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Ofelia Montelongo Valencia
SPAN203 Anonymous 12/10/2024 |
I haven't taken Spanish since High School, so remembering some of the conjugations was difficult (honestly i still dont know them lol) But Prof. Montelongo's passion for teaching Spanish, her humor, and the way she structures her in class activities eased my mind with this course. The first day of class she started speaking straight spanish and we were all intimidated. A few of my colleagues thought of dropping the course but she assured us that this course isn't difficult to get through, especially since shes generous with grading. The homework is a lot, but it's unlimited attempts and it shows the right answers at the end anyways so you can just re-do them whenever. Lot's of speaking out loud in class like with partners, answering questions, and reading text, but she won't roast you if you say anything wrong, she'll help you say it properly and gives constructive criticism |
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Ofelia Montelongo Valencia
SPAN203 Expecting an A Anonymous 12/05/2024 |
Nah, any review criticizing how fast her class goes has never taken SPAN before. Prof. Montelongo turned my least favorite subject into something I look forward to every week. Our class is so tightly-knit because of her enthusiastic approach and animated encouragement for us to try our best. I have never, and probably never will, meet a better language prof than Montelongo. Go take her class! Now! |
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Ofelia Montelongo Valencia
SPAN203 Expecting an A- Anonymous 12/16/2023 |
1000/10 TAKE HER CLASS it will be the best thing you'll do. sweetest teacher I have ever had she genuinely cares and wants you to do well. She's respectful even if you're terrible at Spanish and nice to talk to in general. She rounded our final grade and wasn't harsh on the midterm or final. I recommend her to everyone I know who is planning to take Spanish. she's just so sweet, after a terrible event last on campus she let us have class outside and bought everyone coffee to reach out to us. please give her a much-deserved raised UMD language department. |
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Ofelia Montelongo Valencia
SPAN207 Expecting an A+ Anonymous 01/26/2022 |
Ms. Montelongo was the sweetest teacher. She gave out review guides that were exactly like the test, and the workload was fairly light. Most classes, each student would take a turn reading an excerpt from the textbook aloud which can be intimidating, but she made it a comfortable environment. She was also really understanding and cared for all of her students. She was super approachable if you were having problems.Definitely recommend her. |
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Ofelia Montelongo Valencia
SPAN103 Anonymous 04/21/2021 |
I would give the course a 3.5, it's not terrible at all and she is really lively. However, the course went super fast especially for someone who never took SPAN before. It gets progressively faster and more difficult. Honestly, it's pretty okay though because it's manageable. One kinda tricky thing is that the homework for chapters are due before you actually learn it in class, so you're expected to self-learn from the textbook in order to do it, which can be annoying at times. I think it was harder because in the online setting we did like 3-4 activites per class with multiple breakoutrooms so it's really requires your attention and energy. |
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Ofelia Montelongo Valencia
SPAN204 Expecting a B+ Anonymous 07/21/2020 |
She is pretty understanding but the course goes by pretty fast and sometimes she doesn't explain things well. |