DC
Sep 23, 2017
Extremely informational, well presented, with questions that stimulate reflection. The optional reading material is food for thought. I hope to see more courses from the same professor and University.
SS
Nov 29, 2021
I've taken a number of online courses on linguistics now, and this one was by and far the best. The material covered is indepth and engaging, and the professor's enthusiam makes the videos a delight.
By Elisabet S
•Nov 11, 2016
Sometimes it was hard to understand the concept the professor was trying to make, because some grammatical forms were wrong and therefore the whole concept misleading. Otherwise very interesting course and thank you!
By Ryan P
•Jul 3, 2024
An excellent introduction and overview to the various fields of linguistics! My only gripe is that a decent portion of the links are outdated, and definitely would benefit from an update. Nevertheless a great class!
By J. E
•Oct 11, 2019
The course is excellent and the videos are very entertaining and engaging. The only problem I had was that the test questions were sometimes confusing and several of their answers could be considered true.
By Yaroslava F
•Jun 22, 2017
This was an interesting but challenging course. What I would recommend as an improvements is that the quizzes included comments for wrong answers and suggestions what material to re-read or listen.
By Michelle C
•Aug 6, 2024
Very interesting course, I found the content easy to follow. Some of the questions felt a little abstract in relation to the content, but perhaps that was user error in trying to complete quickly!
By Juan A M O
•Jun 30, 2020
It is a great course. With truly interesting guests, well organized, with helpful complementary material (Ethnologue and papers). The only thing to fix are some quizzes (specially, the first one).
By Pascal W
•Jul 21, 2019
I am essentially learning languages for work or for fun but this course gave me an opportunity to consolidate some knowledge / understanding about languages and across many languages. Excellent!
By SUZANNE R
•Aug 13, 2017
Good introduction to linguistics led by a charming Professor with great enthusiasm for his subject. It was certainly enough to convince me that the study of linguistics is not for me
By Zhibiao Z
•Apr 7, 2017
It's fantastic to have a brief look into the intriguing Linguistics. There's so much to learn. But some of the readings and test might be too difficult and improper for a beginner.
By Sara A
•Mar 25, 2018
There's just one problem: the exams. The questions and logic behind the answers are not clear enough. It's an excellent course and certainly, it would be relevant to my career.
By Zuza J
•Apr 27, 2020
The course was a nice introduction to linguistics, many topics were covered, but not in a very detailed way. I was expecting more examples from different languages.
By Ewa P
•Aug 13, 2016
Interesting way of presenting the basics of linguistics. Helps a lot to organise crucial informatinon in one's memory. Lessons, however, are too similar.
By Jianqiu C
•Nov 17, 2020
Good introduction course for linguistics, although some quiz questions are asked ambiguously and no choises looks right, and no one knows the answer.
By Nata S
•Nov 12, 2017
A very nice introduction, covers a variety of topics that different branches of linguistics study, is not theory-heavy and is quite entertaining.
By William F
•Jun 10, 2017
This is a decent introduction to the field of linguistics that is easy to understand and accessible to those without previous content knowledge.
By Hazem A
•May 8, 2021
A great introduction to linguistics! Enjoyable although I found some difficulties in some topics! Recommend it to all beginners in the field.
By Steven
•Dec 28, 2021
Some exams asked for a little too much trivia (including the final exam), but the course was overall informative and well-structured.
By Mesoma
•Aug 28, 2022
Very informative! Really helped me gain a basic understanding of linguistics and confirm that I would like to study it further at uni
By Sallai K
•Apr 12, 2021
It was an interesting course overall but I wish it was more detailed in some areas. However, it a comprehensive course of the basics.
By Mel
•Jun 25, 2018
A comprehensive introductory course to the study of linguistics. Would be even better if it covers more applied linguistics topics.
By Daniele C R
•Oct 9, 2016
Very nice work on the various fields of Linguistics, high level interviews, but rather laborious and time consuming quizzes.
By Paveen P
•Jan 31, 2021
The only downside is that it was too short. Very informative and I've learned a lot that would prove useful in psychology.
By Daniel G
•Aug 14, 2022
The course was great! It was all explained with a lot of detail, the 3rd quiz was very tricky though.
Congratulations!
By Liz J
•Sep 11, 2016
I enjoyed the course and learned a lot. I wish there had been more interaction in the discussions, though.