Laura Lesta Garcia

Professor Garcia is my favorite professor I've had for Spanish. Her course is almost completely discussion-based, and you have a lot of opportunities to speak and participate. She really wants participating and does such a good job of making students feel comfortable messing up their speech. There are only 2 essays and she cancelled our final because our class had such good particpation all semester.

Professor Garcia is my favorite professor I've had for Spanish. Her course is almost completely discussion-based, and you have a lot of opportunities to speak and participate. She really wants participating and does such a good job of making students feel comfortable messing up their speech. There are only 2 essays and she cancelled …Read more

The course was very fast paced covering new grammar concepts almost every class. Profe Lesta-Garcia was a great teacher simplifying concepts and realizing her students needs. The book read for the class Las Maravillas was very challenging and not a good level for the level of speaking in the class.

I took Spanish for 4 years in high school but this course really pushed my limits. The hardest part for me was reading "Las Maravillas" (a book entirely in Spanish) and quite honestly felt too advanced for the course. However, Prof. Lesta Garcia's teaching style is quite effective. If you want to learn, make sure to do the readings before class and take notes. Additionally, start on the essays early! They are tough but if you create an outline it really helps. You should take advantage of office hours; the prof will answer any questions you have (I went to her multiple times, sometimes only asking about certain words or grammar questions for my essays). This is a tough course, but if you are committed, it will be fine.

I took Spanish for 4 years in high school but this course really pushed my limits. The hardest part for me was reading "Las Maravillas" (a book entirely in Spanish) and quite honestly felt too advanced for the course. However, Prof. Lesta Garcia's teaching style is quite effective. If you want to learn, make sure to do the readings b …Read more