Reviews of professor Hilda Pena-Alfaro

Rating: 3.0/5, difficulty: 4.0/5
She was alright as a teacher however, she gave a lot of useless homework that we never went over or was graded. She sometimes came off as rude and not approachable to some students. Super picky about speaking the correct Spanish but most students in that Spanish class were at different levels

Rating: 1.0/5, difficulty: 3.0/5
She does not let you get your opinion across or share your ideas. She will shut you down when you ask a question.

Rating: 1.0/5, difficulty: 4.0/5
If you ever have the option for someone else, pick them. The worst 'teacher'. Doesn't teach. Doesn't give clear directions. Get snippy and passive aggressive when you ask follow up questions. Gives answers to questions without knowing the real answer. Just all around horrible and should not be teaching others how to teach.

Rating: 2.0/5, difficulty: 4.0/5
Many students were not placed in outside classroom (Covid). She had us teach in small groups as if we were the students. Many assignments she did not explain & her instructions would not match what she said in class. There is no system for turning in work & my group was constantly marked down. No feedback & grades late in the quarter.

Rating: 2.0/5, difficulty: 4.0/5
Too many papers and presentations for homework. Her teaching is hard to understand. I like her personality though...

Rating: 1.0/5, difficulty: 4.0/5
Taking a class from Peña-Alfaro is a good way to get your confidence in a foreign language shattered. Papers are graded arbitrarily, without any apparent basis on content. No rubrics are provided for the presentations. Feedback is very extremely slow. Class time is used poorly and often does not reflect whatsoever the work outside the class.