Reviews of professor Evangelia Manatou

Rating: 4.0/5, difficulty: 4.0/5
On my first day, I was intimidated by Lydia. However, I am EXTREMELY glad to have her as a professor. It might seem like a lot at first for a CORE class but it is extremely manageable. If you show up to the class and show some effort and consideration to the material, Lydia returns the favor and will guide you through her class. Highly recommend!

Rating: 4.0/5, difficulty: 3.0/5
She was super nice and engaged with the students who tried on a regular basis, but unfortunately she spent a lot of time lecturing us on our bad scores. We got graded things back kind of late so they weren't helpful anymore by the new lesson we were on. Was very kind though, and very very lenient during quarantine/with my uncooperative class.

Rating: 4.0/5, difficulty: 3.0/5
Manatou was very considerate and engaging. Time went by quickly when in class. She'd give us a good chunk of online homework per class, so it oftentimes felt heavy. However, she offered cutting down on workload to help the class. Be prepared to engage, you work with people a lot. Only complaint would be that she'd take a long time to grade things.

Rating: 5.0/5, difficulty: 3.0/5
Highly highly recommend taking her. She cares about her students and will go out of her way to make sure you understand the material. She'll work with you if you're confused and she genuinely wants you to do well. She's also literally the nicest person ever and she's super easygoing. I'd take her for every Spanish class if I could.

Rating: 5.0/5, difficulty: 3.0/5
Prof. Manatou is the SWEETEST! She really cares about her students and wants you to do well in her class. Recommend you participate and show her you put in the effort---this'll go far when you need help, although she is always there for students regardless. Would 100% take her again if I didn't already finish my Spanish requirement!

Rating: 5.0/5, difficulty: 3.0/5
SPAN2001 with lydia was awesome! She is very approachable and helps her students with learning. She isn't the greatest at teaching new material so prepare for a bit of outside work, but other than that I had no issues with her. Tests can be hard, but she is always willing to offer help where she can. Definitely one of the better language professors

Rating: 4.0/5, difficulty: 4.0/5
super sweet professor, assigns a decent bit of online hw before class though. extremely helpful with answering questions without assuming that you should know everything about the language. just make sure for the partner presentations to be prepared and youll be good

Rating: 3.0/5, difficulty: 5.0/5
Professor Manatou is usually pretty fair, but I think she expects too much of her students at times. Admittedly I am only taking Spanish for the core, but this class was very stressful  there was a ton of homework and frequent quizzes/compositions. I would probably take her again, but make sure to participate and study a lot.