If I didn't have a basic understanding of beginner-level Spanish before taking this class, I might not have finished the course.

By week 3 I just wanted it to end. There are valuable exercises, no doubt, but at a certain point when I'm doing what I was doing before taking the class (utilizing resources outside of it with no direction) it left me feeling more frustrated than gratified by completing it - and this is coming from someone who passed every quiz and assignment including the final with 100%. Also, for the final, why not just have students upload audio files rather than video files? In every discussion forum there are people dropping the class for various reasons but it was sad to see people getting all the way to the final in week 3 and wanting to drop the course because they didn't know how to upload a video, weren't allowed to use Youtube, etc. In other courses I've taken (music courses) we could upload audio files directly to coursera to share our final and get peer review, and people could even do that with a phone. Overall, this was definitely helpful but the way things were implemented feels a bit half-baked to me.

In my opinion, the course is not really for a beginner level. I have been studying Spanish for quite sometime, so I can easily answer the quizzes, etc. The major drawbacks for me include: the fast lectures which I don't think someone without a background knowledge of Spanish grammar and vocabulary can keep up, and the peer-graded review that is dependent on the 'learners' who also do not have yet the correct knowledge in grammar, diction and vocabulary. In this course, I submitted a video, a paper but a learner poorly graded my score, he just put 0- did not upload any video (even if I obviously have it), which is, for me, a little unfair. Anyway, I know my specific level of Spanish so I am just using this to review. Overall, it is just good for a review if you have a A2-B1 level of Spanish.

Its not very intuitive and it doesnt show how to make the right conjugations for verbs which is the hardest part. It wont let me skip ahead to other chapters. I'm not looking for a grade. I want to practice spanish in a hurry and I dont have a lot of time to devote. I want to move on to chapter 4!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

This course is not for beginners, I had to do this course twice to understand the basics and also had to refer to google spanish translations. Also was not very comfortable recording videos for peer reviews. Would have preferred if some qualified person had reviewed my work instead as peer reviews are done by students who themselves are in the process of learning.

1) learning modules are meant for illeritarte mexican kids, not for non-hispanic learner of the language.

2) add a table of refrnece, so I dont have to pause videos

3) text-questons have a bug, i just copy the question and get it right.

I understand that this was an introduction course to the Spanish language but I don't feel that the exercise's really assisted in learning the language.

I don't think I would recommend this course to others.

For completing the course you have to record yourself and upload it online so other people can see you and evaluate you. I do not feel comfortable doing so, therefore I unenroll.

You should include how students can learn vocabularies more. Therefore, you make a platform which enables us to memorizes the vocabularies.

Useful information but difficult format; impossible to complete course due to technical glitches. Very frustrating.

it is very confusing. Instructions are in spanish and its hard to understand without english translations

I am finding the material a bit confusing... I do not' know why they have to make learning so difficult.

No tutor is available.

Discussion form is dead.

You can ask question but you will never get the answer.

It is not really suitable for beginners. The course speaker and course videos are fast paced.

Questions and the Practice Tests were much more difficult than what was being taught.

as a beginner too complicated. I had a very hard time to do the exams and writings

Quite difficult. Some of the exercises don't have proper explanations.

weak course, in quizes there are a lot of unstudied words

Not for beginners! Bad no-systematic program!

A little too hard for a beginner to follow.

Sorry, Ii is far from what I was expecting.

This course is not for beginners

Difficult for beginners

As someone who speaks Spanish but doesn't have anyone to practice with, I figured I'd give this course a go as a refresher. For me, this course was okay - I already had the necessary background. However, for a beginner, this course is just bewildering - the tests involve an extensive vocabulary in Spanish, which is never covered in the modules preceding them.

I understand that designing language courses is hard, especially those that are completely online. However, these mistakes are rather basic, I think. Don't use words in tests that you haven't explained before. It's that simple. Don't test me on grammar rules that you haven't bothered to cover.

These are the sort of courses that turn people off from learning new languages. Please, revise the course if your intention is to give people access to a new language.

had expected it to be similar to other Coursera language courses I've taken where you start by learning the ABCs and they teach you pronunciation and make you practice enunciation at the same time. This course deep dives into using Spanish without any consideration for people who do not have any knowledge of the language and have enrolled thinking that they can learn the basics. Had to go elsewhere to pick up the basics on my own before coming back here to attempt the quizzes. Thus I do not really see the point of my enrolling in this course.

Poorly done. This course absolutely does not teach beginners. It tests you on concepts it has never taught and does not lay out a step-by-step guide for learning the content. It is as if they built a course and never sent a beginner through it to see if it was possible to be successful. Additionally, they should make the slides downloadable so you can study the concepts better after you finish the video. This program could learn from University of Illinois excellent content, production, and learning paths.