Intermediate Spanish I · Latin American And Iberian Cultures
No question, the workload is absurdly heavy, and most of it is busywork. The busy-ness stress culture means you're so desperate to get it done that nothing even sticks. You learn nothing from the endless drills on a platform that barely functions.
Pretty typical of a Spanish class. Daily online MySpanishLab that counts toward a participation grade (he was pretty lax if you did a couple of them late), a few short compositions (~200 words), a midterm, oral exam, and final. He took daily attendance, so this is definitely not a class that you can skip regularly without facing a grade penalty. Overall the work was very manageable.
Probably more than most Intermediate I classes. A lot of worksheets, a couple of essays, a couple in class essays. However there was no oral exam or final project like many other classes had.
Brendan is an excellent Spanish teacher. His course is comprehensive but not difficult. Tests and writing assigments are fair. I had not studied Spanish for a year and a half before studying with Brendan, and my conversational and writing skills improved vastly over the course of a mere semester. I recommend him.
3 hard quizzes, 3 oral presentations requiring a ton of memorizing, Blink assignments, and a couple of several-hundred word writing assignments.
Probably about 1-2 hours of homework every week depending on how fast you could complete the online exercises, not really sure how these were graded or even if they actually were but just make sure to do them and try to get as high a grade on them as possible, which is easy because you have unlimited attempts. Had many 2-3 group projects throughout the semester which were relatively low effort (as long as you have a somewhat competent group) and very easily graded. There were 4 major quizzes that consisted of multiple choice, writing, and either reading or listening components, multiple choice was pretty cut throat and the place where I lost the most points the entire semester, but writing is graded very leniently. Finally, we had two oral exams which could feel high pressure but really was pretty laid back and definitely graded easily. Overall, about average amount of work for a language class but graded super easily and this was the highest grade I've received in my time at Columbia.
average. quizzes every couple weeks. a few essays that she let us turn in first drafts of to be edited. regular midterm and final.
Workload was just preparing for the test that came every other week. You can do this by paying attention in class, doing problems on the online textbook, or reviewing stuff he posts on courseworks on your own time. Basically nothing.
Daily homework - mostly quick textbook activities, occasional written assignments Five units, with one presentation and one quiz per unit. Both are manageable - for the quizzes especially just make sure you have familiarized yourself with the "recursos lingüísticos" at the end of each chapter, and you'll be set!
Very typical for Spanish classes--assignments after every class, five quizzes throughout the semester, a final project, and a final oral exam. The final project was actually super cool and real-world applicable -- applying for a job in a Spanish-speaking country.