Reviews of professor Thomas Klingler

Rating: 5.0/5, difficulty: 4.0/5
Professor Klingler is a really nice guy and is obviously amazing at linguistics. He's a stickler for attendance, participation, and right answers, so get ready to really commit to this class if you're going to take it. There's HW each class but he doesn't grade hard on it &the textbook is helpful. If you're serious about learning French, take 3140.

Rating: 4.0/5, difficulty: 5.0/5
Klingler is an incredibly intelligent scholar, and Pidgins & Creoles taught me so much. It was so cool hearing him teach about his area of expertise. My main complaint is that it kind of felt like every presentation and paper was a huge deal and you had to expertly know the content or he would completely pick you apart. Difficult but interesting!

Rating: 4.0/5, difficulty: 4.0/5
Serious learning happens in Professor Klingler's class, which may be a good or a bad thing depending on whether you want that. As a person who genuinely wants to learn French, I know that my pronunciation and vocabulary have definitely improved after taking phonetics.

Rating: 3.0/5, difficulty: 4.0/5
He is kind of mean and a harsh grader. There is also so much homework everyday. It felt impossible to get an A on the tests and it's not even a 4000 level class. That being said, he is very thorough and very good at French. If you take this class you will learn how to pronounce things way better.

Rating: 2.0/5, difficulty: 4.0/5
I was incredibly disappointed by this class. I went into it excited about french and this professor was condescending, kind of a jerk, and didn't inspire learning at all. It was irritating to have a professor who didn't seem to want his students to succeed. Avoid at all costs.

Rating: 3.0/5, difficulty: 4.0/5
serious learning happens here... my skills speaking have evidently improved. tbh klingler is not my favorite teacher -- he has an extremely dry sense of humor and grades homework harshly. however, for those who want to improve rapidly this is definitely the class for you.