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Hartig-Ferrer, Ana

Cumulative GPA: 2.79/4.00 with 40 evaluations
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Recognizes Student Difficulties: 2.77

Modern Languages and Literatures Department, Cal Poly, SLO
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SPAN 301 Junior Grade Earned: A Required (Major) 5:47 pm, Apr 17, 2013 Report Evaluation		Ana can be really intimidating at first but is actually pretty chill. Just stick to your guns and call her out when she's being ridiculous and she'll respect you for it. (She's from Spain and doesn't always understand things the way the rest of the class does) She likes to joke around but you still learn a lot. Go to her office hours if you need help, she's a real legit teacher/person

SPAN 122 Sophomore Grade Earned: B Required (Major) 9:10 pm, Dec 12, 2012 Report Evaluation		Ana is a very nice lady, is funny, and knows her spanish having grown up in Spain. But is not always reasonable when it comes to dealing with her students needs. Just an example is that she emails all of the homework to her students because she feels as though it takes too much time to give the assignment during class. Sometimes those emails would not be received until 10 pm or later and when asked to email them earlier she goes off on a tangent about how students should learn to get less sleep at night. Anyway the class itself is fairly easy and you will learn. Your grade is made up of multiple assignments: homework every nights, chapter tests, essays, and even extra credit. I would recommend the class but stay on top of what needs to get done.

SPAN 121 Sophomore Grade Earned: B Elective 12:31 pm, Mar 20, 2012 Report Evaluation		Anna is from Barcelona, so I was thrilled to have her teach my class. Her Spanish is perfect and she has a lovely Catalan accent. She is on the older side, so that made for some forgetfulness and slip ups in class but nothing majorly distracting. She is a very fair grader, is clear on her expectations, and demands quality work from her students. Every week there are 2 homework assignments straight out of the book (the loose leaf packet you buy in El Corral) that are pretty easy and straight forward and about 10 exercises long. There is an exam at the end of every chapter, and we only cover up to chapter 4. For the exams definitely pay attention to the vocab in the chapter, you usually have to define a random handful of these words as part of the test. Every now and again we write in class/take home essays, and 2ish field trip essays, so if you don't like to write this may be a challenge. The final is cumulative but really easy, there is also an oral component that requires you to speak with her one-on-one in her office for 10 minutes. TL;DR: There is a lot of writing, but she's a knowledgeable and fair professor. Also she saves you money by only making you buy ONE of the textbooks required for Poly Spanish courses. I would take her again.

SPAN 124 Sophomore Grade Earned: B Elective 11:28 pm, Mar 24, 2011 Report Evaluation		Professor Hartig was really easy. Her midterms were straight forward and the final was just an essay about a movie we saw during dead week. Take her if you want an easy grade. I did the minimum work and i ended up with a b+. If you do the homework she assigns you will Ace the midterms. By the way there are 4 midterms and several compositions which are short and fun. Besides that she always is there to help you especially when you mess up. Take her if you can. A word of advice be careful with your accents in your writing.

SPAN 124 Sophomore Grade Earned: F Elective 2:23 am, May 16, 2010 Report Evaluation		Awful. I came into this class expecting to do well (I had just gotten an A in SPAN 122, and had taken four years of Spanish in high school, plus she knew my high school Spanish teacher personally, so I thought that might work in my favor). And for a while, I was doing well. When I got my papers back, I got good scores on them. Then, about halfway through the quarter, she stopped giving my papers back to me, so I lost track of how I was doing in the class. Admittedly, I turned a couple of the assignments in a little late, and one of the assignments I apparently did wrong because she did not make it clear at all what she wanted it to be about (to this day I STILL don\'t know what the problem was with my paper--AGAIN, BECAUSE I NEVER SAW IT AGAIN), but I turned in all assignments and did all of my work at a good level of quality. Allowing for my mistakes, I thought maybe I\'d get out of the class with a C. At the end of the quarter, much to my surprise, I had failed the class. I emailed her to ask for some kind of explanation as to what had happened (since I had no way of knowing what was going on because my assignments stopped coming back to me), and I got a very terse response stating that my grade \"was less than 50 percent of the total points.\" Well, I could have figured THAT out by looking at my quarter grades; thanks very much for the thoughtful explanation. I felt like challenging it, since she provided absolutely no evidence regarding my performance in the class (i.e.; no low-scored graded work--all the work I had received back had high scores on it). In retrospect, maybe I should have. But oh well. This was a few years ago--I don\'t even know if she teaches at Cal Poly any more. But if she does, well, that\'s unfortunate for Cal Poly.

