ESL 349 teaches graduate-level academic writing, including discourse analysis, critical analysis, and crafting results and discussion sections.
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Historical review of Karen Best describes her as the worst ESL teacher at UW-Madison with a low quality rating.
DANIELLE SCHEFFLER is recorded teaching in Fall 2024, Fall 2025. Recorded history may be incomplete and does not establish a future schedule.
KAREN BEST is recorded teaching in Fall 2020, Fall 2021. Recorded history may be incomplete and does not establish a future schedule.
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| LEC 001 | Classroom Instruction | 0 / 0 | 0 |
| LEC 002 | Classroom Instruction | 0 / 0 | 0 |
| LEC 003 | Online Only | 20 / 18 | 0 |
| LEC 004 | Classroom Instruction | 0 / 0 | 0 |
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A single historical review describes Karen Best as the worst ESL teacher, though this reflects one opinion from 2021.
The sole review provides a difficulty rating of 2, indicating an easy experience under the historical instructor.
Historical reviews of Karen Best: The reviewer reported a highly negative experience with Karen Best, rating her quality as 1 out of 5.
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Academic Writing for Graduate Students
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