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Huimin Lin - Langara College

Professor: Huimin Lin

Department: Languages

College: Langara College

Rating # 1

Overview:

Course: CHI1115
Grade Received: N/A
Overall Rating: 4.0
Course Difficulty: 3.0

For Credit: Yes
Textbook Used: Yes
Would Take Again: No
Attendance: N/A

Comment:

If you're thinking that this will be an easy A, think again. I believe this course is better taken in person. Definitely doable online but you're going to have to spend some time on this course.

Rating # 2

Overview:

Course: CHIN1115
Grade Received: A
Overall Rating: 4.0
Course Difficulty: 4.0

For Credit: Yes
Textbook Used: Yes
Would Take Again: Yes
Attendance: Not Mandatory

Comment:

She's a bit of a tough grader and there's homework for each lesson and more extra materials given by her. If you want a good grade you really have to work for it. But she's really nice and understanding if you're ever having difficulty, don't hesitate to reach out to her.

Rating # 3

Overview:

Course: CHIN1115
Grade Received: A-
Overall Rating: 5.0
Course Difficulty: 2.0

For Credit: Yes
Textbook Used: Yes
Would Take Again: Yes
Attendance: Mandatory

Comment:

Very good Chinese prof, would take again

Rating # 4

Overview:

Course: CHIN1115
Grade Received: A+
Overall Rating: 5.0
Course Difficulty: 2.0

For Credit: Yes
Textbook Used: Yes
Would Take Again: Yes
Attendance: Mandatory

Comment:

She is the best professor in Langara so far. She is really caring, she helped me even it wasn't her office hours. Remember everything that's on D2L and you can get an easy A. She also mentions about the bonus mark questions (gives us the question and the answer) during class, so attendance is very important.

Rating # 5

Overview:

Course: CHIN1125
Grade Received: A
Overall Rating: 5.0
Course Difficulty: 3.0

For Credit: Yes
Textbook Used: Yes
Would Take Again: Yes
Attendance: Not Mandatory

Comment:

I have taken 2 courses with her. She's amazing.

Rating # 6

Overview:

Course: CHIN1115
Grade Received: A+
Overall Rating: 5.0
Course Difficulty: 4.0

For Credit: Yes
Textbook Used: Yes
Would Take Again: Yes
Attendance: Mandatory

Comment:

She's funny and caring. She made her lectures enjoyable with stories and explanations for characters. She gives bonus marks for quiz in class so make sure you show up to get it. It's stressful sometimes to remember all the characters and pinyin and how to speak but as long as you put effort, you will be fine.

Rating # 7

Overview:

Course: CHIN1115
Grade Received: B+
Overall Rating: 5.0
Course Difficulty: 4.0

For Credit: Yes
Textbook Used: Yes
Would Take Again: Yes
Attendance: Mandatory

Comment:

I enjoyed her classes with stories and games. I learned a lot, considering Im not Asian descendant. She made Chinese easy and fun.

Rating # 8

Overview:

Course: CHIN1215
Grade Received: B
Overall Rating: 4.0
Course Difficulty: 3.0

For Credit: Yes
Textbook Used: Yes
Would Take Again: Yes
Attendance: Mandatory

Comment:

I enjoyed her classes

Rating # 9

Overview:

Course: CHINESE1115
Grade Received: A-
Overall Rating: 4.0
Course Difficulty: 3.0

For Credit: Yes
Textbook Used: Yes
Would Take Again: Yes
Attendance: Mandatory

Comment:

Difficult to follow? No! But I agree that if you are confident about your Chinese reading and speaking skills, take the final oral is much less work than the presentation, especially if you choose the wrong group member. I have learned a lot. She tells stories to explain the characters, no other Chinese teachers have done that.

Rating # 10

Overview:

Course: CHI1115
Grade Received: N/A
Overall Rating: 1.0
Course Difficulty: 4.0

For Credit: Yes
Textbook Used: Yes
Would Take Again: No
Attendance: Mandatory

Comment:

not an easy course...

