Advanced Grammar and Composition

Perla is exactly her name: an absolute jewel . She has tremendous kindness, is patient with all her students, and has that rare ability to bring out the best in a student, no matter their level. She does, however, expect you to work, but working for a teacher as wonderful and engaging as Perla was never more pleasurable for me. If you have a strong background in Spanish grammar, and you are passionate about / very interested in the Spanish speaking world, then this is the class for you. You will have fun, your writing style will improve, and you will make a wonderful teacher/friend in the Spanish Department.

Aurora offers a burst of other-culturely charm. This class, you should also know, has a lot of work. On the first day, Dr. Aurora called us all masochists for enrolling. At first, it is manageable, even (I'm a nerd) enjoyable as you start to feel your French improving; but as your other teachers, too, start assigning papers and tests, you might start to resent 3405. Yet never the teacher. If you are only able to half-ass some of the assignments and feel that you are retaining less, you can still pick up a lot of knowledge in class--all of his lessons are amazing and informative. You will hardly ever look at the clock because Aurora is the best teacher ever, combining the right amount of humor and pressure to get you engaged and working. His excitement and perfect teaching style made my resentment towards the heavy workload disappear (Because there is nothing worse than an apathetic, unapproachable teacher who assigns too much homework ,seemingly on a whim). Aurora reads and grades every assignment right away, and offers copious amounts of comments on each. He's right there with the students at every step.

Anjali is great. She's an excellent teacher and puts real effort into helping students learn the material. She is always available outside of class and is nice enough that you'd never hesitate about approaching her.

Monica is great. She is very energetic in class and always lets the students have fun. She jokes around with us and relates well to the class because she's young. Every day, we would usually work from the book, going over grammar, and do some handouts all together. If she couldn't answer a question, she would go home and figure out the answer and let you know next class. She is active in the hispanic academic world in nyc and let come with her to nyu to a poetry reading that she worked on with a famous poetry translator. Grading was consistent, though the ability level from student to student varied greatly, meaning grades did too. She is negotiable on deadlines and stuff like that. She calls on you in class to answer worksheet questions but doesn't mind if you get them wrong. Overall, she's very nice and cool; I recommend this class.

I love this man. I wish he taught more classes. The class is very relaxed, but you learn a lot. He's funny and engaging and one of the most caring professors I've had at this godforsaken school.

Perla is great. she's a lovely, nice nice lady who will let you chat her up in office hours and is patient in class when you make mistakes. don't let the call number intimidate you. graduate students can register, but in my class there were also several people who had tested into the course or hadn't taken spanish for a few years who were good with grammar but not so great at speaking. you work on a combination of grammar and literature. the only thing is you spend too much time on literature for a grammar class, but also too much time on grammar for it to be a lit class. also, you never really learn how to develop each of the four styles of essays she coverse. overall however, the professor was excellent, and is a fair grader.