SPAN 124 Sophomore Grade Earned: B Elective 9:05 pm, Feb 4, 2010 Report Evaluation		This class requires a lot of time and effort, but in the end it is worth it. I learned a ton and grew to really enjoy the class.

SPAN 124 Sophomore Grade Earned: A Elective 4:29 pm, Dec 27, 2009 Report Evaluation		This was a very easy course! The first three quarters of the course is based on grammar and vocabulary from a textbook. The daily homework she assigns is almost never due or graded, except for mini composiciones which are usually around 300 words and are assigned about once a week. There are also 2 \"trabajo de campos,\" where you visit a place and write about it. The tests are completely manageable and require basic understanding, with portions of listening/response, defining spanish words and terms, and writing. The last quarter of the course is solely based on a famous Spanish novel, El Coronel no Tiene quien le escriba. Due to a time shortage and the difficulty of the book for our class, we were only responsible for reading 4 chapters of the book on our own. Each week we covered one of those chapters, and each day we discussed a different aspect of the chapter we read. The following week a packet for the chapter was due. The final was only on \"El Coronel,\" with short responses and one very long response. ***Class Tip: Participate as much as possible!! She falls in love with the people who sit in front and contribute a lot, even if they aren\'t strong Spanish speakers.



SPAN 124 Sophomore Grade Earned: B Required (Major) 5:06 pm, Jan 20, 2009 Report Evaluation		she's a good professor - very entertaining and keeps things fun. sometimes she'll single you out in front of the class and make a joke, but if she thinks she offended you, she'll always apologize after class. i guess it's just that spain humor or something. ;) the class wasn't too hard. just a few essays that you're given plenty of time to work on. the final was an in-class essay... but she tells you exactly what you're gonna write about. overall i liked her! she doesn't use ustedes, but the spain version vosotros which i never heard used before her class, but don't worry it's easy to pick up on.

SPAN 101 Freshman Grade Earned: B Required (Major) 10:31 pm, Jan 6, 2009 Report Evaluation		I loved her! She was always so lively and energetic and really got the entire class involved She really cares about her students, she made me really enjoy Spanish

SPAN 102 Junior Grade Earned: A Required (Support) 10:52 pm, Jan 13, 2008 Report Evaluation		She is a very sweet and funny lady and wants the class to be fun and lively. The only problem is that she is not very organized. Basically every class you just review the homework and that is how you learn. If i didn't have a pretty good understanding of what we were learning beforehand I probably would have really struggled. She expects you to speak a lot in class and if you don't speak she will pick you to speak. She grades pretty fairly and the work is not too hard. She is an okay teacher as long as Spanish is not hard for you you'll be fine. She is a pretty cool person though.

SPAN 102 Freshman Grade Earned: A Required (Major) 2:44 pm, Nov 26, 2007 Report Evaluation		I learned a lot during this class. She can seem intimidating at first, but seems to really care about each student\'s progress. If you can, go to her office hours or stay after class to ask for help. She really does her best to explain any questions you may have. She loves students who interact with her during class and are consistently at class and on-time. The tests aren\'t difficult- just pay attention in class and review the grammar, vocab, and culture beforehand. She will take points off if you miss class frequently or on certain days. Overall, a good professor.

SPAN 101 Senior Grade Earned: A Elective 2:57 pm, Jan 1, 2007 Report Evaluation		She is a very nice teacher. It was great to get a look at Spain Spanish (because it is different). The book is really useful and as long as you take 15 minutes each night to go over the exercises you will do ALOT better. Some people say she was a control freak but the only time she got angry is when people were constantly talking...( i say fair enough). She does get frustrated when only 2 people looked over the homework though (its always really short and never written and she loves you if you do it). The tests are pretty cool because they are right from the material and really straight forward. I thought she was a good teacher and did a very good job.

SPAN 122 Junior Grade Earned: N/A Required (Major) 6:23 pm, Jun 8, 2005 Report Evaluation		Watch out! She's a control freak. But you'll learn...



SPAN 124 Sophomore Grade Earned: B Required (Support) 12:49 pm, Jun 4, 2005 Report Evaluation		This is me 3rd spanish class with Hartig-Ferrer and she is the BEST SPANISH PROF at Cal Poly! She is so fun and entertaining and she's from Spain so she tries to incorporate her home country into the class which is great. She gives you homework which is VALUABLE if you want to learn spanish. She really wants people to participate because she really wants her students to learn Spanish and she helps you a lot if you're willing to show effort and talk to her about your problems. I suggest TAKING HARTIG! She is great and very helpful!

