Silvia Ledesma Ortiz

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

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

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

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

Really caring and sweet lady, and always work with you to make sure you fully understand the concepts. You definitely have to keep up with the work, but it's not difficult to succeed in her class.

6/25/2018

I missed a lot of class in Spanish 201, but she was great about helping me work around it. Everything you need to know is on the syllabus she gives. Great teacher in class too. She speaks clearly which is great for a language class and her tests are pretty easy.

4/17/2018

Great person but she grades pretty hard and expects a lot out of her students. She's very good about being available though and her office hours are very helpful in my opinion. She isn't the course coordinator, and thus she often blames administrative fallacies (mistakes on practice tests/actual tests etc) on the coordinator.

6/9/2016

She's a wonderful woman but her class is unnecessarily difficult.

1/24/2016