SPAN 2020
Intermediate Spanish II
The second half of a two-semester intermediate level sequence. This class continues to review basic knowledge and to introduce advanced skills in grammar, reading, writing, culture, and vocabulary. Prereq: Span201E, or placement by examination.
Instructors
Allison Milner, Barragan-Peugnet, Braxs, Elvira Zamora Garcia, Fromm Ayoroa, Hector Pineda Cupa, Katherine Tilghman, Ledesma Ortiz, Marisa Barragan-Peugnet, Mark Dowell, Nancy Schnurr, Nelson Pardino, Rebeca Fromm Ayoroa, Renzo Rivas Echarri, Schnurr, Silvia Ledesma Ortiz, Virginia Braxs
Reviews
2-4 hrs/week
BP is very caring and does a good job. Shouldn't have any worries about taking 202 with her
5/21/2024
Ledesma-Ortiz makes you work but is also so kind and accommodating to students' needs (she once moved an exam because it was scheduled on my birthday). The small class sizes means everyone participates which can be scary. Her Spanish accent is beautiful to listen to, and she sometimes goes on fun tangents about her family and Argentinian culture.
4/29/2024
The class has a decent workload (as is typical of Spanish at WashU), but nothing too difficult. Prof. Fromm Ayoroa is a wonderful instructor; she fosters a caring, collaborative classroom environment and clearly communicates deadlines and grading criteria. She speaks at a good pace: not too rapid-fire, but still improves students' listening skills.
2/5/2024
Professor Ledesma Ortiz is one of my favorite professors at WashU. I find her class to be quite fun while being a great atmosphere to improve your conversational Spanish skills as well as your comprehension of many different cultures. The first unit is fairly difficult but outside of that her class is a must-take if you're interested in Spanish!
8/28/2023
Fromm Ayoroa is a really fun teacher. She always keeps the energy up and is pretty fun to have teaching lectures. She's chill and the vocab sections were always pretty easy.
5/16/2023
I was a solid Spanish speaker before I came to her class but began to struggle with grammar. I would attend her office hours for extra help, and instead of actually helping me learn the Spanish language, she went on and on about how she couldn\'t give me detailed feedback because of the "integrity of the assignment" everyone else cheated on. AVOID!!
3/22/2023
I took Ledesma Ortiz for Span 302 and I loved her. Great class and she was super clear about instructions and we always had nice discussions.
2/22/2023
Prof Fromm Ayoroa is literally so nice. She is very understanding and I always felt I could talk to her if I needed an extension or something. The class is very chill and an A is attainable. I also felt I actually learned in her class. I would highly recommend.
10/17/2022
The class is really easy and you just have to show up basically. The syllabus is clear about what you have to do. Sometime she kind of goes off of the syllabus but its not that big of a deal. The only problem was that she graded everything like 2 weeks after the semester was done which was a bit annoying but oh well.
1/11/2022
The first unit of the semester for this course in particular is really difficult, however other than that Profe is an excellent teacher of Spanish. She's a native speaker, super willing to help, funny, and she explains things in a way that just makes sense to me. I would definitely recommend Profe Ortiz to anyone on the fence about taking Spanish
1/8/2022
Definitely need to go to class to do well, as participation really matters in Spanish classes. She's a great teacher tough, I don't think many people got below an 85% (as long as you try, you will do well).
1/4/2022
To be honest, I was super scared of her the first couple lectures (I actually almost dropped the class, but I stuck with it). Over time I began to realize that she is a super sweet lady. Yes, she cold-calls sometimes during discussion so you need to pay attention, but my Spanish genuinely improved so so much, and she is so understanding.
12/13/2021
Amazing professor that genuinely cares about her students. She's very clear about what she expects from you and as long as you apply yourself and put a genuine effort in her class, you'll do well.
1/15/2021
She's very sweet, but terrible at teaching. Don't take her class if you want to learn Spanish. She's scatterbrained (even emailed us the quiz once without even realizing) and takes forever to grade/return assignments. We went into the final not knowing what we had in the class. We had to teach ourselves all the material as well.
1/9/2020
She was my first Spanish professor at WashU and she set the bar really high. The class wasn't incredible difficult but it also wasn't a joke. She made the class enjoyable and helped to increase understanding. Only downside is that she takes awhile to grade essays/test/etc...
12/7/2017
She's a wonderful woman but her class is unnecessarily difficult.
1/24/2016
Ok, so she's a very easy teacher. Her grading is lenient, and she never checks for homework. BUT, she absolutely sucks at teachingdoesn't teach. Also, she sometimes will blatantly treat a student badly if she doesn't like them (speaking from personal experience). So, easy teacher, but can be moody.
4/18/2015
She's a wonderful teacher who is very kind and very capable. I highly recommend you take her class if you have the chance.
12/7/2014