Yasuko France - University of Victoria

Professor: Yasuko France
Department: Pacific & Asian Studies
College: University of Victoria
Rating # 1
Overview:
  • Course: PAAS138
  • Grade Received: B+
  • Overall Rating: 3.5
  • Course Difficulty: 4.0
  • For Credit: Yes
  • Textbook Used: Yes
  • Would Take Again: N/A
  • Attendance: Mandatory
Comment:
Marking is very hard, cheating is not a option. If you took her class, you will sure learn the textbook very well. She will cover every single detail on the textbook, and give you LOTS OF homework. She is cool with that " I don't care" attitude, please consider carefully before taking her course.
Rating # 2
Overview:
  • Course: PAAS131
  • Grade Received: N/A
  • Overall Rating: 1.0
  • Course Difficulty: 4.0
  • For Credit: N/A
  • Textbook Used: Yes
  • Would Take Again: N/A
  • Attendance: N/A
Comment:
do not take her classes if you want to learn more than what's in the textbook. all she does is read through the textbook's grammar points with no further explanation. very unhelpful and does pick on students. her accents very strong and is difficult to understand. do NOT take her class.
Rating # 3
Overview:
  • Course: PAAS131
  • Grade Received: N/A
  • Overall Rating: 2.5
  • Course Difficulty: 4.0
  • For Credit: N/A
  • Textbook Used: Yes
  • Would Take Again: N/A
  • Attendance: N/A
Comment:
I was going to take PAAS 230 next semester, but, she is rather strict in her grading. Im a little afraid as she's the only one teaching next semester so... I think Im going to wait. Minimum grade required to continue is B and I got a B. So... You see... I dont usually get B's in Jap ! Proves her hard.!!
Rating # 4
Overview:
  • Course: PAAS130
  • Grade Received: N/A
  • Overall Rating: 1.5
  • Course Difficulty: 4.0
  • For Credit: N/A
  • Textbook Used: Yes
  • Would Take Again: N/A
  • Attendance: N/A
Comment:
I had a lot of previous Jap. experience, so I was fine, however my classmates were completely lost. France was horribly unhelpful, because she intimidated and picked on students to the point where they would just give up. Definitely the worst teacher I've had at Uvic. Greate course, horrible prof.
Rating # 5
Overview:
  • Course: PAAS131
  • Grade Received: N/A
  • Overall Rating: 3.5
  • Course Difficulty: 4.0
  • For Credit: N/A
  • Textbook Used: Yes
  • Would Take Again: N/A
  • Attendance: N/A
Comment:
She's a little hard to understand at first because she has a really heavy accent, but she explains all the grammar points in the textbook really well. Be careful on the tests because she'll catch you on the tiniest grammar mistakes. I remembered more from her class than the three years I took in high school.
Rating # 6
Overview:
  • Course: JAPA149
  • Grade Received: N/A
  • Overall Rating: 3.0
  • Course Difficulty: 5.0
  • For Credit: N/A
  • Textbook Used: Yes
  • Would Take Again: N/A
  • Attendance: N/A
Comment:
Tough tough prof. If you work hard you can get a good mark, but she is a very tough teacher. She's extremely critical and traditional in her teaching style. Gave ridiculous amounts of assignments. I've taken intensive language courses before and I knew there would be quite a large amount of work but the amount she gave was RIDICULOUS.
Rating # 7
Overview:
  • Course: JAPA150
  • Grade Received: N/A
  • Overall Rating: 2.0
  • Course Difficulty: 3.0
  • For Credit: N/A
  • Textbook Used: Yes
  • Would Take Again: N/A
  • Attendance: N/A
Comment:
Had for both 150 and 249. There is not much that you gain from this class that you can not pull straight out of the textbook. Some people were more confused by the teacher than the text. She does a poor job of covering and discussing the graded assignments in class.
Rating # 8
Overview:
  • Course: JAPA150
  • Grade Received: N/A
  • Overall Rating: 3.0
  • Course Difficulty: 4.0
  • For Credit: N/A
  • Textbook Used: N/A
  • Would Take Again: N/A
  • Attendance: N/A
Comment:
Difficult class, but it is a full year in half a year. Make sure not to take the 8:30 class or you'll skip too much. Alright prof, didn't really teach much that you couldn't read straight from the text book. Lectures and labs seemed pointless.
Rating # 9
Overview:
  • Course: JAPA149
  • Grade Received: N/A
  • Overall Rating: 1.0
  • Course Difficulty: 4.0
  • For Credit: N/A
  • Textbook Used: N/A
  • Would Take Again: N/A
  • Attendance: N/A
Comment:
worst japanese instructor u can have, she doesn't know what she's talking about half the time.
