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Regina Ianozi GERM204 Expecting an A- Anonymous 03/30/2016	I saw all the positive reviews, and thought this is probably how most of my classmates see/saw her. But I didn't have the same experience. She hated me, like I felt like she decided to pick on one student at random to hate for the semester and I was the "lucky" one. None of my classmates understood why either. She was very reluctant to teach me and often would not. I also found that I learned more from the text book and going to tutoring hours than I ever learned or could learned from her. Sometimes it was cool and she would bring us treats and once we went outside. But sometimes her teaching was very unethical. Also beware she will try and change you to a German major if not a minor at all cost, I feel like she gets a bonus of something for it. Her grading wasn't that bad, it was harsh but fair. Don't expect any sympathy or much understanding from her though and she will never coddle you. Which isn't a bad thing, but she isn't a warm or friendly person. Overall you will probably get along with her well enough after some adjustment, unless you are the "lucky" one then good luck, you will need it. If you are just coming into 204 without any previous German classes at UMD don't expect her to be understanding and willing to teach you things because she will just say you should have learned it in a previous class, but the tutoring hours with the TAs help with it.
Regina Ianozi GERM204 Anonymous 12/20/2012	Regina is a good teacher! I took several German courses before. She is one of my favor, even what she taught me was actually something boring -- german grammar. So when I signed up GERM204, I thought it would be very boring at the beginning. But in fact, you will learn stuffs other than just grammar: german history, fairy tale, music, etc. You will also see she has well prepared for the topics she teach you in class. Regina did have a high standard for students, but that’s because she want you to challenge yourself. She would patiently pick up your mistakes in your writing assignment. That’s because she wants you to learn from your mistakes. Frankly, her reviews on my writing assignments helped me become more confident in writing german. Regina is fair in grading. She will talk with each student personally after the midterm exam. Tell you what to do to improve your grading. I think she is a good teacher!
Regina Ianozi GERM204 Anonymous 11/02/2012	Regina is a great teacher for anyone to have, and it is shocking to me to find negative reviews for her on this site. She was one of the nicest teachers I've had in any of my classes here: always understanding of circumstances, willing to help with any problems you have, and fair with regard to what she expects out of the class. When I had her for 322, it was plain that there were a few people in the class on a higher proficiency level in German than others, but she worked around that very well . Yes, she does expect the basics - attendance, attention, participation, and work/reading to be done before class - but she is not harsh about it and when you don't have the fully-correct answer to a question at first asking, she will help try to guide you to the answer if it looks like you have the idea. Even at the times where our class was not-so-good and hadn't done our reading or work as asked, she remained remarkably patient with us. The German department at UMD is stocked full of great TAs and professors, and Regina is definitely one of them.
Regina Ianozi GERM204 Expecting a B+ Anonymous 05/30/2011	Regina is a sweet person. She just can't always convey the more difficult topics in a way we will understand them, like passive voice or challenging modal sentence constructions. My class was good at participating, so she liked us. She does expect you to know the chapter's material and vocab before class, so be prepared and do the relevant homework beforehand. She always told us when we would have quizzes, and we always knew what to expect on the tests. She took exercises straight from the book! I never could finish the essay part of the tests due to time, so know the chapters well to breeze through the exercises. I'm really shocked to get a B+, considering she never posts anything on elms, but she is a fair, even lenient grader.
Regina Ianozi GERM204 Expecting a C PossePrincess 11/08/2010	I found Ina to be unhelpful. We had quizzes almost every day, and she would expect us to come in knowing the material for the new chapters. Her tests were too long for us to finish on time, and while she gave us extra time, it was stressful to have to rush. I did poorly on both tests, despite understanding the topics, and doing well on the homework and in-class exercises. She is open to suggestions though, and wants us to do well, so it's like she just doesn't know how to properly teach us grammar, or prepare us for her exams. Hopefully, she will ease up on us by the end of the semester, because most of us are struggling in what should not be a horribly difficult class.

