Jennifer Tsien

Yeah, sure she is sweet, nice and pretty but if you want to learn spanish and have a hard time with f. language then don't expect much help or sympathy. She spends a lot of class time playing games and in my opinion pays much more attention to the guys. Directions and assignments are told in Spanish, so if you are not up to par in the language, you will not understand what you are supposed to do and will possibly miss some assignments. She is very good with using e-mails to give out assignments and responses to any questions. I would not recommend her class to those who have never taken spanish in HS or are not a cute guy. I did well on all the quizzes except one, okay on the oral exam, 87% on the midterm - the final was extremely hard and was not reflective of the class work but it only counts for 20% and she gave me a C+. French was harder and I got a better grade. She is very harsh on the final grade even though you did okay throughout the semester.

Phenomenal. Jenny is one of the brightest and funniest teachers that you'll meet (incidentally, she's also very pretty). She brings a *lot* of extra materials to class - every Friday was music day - and she teaches grammar very clearly. She often has off-beat writing topics to get us to use the stuff we've learned in specific chapters, and she often had us play games where we had to see who could conjugate verbs the fastest on the board (which got surprisingly competitive). As far as workload goes, it's the typical Spanish department workload. Jenny will make it as bearable as possible (ie, mininal trips tro the language lab). She also is very knowledgeable about Spanish and Latin American culture in New York. Overall, Jenny is probably the best way to get through any semester of Spanish.

Jenny is a very lenient and fun professor. There's no daily homework, but she sticks to the syllabus handed out by the Spanish department . This means you will have to write four compositions, quizzes, etc. This is a fun class to take if you have a somewhat decent grasp of grammar. If you don't , you're outta luck as Jenny tends to skim over it in class. However, she answers all your e-mails, is very friendly during office hours and after class, and is a very social person.

a quiz a week, midterm, compositions and final-- & oral exam

Jenny is a nice lady who really does make an effort to make the class enjoyable. She will often bring in songs and newspaper articles to pass the time more enjoyably. She does not assign much homework at all, but the class is fast paced so 4 1page papers with rewrites suffices to be a good amount of work. Also, you really have to study for the tests and quizzes if you don't come into the class with an advanced knowledge of Spanish. However, as in most Spanish classes I imagine, the material is straight out of the book, and it is gone through chapter by chapter in an organized fashion.

6 quizzes (medium), midterm (Hard), final (even harder)

Homework was typical Spanish Dept., about fifteen minutes per night or less. 6 quizzes throughout the semester, one of which is dropped. Four compositions, all of which are rewritten (and the rewrite grade is the one that counts), departmental midterms and final (which are not difficult). Totally doable.

4 compositions that you can rewrite to improve your grade, 4 quizzes, an hour long midterm, a 15 minute oral presentation, and a final focused on the latter part of the class.