Reviews of professor Meilin Jao

Rating: 1.0/5, difficulty: 5.0/5
I took her for fall of 2019. I found this class to be dreadful. Having to complete 65-70 assignments for a 12 week session was gruesome. Tests were alright, she is a stickler for misspelled words. She is not good at responding e-mails or questions via canvas. Her answers are SO VAGUE. i did not learn anything! On top, i am a heritage speaker.

Rating: 5.0/5, difficulty: 5.0/5
Spanish online was daunting, but Prof. Jao organizes the class in an easy to understand way. Lots of HW on the Vistas site, sometimes up to 15 hrs for the week. She was very clear about what would be on the tests. Required lots of studying, but I actually learned from this course from having to put so much time in. If you need SPA101, take her!

Rating: 4.0/5, difficulty: 3.0/5
Spanish is a difficult class to take online, but the "supersite" makes it simple. She has 3-5 hours of homework assigned each week, and a couple other assignments later. If you practice and understand the homework, you'll pass the class. The only down side to this class is the modules were a little disorganized. Just read those carefully each week.