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FREN0201 with Therese Banks14 days ago

(I actually took the course on Spring 2025 with Prof. Banks) The most valuable part of this course is perhaps the speaking environment it sets you into, which is usually more directed and level-specific than other speaking opportunities at Middlebury. Grammar points are progressed at a fair speed as well based on the textbook, which may seem rather slow-paced if compared with other B1 textbooks such as Alter Ego but nonetheless very appropriate for the class pace I observed. Tests are fine but there are writing questions and they are not curved, so it is important to try to grasp on every possible point to achieve a higher final grade. That being said, they only constitute around 25% the total grade.

(I actually took the course on Spring 2025 with Prof. Banks) The most valuable part of this course is perhaps the speaking environment it sets you into, which is usually more directed and level-specific than other speaking opportunities at Middlebury. Grammar points are progressed at a fair speed as well based on the textbook, which …Read more

Chill and RelaxedFair GradingEasy Exams
1hrs / week Low difficulty High value Would take again
FREN0318 with Julien Weber2 months ago

Weber is a great professor, but this class was not super engaging. The subject matter meant that all of our discussions were essentially the same, even when we were reading completely different books. I would recommend a course with Weber, but not this course.

Constant ReadingFair Grading
4hrs / week Average difficulty Low value Would not take again
FREN0209 with Evie Munier2 months ago

What bothered me most about this course is that Professor Munier fostered a classroom culture where disagreement with her extremely leftist worldview was discouraged. I am very liberal myself, and I often feared to express my own opinions in class knowing that she would consider them unacceptable. The course content only included very leftist readings, which leads to a very incomplete knowledge of contemporary France. I feel that all I learned from this course was far-left French political dogma with no substance or analysis to back it up, and this course has made me unenthusiastic about taking French in the future, and I think that if anything, my French skills have deteriorated as a result of taking this course

What bothered me most about this course is that Professor Munier fostered a classroom culture where disagreement with her extremely leftist worldview was discouraged. I am very liberal myself, and I often feared to express my own opinions in class knowing that she would consider them unacceptable. The course content only included ver …Read more

Slow-PacedEasy GradingNo Exams
1hrs / week Extremely low difficulty Extremely low value Would not take again
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