Istvan Kecskes - University at Albany (SUNY Albany), Albany, NY

Professor: Istvan Kecskes

Department: Education

College: University at Albany (SUNY Albany), Albany, NY

Rating # 1

Overview:

• Course: ETAP536
• Grade Received: B
• Overall Rating: 4.0
• Course Difficulty: 4.0

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

Comment:

Dr. K. is turbo - he is the expert in the field of language (acquisition, bilingualism, etc) and conveys it well to his classes. He is very demanding, expects a lot of application of the readings into the exams, and rarely gives out A's. However, if one wants to learn about language, then take one of his classes.

Rating # 2

Overview:

• Course: ETAP500S
• Grade Received: N/A
• Overall Rating: 4.5
• Course Difficulty: 4.0

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

Comment:

Smart professor, knows what he is talking about and knows a lot about linguistics and theories. Interesting class.

Rating # 3

Overview:

• Course: EDU536
• Grade Received: N/A
• Overall Rating: 2.0
• Course Difficulty: 2.0

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

Comment:

linguistics professor who was exiled to the education department, he often distorts linguistic facts to fit his own obscure theories.

Rating # 4

Overview:

• Course: TAP652B
• Grade Received: N/A
• Overall Rating: 2.0
• Course Difficulty: 2.0

• For Credit: N/A
• Textbook Used: N/A
• Would Take Again: N/A
• Attendance: Not Mandatory

Comment:

You will not hear any other research or theories besides his in the class. He even makes you buy his own book! If you write what he said during the class you'll get a sure A on the exams and final paper. Just repeat what he said!

Rating # 5

Overview:

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

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

Comment:

Very good for 2nd lanaguage acquisiton theory

Rating # 6

Overview:

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

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

Comment:

why do these researchers like to teach us practitioners? They are clueless about what is going on in the real world. AVOID him as much as you can!