par Bryan C
•Mar 13, 2018
Generally speaking I think the course content is good, but I rated this course average because of three main reasons.
1). I think a little more effort to organize the material would go a long way. For example, the grammar presentations refer to new vocabulary words that were not introduced in the vocabulary list, and the vocabulary exams refer to content in the grammar section. It would be nice if the curriculum were designed so that you could study the vocabulary, take the vocabulary exam, then review the grammar and leverage what you learned in the vocabulary section to re-enforce your learning.
2). I also think that some of the topics deserve additional clarifications, and the presentations themselves are very short. I appreciate the length of the presentations when reviewing the presentations to refresh my memory, but difficult concepts sometimes require more attention than they are given. In some cases, it seems as though an elegant choice of words to describe a difficult concept is more important than taking the time to deconstruct that concept into simple phrases.
3). Lastly, there are errors in the presentations and exams, and little to no involvement from the professor to clarify points and/or correct those issues. I have noticed comments from students who have reported the same issues for the past two years, and those issues are still not corrected. I used to comment on the message boards for clarifications and to report errors, but after getting zero responses from the professor I stopped participating.
Conclusion:
Overall, I think it's a good course - it provides a good structure for learning the Spanish language despite the above shortcomings. Although they appear very simple to address, I see the same shortcomings exhibited by every course in the series.
par Gabriel M G
•Jun 27, 2019
We have an amazing professor from UC Davis here. He explains every topic in a very precise, clear and concise manner.
par Kamila C
•Feb 07, 2018
Um curso muito interessante. Mas é necessário um conhecimento básico de inglês e da própria língua espanhola, para poder acompanhar melhor este curso.
par Ashutosh S
•May 05, 2018
Great course, awesome professor!
par Al A
•Jul 28, 2019
Thank you for the opportunity you gave me to study Spanish online! To succeed in this Basic Spanish course, you'll need a lot of: determination, patience, resourcefulness... and a lot of repetition. The lessons were terse, but this pushed me to go out of the course content. If you are a patient self-directed Spanish language learner who wants to be challenged, then this course is for you. Surely, you'll enjoy doing the required assignments. Also, always be a dedicated peer reviewer so you can make the best out of this course; when reviewing your peers' work, try your best to identify errors, learn new words, etc.
par Danilo M P
•Feb 24, 2019
Este curso es excelente! tuve la oportunidad de seguir aprendiendo español. Estoy estudiando en Argentina y necesito tener la certificación B2. Creo que este curso es fundamental para realizarlo.
par Kriebel D S
•Aug 07, 2018
This course seemed to me a little bit harder. Not for complete beginners.
par Livia S
•Mar 31, 2018
Very good Spanish course! I was already able to make use of it during my holidays!
par João P N R
•Jul 15, 2019
The course is fairly well designed and you can learn a lot, but the evaluation method of being rated by peers is far from perfect and can lead to very faulty evaluations.
par David T S
•Aug 20, 2018
Many of the assignment directions are unclear or unhelpful at best, and incorrect answers do not result in helpful feedback.
par Mikheil B
•Dec 10, 2018
excellent course!
par Chirag S
•Dec 13, 2018
Great and relevant!
par Mouhannad R
•Mar 12, 2019
Amazing course
par trushali l
•Sep 16, 2018
Great course.It helped me a lot
par Bhumik L
•Sep 21, 2018
Great course
par Eddie H
•Sep 24, 2018
Great learning experience!!
par Kathrin B
•Dec 29, 2017
very good didactics, nice videos from mexico, I really enjoy learning :)
par Lutokhin M
•Jan 07, 2018
I really like this course and want to continue learning Spanish with Dr. Robert Blake and Coursera
par Ana R P
•Feb 23, 2018
Thank you so much to my instructor for instructing Ana Pelayo.
Ana Pelayo.
par Nyasha A K G
•Dec 10, 2017
An awesome way to learn a language.
par Rajmalla J
•Nov 26, 2017
I would very strongly recommend this course. It is a very well thought and planned module, it is fun and informative with some serious assignments that can be challenging but well worth it.
par Jayrome N
•Apr 02, 2017
I have learned a lot from this course!
par Ivan H
•Jul 12, 2017
great course, very helpful and easy to use
par ROCKSON O
•Jun 25, 2017
great course. very useful for everyone who wants to get the basics in spanish