 2.0
• Course Difficulty: 4.0

• For Credit: N/A
• Textbook Used: Yes
• Would Take Again: N/A
• Attendance: N/A

Comment:

Never again will I take this course ever again.

Rating # 6

Overview:

• Course: JAP1115
• Grade Received: N/A
• Overall Rating: 1.0
• Course Difficulty: 4.0

• For Credit: N/A
• Textbook Used: Yes
• Would Take Again: N/A
• Attendance: N/A

Comment:

IF you're a self learner, she's okay but I believe your other classes will require you to do homework too. She marks you wrong if you did not write perfectly, such as not writing the characters as the book. She's a very old fashion teacher and I respect that, but it's useless to argue with her if you think it you're right.

Rating # 7

Overview:

• Course: JAP115
• Grade Received: N/A
• Overall Rating: 3.5
• Course Difficulty: 4.0

• For Credit: N/A
• Textbook Used: Yes
• Would Take Again: N/A
• Attendance: N/A

Comment:

She is strict, so what?! Japanese is almost as precise as science. She corrects English, so what?! It is the official language here and in order to attend Langara one needs to be able to communicate. Besides, if you don't even know the English grammar, how can you understand the structure of another language? The course is hard, but it is worth it!

Rating # 8

Overview:

• Course: JAN1115
• Grade Received: N/A
• Overall Rating: 3.0
• Course Difficulty: 5.0

• For Credit: N/A
• Textbook Used: Yes
• Would Take Again: N/A
• Attendance: N/A

Comment:

just don't take her class if you know nothing abt japanese. she has accent speaking japanese. however her notes are pretty clear and numerous. we can spend half of the class just by flipping pages and pages to find a page she wants to teach.

Rating # 9

Overview:

• Course: JANP1215
• Grade Received: N/A
• Overall Rating: 2.5
• Course Difficulty: 3.0

• For Credit: N/A
• Textbook Used: No
• Would Take Again: N/A
• Attendance: N/A

Comment:

Honestly, she isn't that bad. Her attitude is a bit aggressive, but she isn't a mean teacher. As long as you study enough, you can survived in her class. Highly recommended you better take 1115 with other prof (like Hayashi), then you can get at least B overall in this class. I got a B+, which is higher than I expect in this class lol. Have fun~

Rating # 10

Overview:

• Course: JAPN1115
• Grade Received: N/A
• Overall Rating: 1.0
• Course Difficulty: 5.0

• For Credit: N/A
• Textbook Used: Yes
• Would Take Again: N/A
• Attendance: N/A

Comment:

Avoid at all costs. Awful teacher, can't speak Japanese can't use a computer, rude, unhelpful, condescending, impossibly picky marker.

Rating # 11

Overview:

• Course: JAP1115
• Grade Received: N/A
• Overall Rating: 1.5
• Course Difficulty: 5.0

• For Credit: N/A
• Textbook Used: Yes
• Would Take Again: N/A
• Attendance: N/A

Comment:

She reminds me of attitude of that of highschool teacher in Japan. Strict. You just follow. Try to make friends or group to support each other.

Rating # 12

Overview:

• Course: JAPN1ST
• Grade Received: N/A
• Overall Rating: 1.5
• Course Difficulty: 4.0

• For Credit: N/A
• Textbook Used: No
• Would Take Again: N/A
• Attendance: N/A

Comment:

Never again. She isn't helpful at all. If you can study on your own with very little instruction you'll do okay.

Rating # 13

Overview:

• Course: JAPN1115
• Grade Received: N/A
• Overall Rating: 2.0
• Course Difficulty: 5.0

• For Credit: N/A
• Textbook Used: Yes
• Would Take Again: N/A
• Attendance: N/A

Comment:

Trust me, don't take her even if all the other Japanese classes are full. She is a nice lady and does try to get the class involved. But most of the time she is mean and beat you down.

Rating # 14

Overview:

• Course: JAP1115
• Grade Received: N/A
• Overall Rating: 3.0
• Course Difficulty: 4.0

• For Credit: N/A
• Textbook Used: No
• Would Take Again: N/A
• Attendance: N/A

Comment:

She honestly isn't so bad, she explains information clearly, and always, always tells us our homework/tests much in advance. She does focus on the writing a lot. At first, she does scare students about the workload, but honestly all of that just made me learn faster, and kept me on top of things.

Rating # 15

Overview:

• Course: JAP1215
• Grade Received: N/A
• Overall Rating: 2.0
• Course Difficulty: 5.0

• For Credit: N/A
• Textbook Used: Yes
• Would Take Again: N/A
• Attendance: N/A

Comment:

okay...she marks pretty hard, she won't let you to get good marks...there are questions to let you transfer japanese into english on the test...she took marks off if you have some small grammar error in english...I am confused about what language course I am taking...

Rating # 16

Overview:

• Course: JAPA1215
• Grade Received: N/A
• Overall Rating: 2.5
• Course Difficulty: 3.0

• For Credit: N/A
• Textbook Used: Yes
• Would Take Again: N/A
• Attendance: N/A

Comment:

She may know her stuff, but that doesn't mean much when she is the crankiest woman alive, and is bent on making students feel bad about themselves. She talks down to students every class. She's out of touch with what it means to be a good teacher. Getting an A is no problem but seriously AVOID her class if you can. Wait for Takei or Hayashi.

Rating # 17

Overview:

• Course: JAP1115
• Grade Received: N/A
• Overall Rating: 2.0
• Course Difficulty: 5.0

• For Credit: N/A
• Textbook Used: No
• Would Take Again: N/A
• Attendance: N/A

Comment:

She is hard to get along with. My main problem was she kept telling me I was going to fail the course, 2 weeks in...

Rating # 18

Overview:

• Course: JAPN1115
• Grade Received: N/A
• Overall Rating: 2.5
• Course Difficulty: 4.0

• For Credit: N/A
• Textbook Used: Yes
• Would Take Again: N/A
• Attendance: N/A

Comment:

This prof made me give up on learning Japanese at Langara entirely. I have to say her teaching ability is good but she is a very strict person and it made me feel very uncomfortable at times. She takes marks off for even the slightest of messy writing, She yells at you when you take out your phone just to look at the time, etc....

Rating # 19

Overview:

• Course: JAPN1115
• Grade Received: N/A
• Overall Rating: 3.5
• Course Difficulty: 4.0

• For Credit: N/A
• Textbook Used: Yes
• Would Take Again: N/A
• Attendance: N/A

Comment:

Overall she is okay, really clear on how the tests are going to be like and how shes going to mark them. However, she is a very strict and hard marker and not so friendly.

Rating # 20

Overview:

• Course: JAP1115
• Grade Received: N/A
• Overall Rating: 1.0
• Course Difficulty: 5.0

• For Credit: N/A
• Textbook Used: Yes
• Would Take Again: N/A
• Attendance: N/A

Comment:

she plays with ur grade..dont take her seriously..most importantly she is not even japanese she doesn't know how to say things right..200% guarantee you if you take the class you are going to regret