Rating # 10
Overview:
  • Course: JAPA149
  • Grade Received: N/A
  • Overall Rating: 4.5
  • Course Difficulty: 3.0
  • For Credit: N/A
  • Textbook Used: N/A
  • Would Take Again: N/A
  • Attendance: N/A
Comment:
An excellent teacher. Pleasant, and very approachable if you're having troubles. Despite having English as a second language and the huge amount of subject matter to cram into the course (which others here have stupidly blamed on her), she handles it very well. I recommend her.
Rating # 11
Overview:
  • Course: JAP149
  • Grade Received: N/A
  • Overall Rating: 4.5
  • Course Difficulty: 1.0
  • For Credit: N/A
  • Textbook Used: N/A
  • Would Take Again: N/A
  • Attendance: Not Mandatory
Comment:
Excellent teacher! Her English is not very good but it does not matter much because the topic is Japanese. And she is from Tokyo so students can learn the superior Eastern accent. The course might be chanllenging for some, but afterall this is an intensive 3 credit class. You had to work your ass.
Rating # 12
Overview:
  • Course: JAP149
  • Grade Received: N/A
  • Overall Rating: 4.5
  • Course Difficulty: 3.0
  • For Credit: N/A
  • Textbook Used: N/A
  • Would Take Again: N/A
  • Attendance: N/A
Comment:
ah ha, so much bashing here. She didn't turn out like what you all said here. yes, she has high expectations for her students and the pace is quick. so i recommend those who slack off on a regular basis not take her class. our class average is B this year, because everybody studied and enjoyed!!!!
Rating # 13
Overview:
  • Course: JAP149
  • Grade Received: N/A
  • Overall Rating: 2.0
  • Course Difficulty: 3.0
  • For Credit: N/A
  • Textbook Used: N/A
  • Would Take Again: N/A
  • Attendance: N/A
Comment:
overall she's nice but sometimes she can be cocky. Poor explaination but I think she tried to be a good teacher. Some of her jokes are ok, the others are funny because they are not funny at all. she said she doesn't like smoking, but she was a smoker. She's a fashion girl.
Rating # 14
Overview:
  • Course: JAPA249
  • Grade Received: N/A
  • Overall Rating: 1.0
  • Course Difficulty: 5.0
  • For Credit: N/A
  • Textbook Used: N/A
  • Would Take Again: N/A
  • Attendance: N/A
Comment:
warui sensei...(no word to say)
Rating # 15
Overview:
  • Course: JAP190
  • Grade Received: N/A
  • Overall Rating: 4.5
  • Course Difficulty: 3.0
  • For Credit: N/A
  • Textbook Used: N/A
  • Would Take Again: N/A
  • Attendance: N/A
Comment:
Great Japanese teacher. A bit too fast... but she really cares and tries hard to help her students out as much as she can! Good sense of humor and alway entertaining lectures! What a sweet lady! AWESOME!!!
Rating # 16
Overview:
  • Course: JAPA249
  • Grade Received: N/A
  • Overall Rating: 2.0
  • Course Difficulty: 4.0
  • For Credit: N/A
  • Textbook Used: N/A
  • Would Take Again: N/A
  • Attendance: N/A
Comment:
Kind woman usually, but her English isn't good. Gives awful notes and relies heavily on homework. Pesteres students when they have trouble answering a question. She copies questions for tests stright from coursepack/text and marks unfairly at times.
Rating # 17
Overview:
  • Course: JAPA149
  • Grade Received: N/A
  • Overall Rating: 2.5
  • Course Difficulty: 4.0
  • For Credit: N/A
  • Textbook Used: N/A
  • Would Take Again: N/A
  • Attendance: N/A
Comment:
Very difficult prof. Poor organization leads to a lot of material being covered 2-3 days before the end of the course. Very friendly and pleasant though.
Rating # 18
Overview:
  • Course: JAPA150
  • Grade Received: N/A
  • Overall Rating: 1.0
  • Course Difficulty: 4.0
  • For Credit: N/A
  • Textbook Used: N/A
  • Would Take Again: N/A
  • Attendance: N/A
Comment:
SHe is nice but horrible teacher! So not organized. She misses so much stuff all the time and tries to jamm it all before the tests! Explaination weren't clear. she just tell you to memorizes it all!! take kimura instead!!!
Rating # 19
Overview:
  • Course: JAPA150
  • Grade Received: N/A
  • Overall Rating: 4.0
  • Course Difficulty: 3.0
  • For Credit: N/A
  • Textbook Used: N/A
  • Would Take Again: N/A
  • Attendance: N/A
Comment:
Very good sensei
Rating # 20
Overview:
  • Course: JAPA149
  • Grade Received: N/A
  • Overall Rating: 2.0
  • Course Difficulty: 4.0
  • For Credit: N/A
  • Textbook Used: N/A
  • Would Take Again: N/A
  • Attendance: N/A
Comment:
way too much work..and is picky on my japanese pronunciation...
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