Rating # 11

Overview:

Course: CHIN1115
Grade Received: N/A
Overall Rating: 4.0
Course Difficulty: 3.0

For Credit: Yes
Textbook Used: Yes
Would Take Again: Yes
Attendance: Mandatory

Comment:

She gives a quiz each week that follows the textbook; memorize the chunyu for a bonus mark! Watch out for in-class participation and the oral presentation. The participation marks are calculated relative to your peers and you must memorize your oral presentation or receive under 70%! Overall, she is a fair marker and gives lots of bonus marks

Rating # 12

Overview:

Course: CHIN1115
Grade Received: Not sure yet
Overall Rating: 3.0
Course Difficulty: 4.0

For Credit: Yes
Textbook Used: Yes
Would Take Again: Yes
Attendance: Mandatory

Comment:

She's a nice teacher but it is difficult to follow along. Except final (study hard), will be fine if u look up D2L n practice. For the final oral I'd recommend test (3min) instead of presentation (5min/ppl) since it wasn't hard as I thought. This course wasn't so tough cuz my language have some Chinese, but I didn't feel like it's BEGINNERS COURSE.

Rating # 13

Overview:

Course: CHIN1115
Grade Received: N/A
Overall Rating: 1.0
Course Difficulty: 4.0

For Credit: Yes
Textbook Used: Yes
Would Take Again: No
Attendance: Mandatory

Comment:

she's very nice but her notes and what she's saying is very difficult to follow along. she jumps from topic to topic a lot during lectures. make sure you show up, Tough grader and the quizzes and exams are worded differently from the textbook and lecture. she had no office hours before the midterm and final, only after.

Rating # 14

Overview:

Course: CHI1115
Grade Received: A
Overall Rating: 5.0
Course Difficulty: 4.0

For Credit: Yes
Textbook Used: Yes
Would Take Again: Yes
Attendance: Mandatory

Comment:

the nerve of some of you expecting learning a langauge to be easy and a teacher to kiss your butt. kind woman, challenging class. half an hour a day at least studying at home. it is a tough class NOT A GPA BOOSTER.

Rating # 15

Overview:

Course: CHIN1115
Grade Received: A-
Overall Rating: 4.0
Course Difficulty: 4.0

For Credit: Yes
Textbook Used: Yes
Would Take Again: Yes
Attendance: Mandatory

Comment:

great prof overall, especially for the early levels of chinese. she's not as good with explaining grammar, but to be fair, chinese is tough. the biggest problem i've had is that her translation questions are HARD. she'll use different english words for the same translation, or different translations for the same english. it's not consistent.

Rating # 16

Overview:

Course: CHIN1115
Grade Received: N/A
Overall Rating: 2.0
Course Difficulty: 4.0

For Credit: N/A
Textbook Used: Yes
Would Take Again: No
Attendance: Mandatory

Comment:

At the beginning of the semester, her lectures were very well organized and she explained the topics very well. However, during the end of the semester, her lectures were very boring and she didn't put much effort. You need to attend class to pass! She expects a lot from her students, sometimes a little too much. You constantly need to be studying

Rating # 17

Overview:

Course: CHIN1217
Grade Received: Not sure yet
Overall Rating: 2.0
Course Difficulty: 3.0

For Credit: Yes
Textbook Used: Yes
Would Take Again: No
Attendance: Mandatory

Comment:

I thought this class was a chance to boost my GPA .. but even with Chinese descent, I had to study to get good grades. The oral exams were brutal because she did not give us much preparation and you only had one chance to do it. Apparently participation marks are through the use of Quizlet and most of my classmates barely passed to get those marks

Rating # 18

Overview:

Course: CHIN1215
Grade Received: A
Overall Rating: 4.0
Course Difficulty: 2.0

For Credit: Yes
Textbook Used: Yes
Would Take Again: Yes
Attendance: Mandatory

Comment:

As long as you spend an hour a week, you're good to go. Everything is easy except for the oral exams. Literally did not use textbook, except for in class reading. Everything is on D2l

Rating # 19

Overview:

Course: CHIN1215
Grade Received: A+
Overall Rating: 4.0
Course Difficulty: 4.0

For Credit: Yes
Textbook Used: Yes
Would Take Again: Yes
Attendance: Mandatory

Comment:

She is nice, but not easy. As someone who has chinese background, I still had to work for this course. 5 quizzes (8% each), 2 oral tests, 1 mid and 1 final. Oral exams are hard, really strict on the tones whereas she never makes sure we can pronounce the words well. Take this course if you're confident with your chinese!

Rating # 20

Overview:

Course: CHIN1115
Grade Received: N/A
Overall Rating: 5.0
Course Difficulty: 4.0

For Credit: N/A
Textbook Used: Yes
Would Take Again: Yes
Attendance: Mandatory

Comment:

Ms Lin is a great teacher. I loved the way she described some of the characters with stories, some true from history, some she just makes up. It makes it much easier to remember how to write them all, if you have a story to go with the word. Also her outfits are always so good.

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