DC
23. Sep. 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
29. Nov. 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.
von Lucy S
•29. Aug. 2017
It's an excellent introduction to linguistics! This course gives learners a general picture of how the field of linguistics look like. Assignments and assessments are of moderate difficulty. Definitely worth taking it!
von Elisabet S
•11. Nov. 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!
von J. E
•11. Okt. 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.
von Yaroslava F
•22. Juni 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.
von Juan A M O
•30. Juni 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).
von Pascal W
•21. Juli 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!
von SUZANNE R
•13. Aug. 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
von Zhibiao Z
•7. Apr. 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.
von Sara M A
•25. März 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.
von Zuza J
•27. Apr. 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.
von Ewa P
•13. Aug. 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.
von Jianqiu C
•17. Nov. 2020
Good introduction course for linguistics, although some quiz questions are asked ambiguously and no choises looks right, and no one knows the answer.
von Nata S
•12. Nov. 2017
A very nice introduction, covers a variety of topics that different branches of linguistics study, is not theory-heavy and is quite entertaining.
von William F
•10. Juni 2017
This is a decent introduction to the field of linguistics that is easy to understand and accessible to those without previous content knowledge.
von Hazem A
•8. Mai 2021
A great introduction to linguistics! Enjoyable although I found some difficulties in some topics! Recommend it to all beginners in the field.
von Steven
•28. Dez. 2021
Some exams asked for a little too much trivia (including the final exam), but the course was overall informative and well-structured.
von Sallai K
•12. Apr. 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.
von Mel
•25. Juni 2018
A comprehensive introductory course to the study of linguistics. Would be even better if it covers more applied linguistics topics.
von Daniele C R
•9. Okt. 2016
Very nice work on the various fields of Linguistics, high level interviews, but rather laborious and time consuming quizzes.
von Paveen P
•31. Jan. 2021
The only downside is that it was too short. Very informative and I've learned a lot that would prove useful in psychology.
von Liz J
•11. Sep. 2016
I enjoyed the course and learned a lot. I wish there had been more interaction in the discussions, though.
von Franco A C C
•30. Mai 2021
Es un buen curso. Una lástima (y una sorpresa) que no tenga un video conclusivo luego del último módulo.
von Xiaoyun Y
•12. März 2019
It is a great course including details and all aspects of linguistics. It satisfies my curiosity!
von Mustafa K
•14. Mai 2017
Thank you for your great effort making this course possible for people from all over the world.