Ruth Bornau - Langara College, Vancouver, BC

Professor: Ruth Bornau

Department: English

College: Langara College, Vancouver, BC

Rating # 1

Overview:

• Course: ENGL1106
• Grade Received: A
• Overall Rating: 5.0
• Course Difficulty: 1.0

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

Comment:

A really really good teacher

Rating # 2

Overview:

• Course: ENGL1106
• Grade Received: Audit/No Grade
• Overall Rating: 5.0
• Course Difficulty: 2.0

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

Comment:

she really cares about each student and tries hey best not to make anyone disappointed. just be on time, hand out all of the workshops and you'll pass

Rating # 3

Overview:

• Course: ENG1107
• Grade Received: Not sure yet
• Overall Rating: 5.0
• Course Difficulty: 2.0

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

Comment:

Patient, approachable teacher. Just hand in all the workshops on time and prepare for the weekly test and you will be fine. Highly recommend her class.

Rating # 4

Overview:

• Course: ENG1107
• Grade Received: N/A
• Overall Rating: 5.0
• Course Difficulty: 2.0

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

Comment:

Not sure about the other classes, but i took her to get into first year english course so it was pretty easygoing . As for the grades, if you study hard on the grammers , you should be fine i guess.

Rating # 5

Overview:

• Course: ENG1106
• Grade Received: A
• Overall Rating: 4.0
• Course Difficulty: 2.0

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

Comment:

She is a nice,kind and helpful teacher. I strongly recommend her.

Rating # 6

Overview:

• Course: ENG1107
• Grade Received: A+
• Overall Rating: 5.0
• Course Difficulty: 2.0

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

Comment:

She is easy going and super helpful. She actually tells you what could've been done and not some useless crap like the meaning of the paragraph needs to be tweaked a little.

Rating # 7

Overview:

• Course: ENGL1107
• Grade Received: N/A
• Overall Rating: 4.5
• Course Difficulty: 2.0

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

Comment:

An easygoing teacher. She will make sure you catch up if you're falling behind schedule. She will try everything in order to get you pass (but you must work hard in all the paragraphs and essays).

Rating # 8

Overview:

• Course: ENGL1106
• Grade Received: N/A
• Overall Rating: 4.5
• Course Difficulty: 2.0

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

Comment:

Easy going. Talking with her face to face is much better than sending an email.

Rating # 9

Overview:

• Course: 1108
• Grade Received: A+
• Overall Rating: 1.5
• Course Difficulty: 5.0

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

Comment:

She fails students on purpose when I got a perfect on the essay aspect she refused to accept my workshop essay even though it was error free. I sometime catch her mistakes as well too. But she told me that I may even have to repeat the course as well. Not recommended. Besides she doesn't give clear instructions as well.

Rating # 10

Overview:

• Course: 1107
• Grade Received: N/A
• Overall Rating: 4.5
• Course Difficulty: 2.0

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

Comment:

She is so nice!!! Essays are due every week, but you will have enough time to do it at home. Very helpful, and she will answer all your questions. She will also go through the midterm paper one by one. But vocabulary quizzes are quite hard, make sure you know every single word, know how to use them in a sentence. Overall, thumbs up!

Rating # 11

Overview:

• Course: ENGL1107
• Grade Received: P
• Overall Rating: 5.0
• Course Difficulty: 2.0

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

Comment:

Ruth is one of the best prof that you can have at Langara. I am an international student and I got an S. Her class was not very difficult for ESL students. What you need to do is to pay attention in class, finish all the workshops, summaries, and worksheets on time and use her office hours. Ruth definitely tries her best to help students out:)

Rating # 12

Overview:

• Course: ENGG1107
• Grade Received: N/A
• Overall Rating: 3.5
• Course Difficulty: 2.0

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

Comment:

Seems easy but she fails international students.You can do all hw, workshops, quizzes etc. Anyway, if you are an international don't take her.

Rating # 13

Overview:

• Course: ENG1108
• Grade Received: N/A
• Overall Rating: 5.0
• Course Difficulty: 3.0

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

Comment:

She is a really nice and down to earth professor. Kind of a hard marker but she is very approachable if you need help with your essay. Be sure to pass all the workshops. Don't worry much about the attendance and quiz, trust me. Haha. But anyways, I passed her subject. Learned a lot from her especially in writing. I recommend you to take her class!

Rating # 14

Overview:

• Course: ENGL1107
• Grade Received: N/A
• Overall Rating: 4.0
• Course Difficulty: 3.0

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

Comment:

kinda hard to pass, but try hard!

Rating # 15

Overview:

• Course: ENGL1108
• Grade Received: N/A
• Overall Rating: 4.0
• Course Difficulty: 4.0

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

Comment:

She's a very nice prof but there r a lot of work to be done in order to pass. A very important tip: DO NOT LEAVE ALL THE WORKSHOP ESSAYS (8 or 9 of it) TILL THE VERY END OF THE SEM! She expects u to finish 4 b4 the 1st mt & the other 4 b4 the final. When she handed it back to u, u have to EDIT it till she had written “ACCEPTED” to move on. Gd luck!

Rating # 16

Overview:

• Course: ENG1108
• Grade Received: A-
• Overall Rating: 5.0
• Course Difficulty: 2.0

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

Comment:

She is really nice. Using her office hours effectively will help you improve your English studying. Many study materials and assignments in her class,so get ready to have a busy class.It's really helpful in my English studying. Highly recommend her if you want to pass the course.

Rating # 17

Overview:

• Course: ENGL1108
• Grade Received: N/A
• Overall Rating: 2.0
• Course Difficulty: 3.0

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

Comment:

She is nice but not easy to pass. You need to do everything she told!

Rating # 18

Overview:

• Course: ENGL1107
• Grade Received: N/A
• Overall Rating: 5.0
• Course Difficulty: 1.0

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

Comment:

Some students misunderstand the point. Failing this course doesn't hurt your GPA; however, if you pass this course with insufficient English proficiency and get screwed in ENGL1127, your GPA takes a hit. She prevents the worst scenario for students. By the way, she is one of the best instructors you can pick for 1107 along with Slade and Font.

Rating # 19

Overview:

• Course: ENGL1107
• 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:

no one pass the couse in my class

Rating # 20

Overview:

• Course: ENG1108
• Grade Received: N/A
• Overall Rating: 5.0
• Course Difficulty: 3.0

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

Comment:

She is a very nice instructor.I learned so many grammer rules. Her problem book is very helpful. She mark a little hard, so you need to go to her office frequently,and she will be very patient to mark your paper.