Reviews of professor Dorismel Diaz

Rating: 5.0/5, difficulty: 2.0/5
Very caring and easy grader. He often held in-class group exercises where students can practice speaking Spanish with each other. There were Conversation Table activities where anyone who participated could get additional points. Even though there were many vocabs needed to be learnt, never stop practicing and you would get A+

Rating: 4.0/5, difficulty: 2.0/5
One of my fav profs. However he can be very picky when marking. Sometimes gives bonus marks and gives you good feedback on your assignments. The course itself was fairly easy

Rating: 5.0/5, difficulty: 2.0/5
I would absolutely follow his class again! I had him for SPN101, and I was nervous about speaking in Spanish, but he would make you comfortable and never embarrass anyone. We even had an outing to UofT for Latin American Heritage Month and made a Tik tok on the event! Very interactive and entertaining lectures! The Spanish Convo tables are fun too!

Rating: 1.0/5, difficulty: 4.0/5
He forgets this is a beginner class. Out of the gate speaking in only Spanish. My Spanish speaking boyfriend even said that he's very judgemental on accents. Doesn't teach in a way that I can retain information properly.

Rating: 2.0/5, difficulty: 3.0/5
I was very excited to start up a new language but he quickly took all the excitement away. Wasn't understanding of the fact that it was a beginner class. Didn't really teach, sort of expected us to know a lot of the contents. Super tough grader, some days even came off as unreasonable. Was not beginner friendly.

Rating: 5.0/5, difficulty: 1.0/5
Very nice professor and for Spanish courses, it is easy to get good grade if you participate

Rating: 3.0/5, difficulty: 3.0/5
Many things taught in the class are not useful. Lots of time is wasted reading slides that are not applicable to midterms or finals.

Rating: 5.0/5, difficulty: 2.0/5
I think he is a good prof. We did lots of group in-class activities and were prepared well for the midterm and final papers. The composition topics were easy and it was nothing that could be a shock to us. I definitely recommend doing a bit of Duolingo though just to have a general understanding.

Rating: 5.0/5, difficulty: 3.0/5
Caring and fosters a friendly environment for speaking Spanish.

Rating: 2.0/5, difficulty: 4.0/5
I actually reviewed the vocabulary and whatever work we did in class and he does not really do a good job explaining all the new concepts properly. Reading parts of the textbook should be good enough for you to understand the concepts learned in class. He does not know how to mark fairly as well, he is too picky when he marks.

Rating: 2.0/5, difficulty: 4.0/5
This professor has no enthusiasm for teaching this class. His zoom lectures were as exciting as watching paint dry. He speaks mostly in Spanish right from the first day which makes the course unnecessarily confusing and frustrating- it's a beginner class! He is generally patient with people asking questions-even many redundant ones.