Reviews of professor Victor Valdivia Ruiz

Rating: 5.0/5, difficulty: 2.0/5
He is simply the best. I've taken Prof. Valdivia twice, and I've loved both classes. He is very responsive, supportive, and cares greatly about students. He wants students to grow and explore their personal interests in the language. The class is fairly easy too, which allows you to focus on learning. Highly, highly recommend.

Rating: 5.0/5, difficulty: 3.0/5
Best professor I've had at GW. He is so kind, funny, and the topic of the class is super interesting. He doesn't overload the class with homework, the final presentation was fun, and he always spoke in Spanish. If I could take all my spanish classes with Prof. Valdivia I would! A++

Rating: 5.0/5, difficulty: 3.0/5
Prof. Ruiz is by far one of the best professors I've ever had for Spanish. He made the class engaging and was very laid back with the students, allowing us to input our own opinions within our discussions. The homework wasn't too bad but we had to read a text or two every week. The class was very fun and Prof. Ruiz only made it better.

Rating: 5.0/5, difficulty: 4.0/5
Participation is a big deal. You are required to learn most of the material outside of class and demonstrate that you know it in class. Keep up on vocabulary it will help. Avoid using translations and you will learn much faster.

Rating: 5.0/5, difficulty: 3.0/5
Professor Valdivia is a great Spanish professor. He's a native speaker but doesn't expect you to know everything just because he is a native speaker. He gives great feedback and is encouraging when you participate. Participation is helpful to do well, and he's an overall great person. He cares about his students and is very understanding.

Rating: 5.0/5, difficulty: 3.0/5
Prof. Valdivia is truly one of the most caring and helpful professors I have ever had. He really cares about his students, wants to get to know you, and help improve your Spanish. His classes are engaging, and the instructions he gives for assignments are very clear. My Spanish has definitely improved a lot over my semester in his class.

Rating: 5.0/5, difficulty: 3.0/5
I can't say enough good things about profe Valdivia Ruiz! I've taken him for multiple Spanish classes, and he is one of the best in the department. I always learn a lot of interesting and VALUABLE things from his courses. He is supportive, understanding, and a great explainer. Fantastic teacher.

Rating: 5.0/5, difficulty: 3.0/5
Ive found a lot of Spanish classes at GW to be either boring or over the top in terms of whats expected on the assignments, but Professor Valdivias class was amazing and helped me become more confident in my Spanish. I would recommend his classes to anyone- hes understanding and helpful, just do the assignments with a reasonable amount of effor

Rating: 5.0/5, difficulty: 2.0/5
the best professor in the Spanish department -- so so nice, makes you want to try and make mistakes in class, easier grader than other professors, especially with participation !!! Such a sweet person please take his class