An engaging man, great subject---but his tests are too tricky, and his over-emphasis on extremely small details takes some of the life out of the subject. I went to his office to help him see exactly how and why some of his test questions are unclear and problematic. It helped a bit, but not enough. Study really hard for his tests.

Definitely lecture-heavy, if you missed a lecture, it's hard to make out what he's teaching about based on just the slides. I didn't do any of the assigned reading, and I did okay; FRQ grades also depend on how nice a grader your TA is. He doesn't like phones out, yelled at a couple of students for that.

If you're a PBS Major looking for an easy prep for major course, take LING70 with Kennedy! He is very knowledgeable in the area and the course itself is set up for you to succeed. An A is very attainable and the TA's are super helpful. Overall the easiest and most interested prep for major I took!

Kennedy is a good professor in some aspects. He tries his best to be thorough with his content but sometimes falls short. It can be hard to follow along because his lectures are not very engaging. But I definitely did learn a lot in Ling 107, from both lecture and section

You could just attend lectures and not do any additional studying/work and end with an A. He's really knowledgeable and passionate about the content of the class and your grade is based off of quizzes and reflections where an A is guaranteed, along with exams. So your grade is more padded then it might be in some other GEs. Overall recommend!

lecture and section attendance not required, but you do have to do an online makeup activity for section. STUDY before the exam, there are so many terms and you need to have them memorized. he's a good professor, goes off on random tangents sometimes, he's just a chill guy. oh and he's good at explaining stuff to.. which is important