Reviews of professor Yana Taets

Rating: 5.0/5, difficulty: 3.0/5
I had Yana for Russ3 and as soon as registration opened for me I raced to sign up for her Russ4 class. I feel like she created an environment where you can really learn Russian without all the stress and pressure that's normal in a language course.

Rating: 5.0/5, difficulty: 3.0/5
Yana is by far the best professor I have had thus far in college. She cares so much about her students and is always empathetic towards all of us. She just wants everyone to succeed and enjoy what they're learning. If you have the chance to be in one of her sections, I definitely highly recommend you do it.

Rating: 5.0/5, difficulty: 4.0/5
Yana is a very compassionate and quirky teacher. She is always willing to help you with material, and even provide further information into more advanced topics if you ask. She expects a lot out of students, but she'll always help you get to where you need to be. GER 1003 has a few larger papers and projects, so be prepared to review shaky subjects

Rating: 5.0/5, difficulty: 3.0/5
Most of the Russian faculty here are cool, but Yana does. a really good job of letting her students know that she's considering them. Really personable, really helpful in class. Makes the language way less intimidating!

Rating: 5.0/5, difficulty: 2.0/5
Yana is an amazing person with a fun and loving personality. She has participation extra credit activities and loves to complain with us about the frustrating german department. She goes above and beyond the (kinda dumb) curriculum to give us an amazing experience.

Rating: 5.0/5, difficulty: 1.0/5
Yana is occasionally disorganized (puts things in weird spots on website, forgets to mention assignments, etc.) but she's such a wonderful person that it almost doesn't matter. This class was crazy easy as long as you can speak German and are willing to participate, and even if you don't, there was a really generous extra credit assignment.

Rating: 4.0/5, difficulty: 3.0/5
yana is a sweetheart & it was very clear that she cared about our success in class!! unfortunately it took a little while for her to understand that in ger1002 we know nothing (lol) because shes mainly used to teaching more advanced students, but she always went out of her way to help us in whatever way possible