Here are student comments, all of them, from my Fall 2008 evaluations. My comments are in italics.
Don Mac is a wonderful professor!! This is a great class but it needs more hands on activities!
He is the best teacher I've had here. Especially when we learn facts about other cultures. We learn about the world and don't even realize it.
This was my favorite class. The “que pasa en el mundo” made things interesting though we rarely understood at first. Great class!
He's a very great teacher and I learned so much from him.
Really good, helpful teacher, always there when I needed help. A ++ professor. I really liked using Quia it helped a lot. I didn't like audacity at all.
The instructor was amazing. This is the first time an instructor deserved all A's!!! I learned a lot in this class and almost considered a Spanish minor.
Wonderful professor – willing to help students as long as they want to help themselves. Makes 1012 work but you learn much. Gracias!
The instructor is one of the best I have had. He is very helpful. Spanish 1012 is a great program.
Great professor!
Always make class enjoyable. Always helps us when we have problems or ask for help. Very good course! I learned a lot and feel a lot more confident about conducting.
Awesome, fantastic, great teacher! Awesome course! Learned a lot!
Dr. Carswell did a wonderful job in this course! He was great! (Huh? This is a mistake)
Culture projects helped learn things about Spanish culture. The elmundo activities were good too.
I really liked the instructor. He was a very good teacher and had high expectations for his students. I would take his class again.
Wonderful teacher, really enjoyed the class.
He's an excellent instructor and provides many strong resources to do well on the exams. He shows interest in what he does and makes the class fun.
Enthusiastic about course material. Knowledgeable and helpful. Appropriate & interesting.
All of the group work helped me understand the topic.
Dr. Williams is a wonderful professor and is very passionate about what he does. He has made me love Spanish.
Needs to inform classes when assignments are due. Does a good job interacting with students.
Needs to make effient (sic) records (attendance, class participation, etc.) (A fair critique; it's true I could be better about taking attendance, but participation is student self-evaluation)
It's helpful that he is so readily available. “Que pasa en el mundo'” is a good way to learn because the student is individually corrected.
By having all of the students work in groups, we are able to learn more about the topics and participate effectively in class. Class discussions were also helpful and expanded our skills in the use of the Spanish language.
He is very concerned for the well-being of his students. He should write things he says down on something. (I should!) Good course. It challenged enough without breaking us. My writing skills have greatly improved because of Dr. Williams.
Professor was of much help. Available whenever we had a question. I enjoyed the class. All of the writing tips were very helpful. Some of the assignments made you think. (I'm sad they all didn't)
The amount of translation required will be great for native speakers but will most likely be too much for non-native speakers. (The class is SPA 225, so, translation shouldn't be an issue)
The instructor brought objects to class as visual guides for our writing. Excellent professor who always gives feedback and thorough in lecture. Course was very helpful because it helped [sic] to better articulate and become a stronger analytical thinker. Course was excellent. Helped my critical thinking and I feel that I have become a better creative writer.
Great instructor, really know [sic] how to treat people. One of the best instructors on campus. The course was interesting. I learned a lot on how to better writing [sic].
He is very interested on [sic] what he teach [sic] and knows a lot about it.
Don Mac is a wonderful professor!! This is a great class but it needs more hands on activities!
He is the best teacher I've had here. Especially when we learn facts about other cultures. We learn about the world and don't even realize it.
This was my favorite class. The “que pasa en el mundo” made things interesting though we rarely understood at first. Great class!
He's a very great teacher and I learned so much from him.
Really good, helpful teacher, always there when I needed help. A ++ professor. I really liked using Quia it helped a lot. I didn't like audacity at all.
The instructor was amazing. This is the first time an instructor deserved all A's!!! I learned a lot in this class and almost considered a Spanish minor.
Wonderful professor – willing to help students as long as they want to help themselves. Makes 1012 work but you learn much. Gracias!
The instructor is one of the best I have had. He is very helpful. Spanish 1012 is a great program.
Great professor!
Always make class enjoyable. Always helps us when we have problems or ask for help. Very good course! I learned a lot and feel a lot more confident about conducting.
Awesome, fantastic, great teacher! Awesome course! Learned a lot!
Dr. Carswell did a wonderful job in this course! He was great! (Huh? This is a mistake)
Culture projects helped learn things about Spanish culture. The elmundo activities were good too.
I really liked the instructor. He was a very good teacher and had high expectations for his students. I would take his class again.
Wonderful teacher, really enjoyed the class.
He's an excellent instructor and provides many strong resources to do well on the exams. He shows interest in what he does and makes the class fun.
Enthusiastic about course material. Knowledgeable and helpful. Appropriate & interesting.
All of the group work helped me understand the topic.
Dr. Williams is a wonderful professor and is very passionate about what he does. He has made me love Spanish.
Needs to inform classes when assignments are due. Does a good job interacting with students.
Needs to make effient (sic) records (attendance, class participation, etc.) (A fair critique; it's true I could be better about taking attendance, but participation is student self-evaluation)
It's helpful that he is so readily available. “Que pasa en el mundo'” is a good way to learn because the student is individually corrected.
By having all of the students work in groups, we are able to learn more about the topics and participate effectively in class. Class discussions were also helpful and expanded our skills in the use of the Spanish language.
He is very concerned for the well-being of his students. He should write things he says down on something. (I should!) Good course. It challenged enough without breaking us. My writing skills have greatly improved because of Dr. Williams.
Professor was of much help. Available whenever we had a question. I enjoyed the class. All of the writing tips were very helpful. Some of the assignments made you think. (I'm sad they all didn't)
The amount of translation required will be great for native speakers but will most likely be too much for non-native speakers. (The class is SPA 225, so, translation shouldn't be an issue)
The instructor brought objects to class as visual guides for our writing. Excellent professor who always gives feedback and thorough in lecture. Course was very helpful because it helped [sic] to better articulate and become a stronger analytical thinker. Course was excellent. Helped my critical thinking and I feel that I have become a better creative writer.
Great instructor, really know [sic] how to treat people. One of the best instructors on campus. The course was interesting. I learned a lot on how to better writing [sic].
He is very interested on [sic] what he teach [sic] and knows a lot about it.
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