Comments:3309 - Dra. Calafate is an outstanding professor and made an extremely difficult Spanish class manageable. Her teaching style is very accommodating and she is more than willing to help students who are not as proficient with learning difficult concepts. That being said, I would not take this class unless you are confident in your Spanish abilities, including speaking, reading, and writing. She is very lenient when it comes to grading grammar on homework's and quizzes, but you still must have intermediate to advanced proficiency to earn a good grade. There is about one homework a week and a final project that incorporates all of the semester's concepts into one (do not procrastinate on this), but she'll pause the homework's for when the project ramps up. There are 3 quizzes (exams) and a final, all weighted equally. They are all a mix of MCQs and FRQs, as well as listening and reading comprehension. The content is difficult, but she provides study guides that accurately reflect quiz content about a week in advance. Aside from course content, Dra. Calafate is always available and makes an extra effort to meet with students, even outside of her posted office hours within which she has TONS of availability. She speaks Spanish and Portuguese and is a great representative of what the department offers outside of class (charla, events, etc.). Overall, she is an extremely nice person, and even brought treats to class in the end!! Take Dra. Calafate if you can, you wont regret it!  - Grade In Class:A

Comments:3309 - Wonderful professor. it is a difficult, advanced class but the professor does an amazing job explaining things. everything is explained super simply and then the more complicated aspects are built on that. It is a lot of coursework, but the professor breaks the work down in the perfect mix of giving you enough time and flexibility while giving you frequent enough communications and deadlines to avoid getting behind. Highly recommend this professor and I hope to take them in future semesters. Also extra note for the GORGEOUS canvas page, in all my 18hrs of classes this Canvas page is the most seamlessly organized.  - Grade In Class:A

Comments:3309 - Super hard course(linguistics) she is nice but hard to understand. She is Portuguese. She is very smart but the class is a lot for not heritage speakers. Take with caution  - Grade In Class:B

Comments:Unlisted - Writing this to get Dra. Calafate's name on the Spanish list!  - Grade In Class:A