Reviews of professor Laura Vilardell

Rating: 5.0/5, difficulty: 4.0/5
Laura is so great! Encourages critical thinking about culture and has high standards for students. We had to read many articles throughout the course of the semester and discuss them in class. 2 major projects, 1 small project. Be sure to talk in small groups (duh) or risk losing points. Overall a solid profesor and fun class.

Rating: 4.0/5, difficulty: 3.0/5
Laura loves teaching and is more than willing to help you. There is a lot of homework and you will have to participate; if you don't you will not pass. Go to class AND talk.

Rating: 5.0/5, difficulty: 2.0/5
Laura is one of the most helpful people ever. She extremely passionate about the subjects she teaches, with the ability to actually teach it. She's a fair grader, what she expects of you is outlined clearly.

Rating: 5.0/5, difficulty: 3.0/5
She's a really nice and great professor. I learned a lot from her and enjoyed her class. She did assign a lot of homework, but it was useful since it helped me practice more. She's always willing to help outside of class and gives a lot of good feedback especially if we write essays.

Rating: 5.0/5, difficulty: 4.0/5
Laura is a passionate teacher who will do anything to help you learn, BUT you need to put the work in. She will make sure to use the entire time allotted in class, even if it means extra activities instead of being let out early. There will be a lot of homework, only some towards grade and you only find out which during the class it's due.

Rating: 2.0/5, difficulty: 5.0/5
Laura might be the only spanish professor at NIU who tallys your participation. If youre not outgoing, I do not recommend taking her class. You get an incredible amount of homework, and almost none of it counts towards your grade. You will never be let out early, even if that means doing pointless activities.

Rating: 5.0/5, difficulty: 4.0/5
She's one of my favorite professors here at NIU, while her class is very lecture and homework heavy, she makes time for her students to make sure they know they understand the concept. I love how passionate she is about teaching, it makes me feel passionate about learning,

Rating: 5.0/5, difficulty: 3.0/5
There will be a lot of reading, she will use up the entire class time so be prepared to stay there the entire time. Laura is passionate about teaching and will do anything to help. But you have to do the work. Read everything, cause the one time you don't is when there will be a pop quiz. Also be prepared for group projects and fast translations.

Rating: 4.0/5, difficulty: 4.0/5
A lot of homework and speaking assessments. Be prepared to do a lot of projects and group work. You will have to translate A LOT of various papers, projects, etc. Class is 3 hours long. Somedays you feel it lol. BUT Laura is very clear in what she wants/ expects of you. She's more than willing to help you succeed. You need to put in the work!!!