DC
Sep 23, 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
Nov 29, 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.
By Michelle C
•Aug 6, 2024
Very interesting course, I found the content easy to follow. Some of the questions felt a little abstract in relation to the content, but perhaps that was user error in trying to complete quickly!
By Juan A M O
•Jun 30, 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).
By Pascal W
•Jul 21, 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!
By Edria M
•May 13, 2024
My intention in this course was to learn more about this topic. I achieved this goal. My only suggestion is to check all links to readings and external sites. in some cases these did not work.
By SUZANNE R
•Aug 13, 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
By Zhibiao Z
•Apr 7, 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.
By Sara A
•Mar 25, 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.
By Zuza J
•Apr 27, 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.
By Ewa P
•Aug 13, 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.
By Jianqiu C
•Nov 17, 2020
Good introduction course for linguistics, although some quiz questions are asked ambiguously and no choises looks right, and no one knows the answer.
By Nata S
•Nov 12, 2017
A very nice introduction, covers a variety of topics that different branches of linguistics study, is not theory-heavy and is quite entertaining.
By William F
•Jun 10, 2017
This is a decent introduction to the field of linguistics that is easy to understand and accessible to those without previous content knowledge.
By Hazem A
•May 8, 2021
A great introduction to linguistics! Enjoyable although I found some difficulties in some topics! Recommend it to all beginners in the field.
By Steven
•Dec 28, 2021
Some exams asked for a little too much trivia (including the final exam), but the course was overall informative and well-structured.
By Mesoma
•Aug 28, 2022
Very informative! Really helped me gain a basic understanding of linguistics and confirm that I would like to study it further at uni
By Sallai K
•Apr 12, 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.
By Mel
•Jun 25, 2018
A comprehensive introductory course to the study of linguistics. Would be even better if it covers more applied linguistics topics.
By Daniele C R
•Oct 9, 2016
Very nice work on the various fields of Linguistics, high level interviews, but rather laborious and time consuming quizzes.
By Paveen P
•Jan 31, 2021
The only downside is that it was too short. Very informative and I've learned a lot that would prove useful in psychology.
By Daniel G
•Aug 14, 2022
The course was great! It was all explained with a lot of detail, the 3rd quiz was very tricky though.
Congratulations!
By Liz J
•Sep 11, 2016
I enjoyed the course and learned a lot. I wish there had been more interaction in the discussions, though.
By Franco A C C
•May 30, 2021
Es un buen curso. Una lástima (y una sorpresa) que no tenga un video conclusivo luego del último módulo.
By Xiaoyun Y
•Mar 12, 2019
It is a great course including details and all aspects of linguistics. It satisfies my curiosity!
By Mustafa K
•May 14, 2017
Thank you for your great effort making this course possible for people from all over the world.