SPAN 201 Junior Grade Earned: N/A Elective 7:54 pm, May 11, 2005 Report Evaluation		She is a FRANCO. Avoid her!!

SPAN 124 Sophomore Grade Earned: B Required (Major) 9:57 pm, Mar 25, 2005 Report Evaluation		You have to be really motivated to actually learn anything. You don't get TON's of homework, but what you do sucks because you have to type it and keep it all together. She isn't very well organized all of the time so you have to be incredibly well organized or your grade will suffer.

SPAN 122 Freshman Grade Earned: B Required (Major) 10:46 pm, Jan 3, 2005 Report Evaluation		She presents a pretty laid back classroom environment but is pretty freaky for your first quarter at poly since she has a spanish accent and usues the vosotros form, but her tests are easy and the essays are nothing. generally, it was an easy class and, though i don't know how the other teachers are I think she was pretty good.

SPAN 101 Senior Grade Earned: A Required (Support) 1:30 pm, Dec 27, 2004 Report Evaluation		This woman is crazy! Everyday she rushed into class frantic and unprepared, demanding respect from her students like they were in elementary or high school. (No gum, no hats, no food, no talking!) She spent half the class enforcing us to write dictations, little essays and oral questions, and then crammed in her lecture about the Spanish language in the last 15 minutes of class up until the very last second (forcing me to miss the bus a few times). She assigned lots of busy work every night and called on people randomly to answer questions. Her tests were hard and prolific to study for, in addition to essays we had to write the day after the test. The lab is worth only 1% of your grade (so no one went) and the workbook is worth 3% (but you have to mark your errors in RED pen). She takes it really personal if you're late or absent. Overall, she has very unrealistic expectations for a Spanish 101 class, but she forced me to pay attention and I learned a lot. Take her if you dare.

SPAN 121 Sophomore Grade Earned: B Required (Support) 1:45 pm, Oct 21, 2004 Report Evaluation		She is a good professor. At first might might seem a little extreme, but she is a good professor. She has oral readings about once a week and there are 3 exams and 2 compositions plus the final which is a composition. This is a fun class and you will learn a lot. If anything the only trouble I had was her accent, but it isn't that bad. Have fun!



SPAN 121 Junior Grade Earned: A Required (Major) 10:31 pm, Sep 28, 2004 Report Evaluation		Senora Ana is the best prof. at Cal Poly. Her organization of the course is excellent and she is always on top of things. SHe expects a lot out of students especially if you can't pronounce well the spanish words. Take her if you are comfortable being in the spotlight because she will pick on you...and she knows to pick on the quite one in the back of the classroom. Great pronounciation too...

SPAN 103 Senior Grade Earned: N/A Required (Support) 9:53 am, Jul 3, 2004 Report Evaluation		Dr. H.F. is one of the best professors Poly has to offer. Not only is she well-versed in her subject and imparts her knowledge to her students, she truly cares about the success of anyone who is trying. She worked with me on several occassions and would not let me fail. I passed with a higher grade than I expected. I would recommend her to anyone who is struggling in Spanish. She is not the easiest teacher to have, but she is by far one of the fairest-if you are sincerely trying.

SPAN 124 Freshman Grade Earned: B Elective 6:21 pm, Jun 17, 2004 Report Evaluation		Spanish 124 was not an enjoyable course for me. Hartig-Ferrer is a good lecturer, but has her shortcomings as would anybody. The curriculum is what made this class bad, not the professor. I came into this course expecting to be writing more than I did. The homework consisted of answering dumb questions, and doing exercises about stupid excerpts that where in the text,which even Hartig-Ferrer hated. fortunately Hartig-Ferrer assigned major essays and compositions which helped us develop our abilities of writing in Spanish. Hartig-Ferrer is opinionated and stubborn at times, but was a very capable instructor. I have no problems with her, but I hated going to Spanish 124.

SPAN 124 Junior Grade Earned: A Elective 7:42 pm, Mar 26, 2004 Report Evaluation		Senora Hartig-Ferrer is a frightening woman. If you feel uncomfortable in the spotlight, DO NOT take her. She will highlight your every mistake like you are the dumbest gringo on the planet. THe 5 or so essays are on easy subjects for the most part but she grades hard so make sure you proofread. If you can take someone else, I highly suggest it. She can make you hate the language.