Regina Ianozi
GERM204

Expecting an A-
Anonymous
03/30/2016

I saw all the positive reviews, and thought this is probably how most of my classmates see/saw her. But I didn't have the same experience. She hated me, like I felt like she decided to pick on one student at random to hate for the semester and I was the "lucky" one. None of my classmates understood why either. She was very reluctant to teach me and often would not. I also found that I learned more from the text book and going to tutoring hours than I ever learned or could learned from her. Sometimes it was cool and she would bring us treats and once we went outside. But sometimes her teaching was very unethical. Also beware she will try and change you to a German major if not a minor at all cost, I feel like she gets a bonus of something for it. Her grading wasn't that bad, it was harsh but fair. Don't expect any sympathy or much understanding from her though and she will never coddle you. Which isn't a bad thing, but she isn't a warm or friendly person. Overall you will probably get along with her well enough after some adjustment, unless you are the "lucky" one then good luck, you will need it. If you are just coming into 204 without any previous German classes at UMD don't expect her to be understanding and willing to teach you things because she will just say you should have learned it in a previous class, but the tutoring hours with the TAs help with it.

Regina Ianozi
GERM204

Anonymous
12/20/2012

Regina is a good teacher! I took several German courses before. She is one of my favor, even what she taught me was actually something boring -- german grammar. So when I signed up GERM204, I thought it would be very boring at the beginning. But in fact, you will learn stuffs other than just grammar: german history, fairy tale, music, etc. You will also see she has well prepared for the topics she teach you in class. Regina did have a high standard for students, but that’s because she want you to challenge yourself. She would patiently pick up your mistakes in your writing assignment. That’s because she wants you to learn from your mistakes. Frankly, her reviews on my writing assignments helped me become more confident in writing german. Regina is fair in grading. She will talk with each student personally after the midterm exam. Tell you what to do to improve your grading. I think she is a good teacher!

Regina Ianozi
GERM204

Anonymous
11/02/2012

Regina is a great teacher for anyone to have, and it is shocking to me to find negative reviews for her on this site. She was one of the nicest teachers I've had in any of my classes here: always understanding of circumstances, willing to help with any problems you have, and fair with regard to what she expects out of the class. When I had her for 322, it was plain that there were a few people in the class on a higher proficiency level in German than others, but she worked around that very well . Yes, she does expect the basics - attendance, attention, participation, and work/reading to be done before class - but she is not harsh about it and when you don't have the fully-correct answer to a question at first asking, she will help try to guide you to the answer if it looks like you have the idea. Even at the times where our class was not-so-good and hadn't done our reading or work as asked, she remained remarkably patient with us. The German department at UMD is stocked full of great TAs and professors, and Regina is definitely one of them.

Regina Ianozi
GERM204

Expecting a B+
Anonymous
05/30/2011

Regina is a sweet person. She just can't always convey the more difficult topics in a way we will understand them, like passive voice or challenging modal sentence constructions. My class was good at participating, so she liked us. She does expect you to know the chapter's material and vocab before class, so be prepared and do the relevant homework beforehand. She always told us when we would have quizzes, and we always knew what to expect on the tests. She took exercises straight from the book! I never could finish the essay part of the tests due to time, so know the chapters well to breeze through the exercises. I'm really shocked to get a B+, considering she never posts anything on elms, but she is a fair, even lenient grader.

Regina Ianozi
GERM204

Expecting a C
PossePrincess
11/08/2010

I found Ina to be unhelpful. We had quizzes almost every day, and she would expect us to come in knowing the material for the new chapters. Her tests were too long for us to finish on time, and while she gave us extra time, it was stressful to have to rush. I did poorly on both tests, despite understanding the topics, and doing well on the homework and in-class exercises. She is open to suggestions though, and wants us to do well, so it's like she just doesn't know how to properly teach us grammar, or prepare us for her exams. Hopefully, she will ease up on us by the end of the semester, because most of us are struggling in what should not be a horribly difficult class.

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