Reviews of professor Jamie Garner

Rating: 4.0/5, difficulty: 3.0/5
This class kept me busy. I took it online during Summer A. I loved the way the class was organized on Canvas. Professor Garner also responded promptly to emails, so that was great. Reading the textbook, watching all of the lectures, and doing the practice quizzes in the lectures are a must for grasping the material even better.

Rating: 2.0/5, difficulty: 5.0/5
Avoid if possible. Lectures are extremely vague and offer little to no actual explanations. The textbook is not very helpful. Quiz and exam questions are pedantic. The level of difficulty is surprisingly high and the teacher is not great at teaching. Avoid if you don't have a godly memory or many hours to spend memorizing linguistic symbols/terms.

Rating: 2.0/5, difficulty: 3.0/5
LIN4721 is mind-numbingly boring because it focuses on instructed second language acquisition and not the psycholinguistics side of things. The assignments complicated very simple material and overall just seemed very pointless. If you want to learn the same content in a more interesting setting, take intro to TESL.

Rating: 5.0/5, difficulty: 3.0/5
If you are interested in TESL, this is a great class to start. Dr. Garner is honestly the ideal professor, she really cares about your success in the class. Attending the required one-on-one meetings for her to go over your lesson plans was a little intimidating, but her corrections help your grade in the end.

Rating: 5.0/5, difficulty: 5.0/5
The teacher is truly caring, however, the courseload and material for this class are much harder to "learn" than for other classes. It really is a lot of memorization; she said that she didn't understand some of the material until she "locked [her]self in the library." Avoid unless you absolutely can't; not good paired with time-intensive classes.

Rating: 5.0/5, difficulty: 1.0/5
Really nice and interesting professor, I enjoyed the class and it was an easy A. There are quizzes that are very straightforward and simple. The midterm and final were also easy. There is a textbook, but there's no point in getting it. All the material was in the lectures. Overall, a very fun class environment.

Rating: 5.0/5, difficulty: 3.0/5
I found the level of difficulty of this course compared to that of learning a new language. I got off to a rocky start, but with the help from Dr. Garner and the TA's I was able to pass with an A. This course requires 2-3 hours daily of studying and is not an easy elective. I'd recommend taking Dr. Garner for this course or any other course!

Rating: 5.0/5, difficulty: 3.0/5
Dr. Garner is great! This was the second class ive taken with him and would definitely take another if I weren't graduating. He assigns a lot of reading, but grades pretty leniently. As long as you manage your time moderately well you'll be fine and I think the course content was really fascinating and useful!

Rating: 5.0/5, difficulty: 3.0/5
Watch the lectures, take notes, and do the assignments and you should be able to get an A. I took this online for Summer A and it did not feel rushed or hard to keep up with. Would highly recommend.