Reviews of professor Madelyn Kissock

Rating: 2.0/5, difficulty: 3.0/5
For LING425: Big oof. Lectures were dull, slow & boring. Sucked the fun right out of language acq. The readings are fine but she doesn't explained them well & always seems very unprepared. I learned nothing. She's nice enough! But it's just a brutal class. Ling 200 was fine cause there's more structure & more info. wouldn't recommend :(

Rating: 1.0/5, difficulty: 4.0/5
Lectures were so long and extremely confusing to follow. Heavy course load.

Rating: 4.0/5, difficulty: 1.0/5
This was my second time taking a class with Madelyn and I absolutely loved it! She is so sweet and truly cares about her students. There were several homework assignments but you could do them with a partner. The final exam was also a take-home exam and if you show up to class you will pass. I would definitely recommend taking her class!

Rating: 3.0/5, difficulty: 4.0/5
Get ready to read. You'll likely have a hard time enjoying lectures. The book carried me and going over the lecture slides (my class was remote) was what helped me know of any "extra" material or relevant different wording. The TA was much more helpful in review meetings, even when just "going over material". LING200 is a prereq so work hard!

Rating: 3.0/5, difficulty: 2.0/5
Her lecture notes are pretty funny, but they tend to be a bit confusing. You have to make sure you really understand. Everything I've been graded on was multiple choice. Her TA (Emma Sharp) was very nice however!

Rating: 1.0/5, difficulty: 4.0/5
Her podcasts and powerpoints were very disorganized and unclear. She made very easy subjects more confusing and difficult to understand. She took a long time to answer e-mails.