Professor: Raymond Tahan
Department: Languages
College: Old Dominion University, Norfolk, VA
Rating # 1
Overview:
- Course: ARAB111
- Grade Received: N/A
- Overall Rating: 1.0
- Course Difficulty: 1.0
- For Credit: N/A
- Textbook Used: No
- Would Take Again: N/A
- Attendance: N/A
Comment:
Person below me is stupid, everyone says its easy but him/her! 1st exam requires NO studying, just practice in handwriting, 2 is .5 handwrit, .5 translation (memorize key letters and you're okay), hardest is 3rd exam and even that wasn't bad. Homework is easy, just talk to classmates, as painful as it is, if you show up to class, you're good to go!
Rating # 2
Overview:
- Course: ARAB212
- 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:
Many of these other posts make it sound easy to show up and memorize the sheets. IT'S ARABIC...in order to succeed in this class you have to actually figure out what the man is saying. Probably the WORST prof. at ODU. This class is not an easy A, you def. have to do the work and thats not easy. Don't think Tahan will be returning fall 07.
Rating # 3
Overview:
- Course: ARAB111F
- Grade Received: N/A
- Overall Rating: 1.0
- Course Difficulty: 2.0
- For Credit: N/A
- Textbook Used: No
- Would Take Again: N/A
- Attendance: N/A
Comment:
Do you believe in time travel? Because this class is an adventure through space and time. You will get to experience the kind of rote painful memorization techniques that were popular in western academia before world war 2. All you need to do to suceed in this class is, show up, participate, and do the homework. Don't buy the book right away.
Rating # 4
Overview:
- Course: ARAB111
- Grade Received: N/A
- Overall Rating: 1.0
- Course Difficulty: 2.0
- For Credit: N/A
- Textbook Used: No
- Would Take Again: N/A
- Attendance: N/A
Comment:
This guy's idea of teaching is screaming at you in pidgin English and ridiculing you for three hours. He's foul-tempered, unpleasant, and impossible to communicate with. The class is an easy A, but it might not be worth it to just put up with him.
Rating # 5
Overview:
- Course: ARAB101
- Grade Received: N/A
- Overall Rating: 4.0
- Course Difficulty: 1.0
- For Credit: N/A
- Textbook Used: No
- Would Take Again: N/A
- Attendance: N/A
Comment:
Go to class, participate, study the worksheets, and you'll get a good grade...you will not b able to speak a lick of Arabic, but you'll get a good grade. Funny teacher that loves his job!
Rating # 6
Overview:
- Course: ARAB111212
- Grade Received: N/A
- Overall Rating: 3.5
- Course Difficulty: 1.0
- For Credit: N/A
- Textbook Used: N/A
- Would Take Again: N/A
- Attendance: N/A
Comment:
If you don't like learning languages take this class. You'll end up learning a little, but after 2 semesters I still can't speak a word of Arabic, but I got 2 A's. I did the homework and mostly showed up for the classes. That's all you have to do to get an A. Plus, he is a genuinely sweet man.
Rating # 7
Overview:
- Course: ARAB111
- Grade Received: N/A
- Overall Rating: 3.5
- Course Difficulty: 2.0
- For Credit: N/A
- Textbook Used: N/A
- Would Take Again: N/A
- Attendance: N/A
Comment:
Mr. Tahan is good natured man who can't hear a thing to save his life. He really makes an effort to teach everyone Arabic which in turn makes 3 hours, twice a week extremely painful but worth the A in the end.
Rating # 8
Overview:
- Course: ARABIC
- Grade Received: N/A
- Overall Rating: 4.0
- Course Difficulty: 1.0
- For Credit: N/A
- Textbook Used: N/A
- Would Take Again: N/A
- Attendance: N/A
Comment:
This is a class, where he will keep you amused, just go, take notes, do the stuff in class, and memorize all the freaking worksheets! Just watching him is entertainment
Rating # 9
Overview:
- Course: ARAB111
- Grade Received: N/A
- Overall Rating: 3.0
- Course Difficulty: 2.0
- For Credit: N/A
- Textbook Used: N/A
- Would Take Again: N/A
- Attendance: N/A
Comment:
It worth the 3 hours of class twice a week for the A you will get, class is boring but its a lot easier than sitting through any of the other languages.
Rating # 10
Overview:
- Course: ARB111
- Grade Received: N/A
- Overall Rating: 1.0
- Course Difficulty: 5.0
- For Credit: N/A
- Textbook Used: N/A
- Would Take Again: N/A
- Attendance: N/A
Comment:
You can not understand a word this man says. He yells at everyone in 7 different languages. Everyone talks throughout the class b/c he cant even hear them. If you can handle 3 hours of this twice a week for a whole simmester, DO NOT TAKE THIS CLASS
Rating # 11
Overview:
- Course: ARAB111
- Grade Received: N/A
- Overall Rating: 5.0
- Course Difficulty: 1.0
- For Credit: N/A
- Textbook Used: N/A
- Would Take Again: N/A
- Attendance: N/A
Comment:
easy if you show up to class for the entire period, which can be taxing, but really pays off when you get that A for 6 full credits.
Rating # 12
Overview:
- Course: ARAB112
- Grade Received: N/A
- Overall Rating: 5.0
- Course Difficulty: 1.0
- For Credit: N/A
- Textbook Used: N/A
- Would Take Again: N/A
- Attendance: N/A
Comment:
simply sit in class and you will learn Arabic!
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