Teresa Piper - University of the Fraser Valley, Abbotsford, BC

Professor: Teresa Piper

Department: Modern Languages

College: University of the Fraser Valley, Abbotsford, BC

Rating # 1

Overview:

• Course: SPAN101
• Grade Received: A
• Overall Rating: 4.0
• Course Difficulty: 3.0

• For Credit: Yes
• Textbook Used: Yes
• Would Take Again: Yes
• Attendance: Mandatory

Comment:

Teresa is a great Spanish prof. She is high energy which helps keeps you engaged while learning grammar and the "boring stuff". Reference your textbook and the links she sends you and you'll get an A. Practice is a must as it is with learning any other language. She's clear on what she expects of you and her expectations are reasonable

Rating # 2

Overview:

• Course: SPAN102
• Grade Received: N/A
• Overall Rating: 2.0
• Course Difficulty: 3.0

• For Credit: Yes
• Textbook Used: Yes
• Would Take Again: No
• Attendance: Mandatory

Comment:

She is a caring professor however, is very very unclear and disorganized. The syllabus always gets changed and due dates are always unclear. Wish there was another professor who stuck to certain material for the whole semester. This class is very hard to take on top of a full course load. If you want to do well do not take with more then 2 courses.

Rating # 3

Overview:

• Course: SPAN101
• Grade Received: B
• Overall Rating: 2.0
• Course Difficulty: 5.0

• For Credit: Yes
• Textbook Used: Yes
• Would Take Again: No
• Attendance: Mandatory

Comment:

She emails homework the night before it is due, even the night before a midterm. She is passionate but she is also disorganized, her notes on the board never finish her thought. Because of this, the class fell behind & the last week had 3 weeks of work. She also didn't set a date for oral final until 1 week beforehand. Made is hard to get off work

Rating # 4

Overview:

• Course: SPAN101
• Grade Received: N/A
• Overall Rating: 3.0
• Course Difficulty: 3.0

• For Credit: Yes
• Textbook Used: No
• Would Take Again: No
• Attendance: Mandatory

Comment:

Be prepare to end with printing piles of paper. Instead of PowerPoint in classroom she gives paper handouts. She knows Spanish and teach it passionately, although she talks more than teach.

Rating # 5

Overview:

• Course: SPAN101
• Grade Received: N/A
• Overall Rating: 3.0
• Course Difficulty: 3.0

• For Credit: Yes
• Textbook Used: Yes
• Would Take Again: No
• Attendance: Mandatory

Comment:

Not bad but extremely old-fashioned teacher....

Rating # 6

Overview:

• Course: SPAN101
• Grade Received: N/A
• Overall Rating: 4.0
• Course Difficulty: 4.0

• For Credit: Yes
• Textbook Used: Yes
• Would Take Again: Yes
• Attendance: Not Mandatory

Comment:

Teresa is very passionate about what she teaches, although she does tend to get side tracked quite often. She is very encouraging and always willing to help, but does not give enough detail in what she expects of us in the homework.

Rating # 7

Overview:

• Course: SPAN101
• Grade Received: B+
• Overall Rating: 4.0
• Course Difficulty: 2.0

• For Credit: Yes
• Textbook Used: Yes
• Would Take Again: Yes
• Attendance: Mandatory

Comment:

She is amazing and very passionate about the spanish culture. Everyone in the class likes her.

Rating # 8

Overview:

• Course: SPAN102
• Grade Received: A-
• Overall Rating: 1.0
• Course Difficulty: 4.0

• For Credit: Yes
• Textbook Used: Yes
• Would Take Again: No
• Attendance: Mandatory

Comment:

She is a very likeable person, but not good at teaching. She takes marks off on your papers that have nothing to do with your spanish ability. She blames you for your failure, claiming she's not responsible because she gave you everything you needed to succeed. Her 102 is supposed to be taught over 2 semesters, she crams it into 1 and it's too much

Rating # 9

Overview:

• Course: SPAN102
• Grade Received: N/A
• Overall Rating: 2.0
• Course Difficulty: 4.0

• For Credit: Yes
• Textbook Used: Yes
• Would Take Again: No
• Attendance: Mandatory

Comment:

Really nice person and very passionate about Spanish and Latin culture. Very busy so it's difficult to see her in her office hours Proud she's combined 2 classes into 1 (Spanish 102). Unfortunately it's very difficult to properly learn a language in that short of time. Expect to be pushed hard and criticised if you don't understand right away.

