Bettina Matthias

Bettina is evidently passionate about teaching German, and she was always in tune to students' needs during the semester. The distribution of work was slightly frustrating, as the last 4 weeks of the semester contained a majority of the tests, presentations, and essays for the entire semester. Regardless, Bettina's class was enjoyable and she does a great job at compelling students to talk about difficult issues in German.

Bettina is evidently passionate about teaching German, and she was always in tune to students' needs during the semester. The distribution of work was slightly frustrating, as the last 4 weeks of the semester contained a majority of the tests, presentations, and essays for the entire semester. Regardless, Bettina's class was enjoyabl …Read more

Bettina is a wonderful professor and is very enthusiastic about the course material. Super interesting course and I really enjoyed how we touched many different aspects of 1920s Germany: politics, art history, film, economy, etc. We also watched a show for the class (Babylon Berlin on netflix) that I really liked. Overall great class and I would 100% take again.

Bettina is one of my favorite professors at Middlebury! She is friendly and enthusiastic and leads a great discussion. I have taken 2 400 level courses with her and they were both lively, discussion-based, and fun. Homework was usually a reading before each class, with occasional essays/ projects sprinkled in. Bettina is super accessible! One time when I couldn't make it to office hours she scheduled a meeting with me on zoom after dinner and explained a grammar concept I was having trouble with (that was out of the scope of the class!). She is super dedicated to helping you succeed. Workload wise, I think the higher level German classes have been some of the more chill classes I've taken at Midd, although I did find the final paper a little bit daunting.

Bettina is one of my favorite professors at Middlebury! She is friendly and enthusiastic and leads a great discussion. I have taken 2 400 level courses with her and they were both lively, discussion-based, and fun. Homework was usually a reading before each class, with occasional essays/ projects sprinkled in. Bettina is super acces …Read more