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Evelyn Canabal-Torres
SPAN306 Expecting an A- Anonymous 01/26/2024 |
Profesora Canabal is a great professor who really cares about her students' well being and success in her class. I took SPAN306 with her for Fall 2023 and we did not have any midterms or final. I do warn though that the course can get disorganized at times. I felt that the class became really stressful during finals because we had a final essay, final group project (+ an oral presentation), and portafolio all due within the same time frame. Due to this I took off a star. Other than that, the class was okay and relatively manageable. I enjoyed a lot of the things we learned about. She not only incorporates lessons on grammar, writing, accents, etc. But she also teaches the class about issues that have happened in the history of many Latin American countries which I found to be very interesting and it evoked me to start being attentive to what's going on in my native country and other parts of Latin America. To succeed in this class, I'd definitely build a relationship with her as she is understanding of any extenuating circumstances that can happen. Even lenient at times. She may grant extensions, but generally she tries to do so for the benefit of the entire class rather than just yourself. Attending class is also key because most of class time is used to peer review essay drafts. |
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Evelyn Canabal-Torres
Anonymous 12/05/2023 |
Really judgmental and plays favorites. If you get off on the wrong foot with her, she will make your experience miserable for the rest of the semester. The group project is also too much work. The only good thing about her is that she grades leniently (if you're on her good side, that is). |
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Evelyn Canabal-Torres
SPAN306 Expecting an A Anonymous 12/05/2023 |
She seems nice, grading isn't too harsh but she has this policy of no "BS" and she can embarrass you by putting what you wrote in front of the whole class, so if you easily embarrassed take someone else. She had trouble assigning due dates and would forget about assignments she assigned us leaving us to guess when something is due sometimes. Not my favorite teacher but she does seem like she cares about students. |
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Evelyn Canabal-Torres
SPAN371 Expecting an A Anonymous 02/07/2023 |
She is funny, intelligent, and so very caring for every one of her students. One of the best professors I’ve ever had and my favorite class I’ve taken. |
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Evelyn Canabal-Torres
SPAN203 Expecting an A Anonymous 12/01/2016 |
She's awesome. To this day, she's probably one of my favorite professors I've had at UMD. She really cares for her students and I learned a lot in her class. I really hope I can take another class with her in my remaining time at UMD. She's fantastic! |
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Evelyn Canabal-Torres
SPAN307 Expecting an A Anonymous 02/01/2014 |
I have to say Canabal is probably one of the best professors you will ever come across on this campus. She really cares for her students and does the best she can to help out her students. She is very understanding of students situations and does whatever she can to make sure you learn the material. She grades very fairly on all the work as long as you put effort into it. Ridiculously amazing professor. |
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Evelyn Canabal-Torres
SPAN307 Expecting an A+ Anonymous 08/18/2012 |
I absolutely loved her! She is hilarious. She is quite unorganized though. She really wants to help you out if you ask for help. Very open-minded. She even dropped the midterm for our class because she didn't want to jeopardize our grades. |
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Evelyn Canabal-Torres
SPAN203 Expecting a B Anonymous 04/23/2012 |
Spanish has always been hard for me but she doesn't make a big deal if you aren't fluent or too willing to participate. She makes funny sound effects and is generally entertaining to be around. I just wish the material was reviewed more after we had moved on from the previous section. We went through the info pretty quickly and that didn't help me on the tests |
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Evelyn Canabal-Torres
SPAN203 Expecting an A Jessica Lee Archer 12/13/2011 |
Canabal is great, I would recommend her. If you put in the effort to participate and speak spanish in class you should do well. Its not easy for everyone, but if you have taken spanish before you should be able to survive. |
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Evelyn Canabal-Torres
SPAN203 Expecting an A Anonymous 12/03/2011 |
Really great teacher overall. She gives you the opportunity to learn through experience rather than memorizing charts and vocabulary from the book. Best Spanish teacher I've had so far. |