Rating # 10

Overview:

• Course: SPAN101
• Grade Received: N/A
• Overall Rating: 5.0
• Course Difficulty: 2.0

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

Comment:

Teresa is very passionate about Spanish culture as well as the language, this is clearly evident through her energetic lectures. Dedicate just 10 minutes a day studying the weeks topic, and you will pass with a good grade. If you get off to a rough start, she always gives opportunities to earn extra credit. She is very meticulous in her grading.

Rating # 11

Overview:

• Course: SPAN102
• Grade Received: Not sure yet
• Overall Rating: 2.0
• Course Difficulty: 3.0

• For Credit: Yes
• Textbook Used: Yes
• Would Take Again: No
• Attendance: Mandatory

Comment:

Extremely old fashion teaching methods. Talks to much in class of irrelevant subjects. All handouts full of typo's and her excuse is that she is too busy that works on her handouts at two o'clock in the morning. She is the only Spanish teacher for SPAN 102 but at least we can learn Spanish in the labs with different teacher.

Rating # 12

Overview:

• Course: SPAN101
• Grade Received: N/A
• Overall Rating: 2.0
• Course Difficulty: 1.0

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

Comment:

Be aware of long talkings. Only a fraction of the class is used for teaching the language. Obsolete teaching and boring lecture classes.

Rating # 13

Overview:

• Course: SPAN101102
• Grade Received: A+
• Overall Rating: 3.5
• Course Difficulty: 3.0

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

Comment:

Great prof, lectures the whole class but tends to go off topic. Has lots of energy. Lots of homework, 200ish words every week but that's what learning a language requires. Found it easy to learn with her as I already speak French and understand most of the concepts already. Always gives bonus if you write more than asked. Always willing to help

Rating # 14

Overview:

• Course: SPAN102
• Grade Received: N/A
• Overall Rating: 2.5
• Course Difficulty: 4.0

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

Comment:

Expects you to work around her schedule, rather than the other way around, which is frustrating for those who don't live near campus/have busy schedules. While her lectures are engaging, she gets off-topic easily. Teresa is a lovely woman who is obviously passionate about teaching, but she should remember that we have other classes, too.

Rating # 15

Overview:

• Course: SPAN102
• Grade Received: A+
• Overall Rating: 5.0
• Course Difficulty: 4.0

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

Comment:

I agree, there's a lot of homework Teresa knows that. That's why due dates are flexible, she allows rewrites, and gives bonus marks. This class is hard work, but if you work at it you will be rewarded. Its a shame that UFV as a university doesn't respect languages and doesn't encourage Spanish students by offering more eg conversational classes.

Rating # 16

Overview:

• Course: SPAN102
• Grade Received: A+
• Overall Rating: 1.5
• Course Difficulty: 5.0

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

Comment:

Class is like drowningtrying for air & get forced back under. Amount of homework is CRAZY: textbook & workbook, weekly useless writing assignments and pg after pg of extra exercises (full of type-o's no answers given) not to mention extra computer work. Lectures are non-stop force-fed grammar. doesn't care its a lot of work just gives more & more

Rating # 17

Overview:

• Course: SPAN101
• Grade Received: N/A
• Overall Rating: 4.5
• Course Difficulty: 4.0

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

Comment:

I learned a lot in this class, but you have to work at it. This is not a bird course by any means. Teresa is an amazing language teacher who wants you to succeed. Often work sheets was emailed late at night, the day before they were expected to be complete. She pushes students to the limit, but in the end, I have to say I am better for it.

Rating # 18

Overview:

• Course: SPAN101
• Grade Received: N/A
• Overall Rating: 2.5
• Course Difficulty: 3.0

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

Comment:

Teresa's awesome. However, this class should be listed as hybrid, a great deal of work (10%) is online. Doesn't follow the syllabus; spends a lot of the time lecturing on how to be better students, wasting precious time; not to mention we're paying to learn Spanish. There's a TONNE of homework in this class. GPA killer-to get 4.0 must earn 90%

Rating # 19

Overview:

• Course: SPAN101
• Grade Received: N/A
• Overall Rating: 4.0
• Course Difficulty: 2.0

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

Comment:

Teresa is funny and knows what the subject extremely well. I liked her way of teaching. Lots of assignments, but they are simple. She allows re-dos. And she is extremely helpful and likes students asking questions. She wants her students to do well. I would take more Spanish classes with Teresa. (I took Spanish in high school)

Rating # 20

Overview:

• Course: SPAN202
• 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:

Very passionate about the Spanish language, however assignments were very vague, and she gets sidetracked by things way too often and she Contradicts herself when marking papers.