This class was essentially cut in half due to the TA strike, so my grade was only based on 1 paper, the midterm, & participation. Attendance wasn't mandatory but class lectures were interesting. All the papers were super straightforward and short. The midterm was weirdly hard and lacked structure but they were flexible about dropping questions.

Professor zimman was incredibly laid back. Lecture was fairly interesting and data analysis papers were really pretty simple if you go to lecture. Jamal was an amazing TA and clarifies exactly how to do well on the data analyses. Final was fairly tough though. Attendance does not matter which is a plus. Records all lectures and understands GS.

Prof. Campbell is such a sweet, genuine teacher who truly cares for his students. He is so willing to help and easily approachable. He made zoom lectures very flexible and made sure that everyone including those in different time zones weren't stressed out about online classes. He is one of the nicest professors at UCSB. Definitely take his class!

This is my second class with ZImman and although it wasn't as easy as LING 132, I really enjoyed this class. Do the readings, don't leave assignments until the last minute, and make sure to be on good terms with your TA!! Your TA is an incredible resource for doing well in this class!

zimman is my favorite professor and this is my favorite course so far. super fascinating content and not a hard class at all. easy A if you understand materials. I would take all classes with him if I had the chance to. 2 exams and 3 quizzes and 3 papers, the papers were all on interesting topics. and extra credit write ups up to 5% of your grade

3 data analyses, sometimes bi weekly quizzes, not at all bad. Lectures are so interesting though, gives many visual aids. Lots of reading weekly for every lecture.

Really dedicated to his field and interested in students. You don't have to buy an expensive textbook, he provides papers to read. Get ready to read, and to participate.

He's a really helpful professor. I went into his office hours and hes really great one on one. Also, you don't really need the textbook because all of his lectures cover the text. I mean you can skim the book but you don't really need it.

There were many interesting topics covered and I did enjoy most of what I learned in this class although I was slightly lost sometimes due to my lack of a linguistics background. Weekly quizzes require reading of materialas long as you have the main points down you should be fine.

This class was very interesting. Prof Zimman was an excellent professor, as well as my T.A., Simon. There are quizzes on the lecture every week during section. Not difficult, just make sure to go over your notes from lecture and you'll be good. There were 3 essays that were pretty straight forward.

the most amazing professor I've ever had

Personable, and understanding, but you have to put in your own work if you expect to do well in this class. He is available to help you out, though, and he is very chill in office hours. Overall a great professor.

Take the time to really memorize the IPA chart from the beginning because not doing so will haunt you for the rest of the quarter. I found an app on my phone that really helped! Once get the hang of that doing the quizzes and final project will be easy. Your final grade is a project that you work on throughout the quarter (also fairly easy!)

I didn't expect to enjoy this class, but the prof made it really interesting. It wasn't exactly easy bc there's a lot of technical info to learn and a lot of memorization, but the lectures and sections were still fairly enjoyable. I think he was still working things out w HW/quizzes since he's a new prof but I'd definitely take a class w him again

Lal was pretty great. He was definitely a fair grader; although, there were times that many of us thought some of the transcriptions of the quizzes may have been off. The class itself requires the memorization of the IPA and all of its sounds, so if you aren't willing to put forth some effort, don't bother taking this class.

This class is difficult mainly because lecture is mandatory, but extremely boring. Somehow, you must force yourself to go and pay attention or you won't do well. Also, go to section! I stopped going to section after the midterm and that was a huge mistake. The homework problem sets get increasingly difficult and more detailed after the midterm.

Super great professor. Really helpful when you need it. His voice is kind of mono-toned so lectures can seem to drag on, but he's overall a great guy.

If you enjoy learning about Zanzopotec Chatino for 8weeks being taught by a guy who I swear acquired his teaching style from Ben Stein in Ferris Buellers Day Off then this class is for you. Lectures are based almost solely around this language he researched. Only cool thing is the research project where you pick a language and analyze it's phono.

He seems like a really nice guy, but I also thought his teaching style was incredibly boring. I never take notes on my laptop, but I found lectures (2.5 hr night class) to be unbearable without having a distraction. Attendance is mandatory in the sense that you have to go when there's a quiz (5 out of 10 weeks). Overall easy but boring.