Elementary German

Incomparable! From the first day onwards, Jutta speaks only German in the classroom but manages to make students who do not know the language understand everything she says. She is understanding, amiable, and overall HILARIOUS! Should a student need anything from her (extension, excused absence, etc.), just approach Jutta, and she will be more than happy to oblige. She makes students want to attend the class. Whilst there is nightly homework, it is never too much, nor are the tests and quizzes exceptionally difficult---namely because Jutta excels in teaching everything that needs to be learnt for the chapter. Highly, highly, highly recommened. She is phenomenal; few language professors can compare. Most of all: her sense of humour is bloody brilliant; go to class just for the jokes.

Elia is a fantastic teacher, one of the best I've ever had. She is Austrian so a native speaker, which helps when you have complicated questions or want to know how to say something colloquially. She is personanably, understanding, and relates well to students. Her class is very fun as she often incorporates singing and other games to help you learn everything from vocab to sentence structure. I never had a problem with not wanting to come to class, even on thursday nights. Elia knows how to teach well, as her class this semester scored the best overall on the final. If you're looking for a fun way to learn German, then this class if for you. That said, expect to do all your work. She is nice but also has high expectations for class so slackers beware. Trust me its worth it though.

Coming from the land of 7 years of absolutely insane French teachers, I braced myself when singing up for this class. Don't. Richard is wonderful, and is a hundred times better than any language teacher I've had in the past. In fact, I haven't met a single person in the German department here that I haven't liked immediately--it's a fantastic department. Richard knows his stuff, he is smart, incredibly funny in class, and devises clever and engaging assignments and activities. In one semester you will leave the classroom with an impressive arsenol of words and grammar constructions... in French, it took me at least 3 semesters to get to where I am now in German. I really cannot offer enough praise for this class, this was the only class I looked forward to this semester. I did not originally intend to continue German classes for very long, but I have totally fallen in love with the language and plan to take it through my college career. Honestly, I think than Herr Korb is largely responsible. Deutsch is sehr toll!

I learned alot in this course. The instructor has alot of creative energy, and makes every effort to make the course fun (although his antics can be distracting at times). Overall, I would recommend this section.

This woman was an amazing teacher. Unfortunately she seems to be teaching only the first semester of Elementary German this year. Classes are fun, insightful, and meticulously organized. She even brought candy for Halloween! She is willing at any time to make appointments to go over things (in English!) that you have trouble with. The complete immersion in German speaking made the class incredibly frustrating at first, but one can catch on within a few weeks (also use the aforementioned English-friendly office hours). She's also really, really generous about extensions and making up work.