BORROMEO C

Carla Borromeo

37 reviews
Participation matters Group projects Caring Tough grader Skip class? You won't pass. Clear grading criteria Gives good feedback Lots of homework Respected
Past quarters
ITAL 1
6 / 22 Enrolled
Elementary Italian
Carla Borromeo 4.5
M T W R
11:00 AM - 11:50 AM
63.2% A
ITAL 1
8 / 25 Enrolled
Elementary Italian
Carla Borromeo 4.5 Camilla Fiorina 4.9
M T W R
10:00 AM - 10:50 AM
63.2% A
ITAL 5
13 / 25 Enrolled
Intermediate Italian
Carla Borromeo 4.5
M T W R
13:00 PM - 13:50 PM
45.0% A
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ITAL 1 Borromeo C Spring 2024 Total: 17
ITAL 3 Borromeo C Spring 2024 Total: 21
ITAL 2 Borromeo C Winter 2024 Total: 19
ITAL 3 Borromeo C Winter 2024 Total: 12
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ITAL1 . Borromeo C 1 Year, 11 Months Ago

Professor Borromeo is a kind woman and clearly passionate about teaching but this class was just not it! She assigns multiple projects (individual/group) and her feedback on any work you turn in does not help you improve at all. You learn more from reading the textbook than her presentations. Would not take her class to fulfill the GE requirement.

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ITAL1 . Borromeo C 1 Year, 11 Months Ago

Grading criteria was unclear, often went on tangents in Italian and expected beginner students to understand, quizzes were strangly formatted, poor feedback on projects, and the structure of the course was subpar.

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ITAL1 . Borromeo C 2 Years Ago

She has a serious issue with organization to the point where nearly every single day students would come to class complaining. Her documents are inconsistent, the websites/textbooks she uses are chaotic and don't function half the time... etc. Additionally, she literally never goes over pronunciation and just kinda expects students to know it???

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ITAL1 . Borromeo C 5 Years Ago

Carla made Italian a fun language to learn. I took her Fall 2018, 4 quizzes (none dropped), 3 projects, online and book homework to go over in class, had one partner project, and our final was a written project. Easy to approach and ask questions to and she makes the language easy to understand. If you get the chance to take Ital1 with her, do it!

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ITAL3 . Borromeo C 6 Years Ago

Fun class, as are most of the elementary Italian courses. Just do the reading and study for the quizzes and you'll pass.

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ITAL1 . Borromeo C 7 Years Ago

Carla is really friendly and easygoing. She makes the class fun and easy to understand. She'll tend to go in Italian rants from time to time but she'll explain things and don't be afraid to ask. There was two group projects, and one was part of the final. The class is not hard as long as you pay attention and she'll drop the lowest of 5 quizzes.

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ITAL1 . Borromeo C 8 Years Ago

Carla is super chill and helpful! Pretty easy class as long as you do your work and pay attention

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ITAL1AND2 . Borromeo C 8 Years Ago

Love her! She makes class fun and interesting and she cares enough to learn more about her students. She welcomes questions and prepares the class well for the quizzes/tests. She made Italian fun, which made it easy to learn!

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ITAL1 . Borromeo C 8 Years Ago

I loved having her as a teacher! She makes sure students are prepared for quizzes and tests, goes over exceptions and important things that you should pay attention to. She is funny and sweet, i enjoyed coming to class. She doesnt give that much homework and explains material well.

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ITALIAN2 . Borromeo C 11 Years Ago

She is really nice and funny and tries to get everyone in the class involved. BUT her accent is very strong and she speaks very quickly so sometimes it was almost impossible to understand her. She would bounce from topic to topic so fast that it was often hard to figure out what we were even learning about.

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IT1 . Borromeo C 12 Years Ago

I've had her for 2 quarter, and I absolutely love her teaching style. She is very helpful. Makes the subject so much fun. Doesn't give a lot of homework, but the bit she give you must do. Pop-Quizzes and Quizzes are easy and she prepares you well. You also have 2 short compositions (100 words each), one midterm, and a final. Definitely Recommend.

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ITAL1 . Borromeo C 12 Years Ago

I would love to have Carla again! I had her in Ital1 and am continuing on through 6 and really hoping I will be in her class again at some point. She's adorable, sweet, funny and incredibly helpful in the subject

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