SPAN 124 Junior Grade Earned: B Required (Support) 6:52 pm, Feb 23, 2004 Report Evaluation		She gives TONS of homework in this class, but I had her for 121 and it wasn't bad at all. She is a nice lady but does expect you to work hard, so if you don't like going to class or participating, don't take her because she won't like you

SPAN 102 Senior Grade Earned: B General Ed 5:26 pm, Jan 22, 2004 Report Evaluation		I thought it was a little ridiculous for the professor to speak all Spanish in a Spanish 102 class, but maybe all the teachers do that. She was pretty nice and personable, and there were many possible points in the class to make up for something that you did bad on. Overall, I didn't enjoy the class, but I was happy to get a B.



SPAN 122 Freshman Grade Earned: A Elective 4:32 pm, Dec 21, 2003 Report Evaluation		Hartig-Ferrer, presents things clearly. She often assigns homework which is not collected, but can be useful. the assignments in the lab manual are very easy, but time conusming and redundant. The listening lab is pointless, and is due every week just about. Her tests are simple, as long as you remember to put the accent marks in the right places. She grades tough on the essays, and composicions. even though I recieved a B on every graded assignment in the class, at the end of the quarter I recieved an A. This class can be challenging but is worth taking.

SPAN 121 Freshman Grade Earned: B Elective 10:56 pm, Dec 4, 2003 Report Evaluation		You could probably describe her as "a few fries short of a happy meal." She was pretty scatter-brained. I took three years of spanish in high school, so I figured I was prepared for this class. I did alright. The biggest problem I had (and most students who took spanish in high school will probably have the same problem) was that because she's from Spain, she has more of a Castilian accent. I had a hard time understanding her because of this. Also, I never learned the vostros tense in high school spanish because we live in the US, near Mexico, and Mexican spanish doesn't use vosotros. Her tests often included this tense, so I didn't always do so well on those parts. Other than that, I did well on the tests. You'll want to make sure you do the homework, but often, it's hard to know which homework to do. If you had at least three years of spanish in high school, you should be successful in this class. Otherwise, take another spanish course because this one definitely isn't for beginners.

SPAN 121 Sophomore Grade Earned: A Required (Major) 3:19 pm, Dec 2, 2003 Report Evaluation		This lady is a little wacky, but a pretty good teacher. You have to put some effort in the class, but if you try hard you can get a good grade. She really stresses the oral participation part of the class, but will humiliate you if mess up. I know she's just joking, but some people dont see it that way. She can be ruthless, she made a girl in my class cry. I'm not saying don't take her (not that there are many options anyway) just go into it with a sense of humor and be willing to work hard.

SPAN 122 Freshman Grade Earned: N/A Elective 12:50 pm, Nov 3, 2003 Report Evaluation		This woman is crazy. She comes to class 15 minutes late every day asking which class she is about to teach...then she continues on with the loosest lesson plan I have ever seen. I feel I taught myself everything that I learned in her class. I sugest you buy the book and save tuition money and enroll in a class that you dont have to teach yourself. Good luck.

SPAN 121 Sophomore Grade Earned: C Required (Support) 3:00 pm, Jun 18, 2003 Report Evaluation		Hartig-Ferrer is the definition of a dynamic personality. The first day she told us that we could not wear hats, slouch in our seats, chew gum, or bring any liquids besides water to class. She is intimidating at first, but then I got used to her. Her tests are challenging and the labs and notebooks are almost worth nothing, but they are good study aides so do them.

SPAN 124 Freshman Grade Earned: B Required (Major) 12:14 pm, May 25, 2003 Report Evaluation		Sra. Hartig-Ferrer is a ridiculous woman. She is hillarious and keeps the class moving with her Spanish humor. I had her for 121 which was so easy I didn't even have to take the final, but 124 is a different story. This class is worse than an English writing class. I have turned in a paper in Spanish every time every T/R since the beginning of the quarter. There is no structure to the class, I seriously think she comes up with assignments in her head at the end and half of the time she never collects the papers. There was a syllabus, but she has never followed it and originally she said we would write 5 papers for the class, but at this point I think it has been more like 15. Do yourself an favor and don't take it unless you have to...in the event that you do have to, don't buy the book because it is worthless and doesn't help at all. I think she may have even forgotten that we have a book for the class.



SPAN 121 Senior Grade Earned: A Elective 2:54 pm, Apr 24, 2003 Report Evaluation		Dr. Hartig-Ferrer presents the material clearly and is willing to help students with questions.

SPAN 301 5th Year Senior Grade Earned: A Required (Major) 1:26 pm, Dec 18, 2002 Report Evaluation		Ms. Hartig-Ferrer is a very dinamic individual who comes to class expecting each student to participate and have done the homework and understood it. Sometimes her directions on the assignments are very confusing and the whole class would do it incorrectly and then we would have to repeat it. But as a lecturer she is facinating and obviously knows her stuff. We had a journal, reading and 4 essays. The very typical description, narration, exposition and argumentative. We were allowed to pick our topics on the first three and the 4th, she had us read YERMA, the poetic play by Frederico Garcia-Lorca and decide whether Yerma was excusable or not in murdering her husband. Half the class for each side, so some were assigned a side. That play was hard to read, not so much because of vocabulary, which did prove challenging, but all the symbolic meanings and unsaid hints, music and poetry. The first part of the class was very easy, but that last essay caused major grief for many students. Attendance is sometimes graded and sometimes not. There are also in-class writes that are usually unannounced. I would recommend this teacher to anyone willing to work hard and wanting to learn the language and culture. Just be sure to go to office hours, as the assignments are often unclear at first.

SPAN 121 Junior Grade Earned: N/A Elective 3:52 pm, Nov 14, 2002 Report Evaluation		I really enjoyed her class. It is not like you don't have to study for the class, she is rather demanding. But she presents the stuff in a very humerous, exciting and interesting way, and you never have the feeling that you can't handle it. She gives interesting presentations about the culture in different countries, and then you have to write about it. She really teaches you what you need to know. I really improved my spanish a lot during the course, and would defenitely recommend her.

SPAN 121 Freshman Grade Earned: A General Ed 11:01 pm, Jan 24, 2002 Report Evaluation		Professor Hartig-Ferrer was awesome! Sure, she can be tough, but she is still very straigt forward. However, there is a lot of oral in her class. Her tests (there are 2) are basically her asking you things in Spanish, and you have to write the answers. But it's pretty easy, because she practically tells you what she is going to ask and what to study for the test. She knows her grammar really well, and can be funny too. You have to write three essays in her class, go to lab for listening exercises, and the final is just like the regualr tests. She's open to students who are having trouble in her class, and when you're learning a language, that's really helpful. She doesn't let you slide though. So, if you're willing to work, Hartig-Ferrer is the right choice because you'll come out of her class actually knowing the language.

SPAN 121 Freshman Grade Earned: B Required (Support) 2:12 pm, Jan 11, 2002 Report Evaluation		She is a pretty cool teacher. Once you realize that you have to study hard for it, your grade will go up. Give an effort and she'll recognize it.

SPAN 121 Junior Grade Earned: A Elective 4:58 pm, Dec 11, 2001 Report Evaluation		She truely cares about her students. She makes her classes interesting and makes you want to learn. Definetly take her if you ever need to take Spanish



SPAN 101 Junior Grade Earned: C Required (Major) 8:42 pm, Aug 1, 2001 Report Evaluation		Hartig-Ferrer had her own little favorites in the class (all girls). She was absolutely rude to her students and could give a damn ablut anything. Horrible woman and teacher. Hard to believe that I was one of her favorites too.

SPAN 102 Sophomore Grade Earned: A Elective 3:50 pm, Mar 16, 2000 Report Evaluation		Hartig-Ferrer is not an easy professor, but if you really want to learn the material she is great. Her homework assignments are relevant and she understands how a person learns a second language (she speaks four or five herself). She is able to explain concepts with clarity and challenges you to study and think for yourself. Some don't like her aggresive style of teaching, but she's just trying to get you to learn. If you want to actually learn Spanish, take Hartig-Ferrer. If you don't and you just want credit for the class, take someone else.

SPAN 103 Sophomore Grade Earned: Credit Required (Support) 8:29 pm, Oct 20, 1999 Report Evaluation		This instructor is abrasive and strict. She demands absolute attention and no talking in the classroom, not an unreasonable expectation. While she demands absolute respect for herself, she does not seem to accord that respect back to the students. I felt as if I were still in high school, not being treated as an adult. She does not seem to have much instinct on evaluating the progress of the class as a whole. At many times the class felt lost, but she didn't seem to notice. From what I could perceive from the rest of the class, no one was very happy with her.

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