Professor Koenig always cares her student and lectures are somewhat helpful. However, her grading criteria is pretty vague and sometimes confusing. Suggestions are somewhat helpful but mostly so broad and confusing. She may deny some of her previous suggestions and tell you that it is not feasible after few days submitting your paper.Rate My Professors ↗
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JANE KOENIG
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Quality 3/5Difficulty 4/5
Quality 1/5Difficulty 5/5
Jane is simply not fit to teach this class. Her feedback to my essays were to broad and often not helpful. She does not respond to her emails and is hardly accessible outside of the classroom. DON'T take her class; if she is the only instructor available, don't take this class that semester and defer taking it to the next semester if you can.Rate My Professors ↗
Quality 5/5Difficulty 3/5
She is very kind and nice. She always cares about students' feelings and tries to give useful and great feedback. During the conference, she gives much effective advice and tries her best to improve our writing skills. After taking this course, I did learn more about how to effectively write an essay.Rate My Professors ↗
Quality 1/5Difficulty 4/5
Worst instructor that I have ever met in UW Madison. I have never seen any professor who makes so much mistakes when giving us feedbacks during the conference. Also It makes me think that she is a huge populist. I got an A since I worked super hard but you will never expect easy grade in this class and plus dense hw. Avoid this class if you can.Rate My Professors ↗
Quality 5/5Difficulty 3/5
Honestly, if you take a writing course, you are expected to stay up late for some days, and this is normal for a class like ESL 118. Jane is a very caring instructor and she gave me a lot of constructive feedback during conferences. She made me feel that ESL 118 is not as hard as other described and writing paper is a fun creative process.Rate My Professors ↗
Quality 5/5Difficulty 3/5
Jane always tried to cheer us up. She's energetic and warm. Indeed this is a tough course and definitely hard to pass. But she gave a lot of comments though her handwriting can be a little bit ineligible. She also tried to extend the deadlines for a few days (which is lenient for 118) if we really couldn't finish our drafts.Rate My Professors ↗
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Classes with JANE KOENIG
ESL 118
Academic Writing II
3 creditsESL 118 teaches academic writing, critical reading, argumentation, research paper organization, and oral communication skills.
No offering record · Fall 2021
with this instructor · course overall, matching historical terms
historical GPA · grades
Spring 2017–Fall 2021Recorded teaching history
Distinct courses recorded per term
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| Term | Course | Title |
|---|---|---|
| Fall 2021 | ESL 118 | Academic Writing II |
| Fall 2020 | ESL 118 | Academic Writing II |
| Spring 2020 | ESL 118 | Academic Writing II |
| Spring 2020 | ESL 349 | Academic Writing for Graduate Students |
| Fall 2019 | ESL 118 | Academic Writing II |
| Spring 2019 | ESL 118 | Academic Writing II |
| Spring 2019 | ESL 344 | Academic Presentations and Discussion |
| Spring 2019 | ESL 349 | Academic Writing for Graduate Students |
| Fall 2018 | ESL 118 | Academic Writing II |
| Spring 2018 | ESL 118 | Academic Writing II |
| Fall 2017 | ESL 349 | Academic Writing for Graduate Students |
| Spring 2017 | ESL 110 | Intensive English as a Second Language |
| Spring 2017 | ESL 118 | Academic Writing II |
| Fall 2016 | ESL 118 | Academic Writing II |
| Fall 2016 | ESL 352 | English for Lawyers |
| Spring 2016 | ESL 118 | Academic Writing II |
| Spring 2016 | ESL 370 | International Ta Training |
| Fall 2015 | ESL 118 | Academic Writing II |
| Spring 2015 | ENGL 616 | Tesol: Teaching of Reading |
| Spring 2015 | ENGL 617 | Tesol: Teaching of Writing |
| Spring 2015 | ESL 118 | Academic Writing II |
| Fall 2014 | ESL 117 | Academic Writing I |
| Fall 2014 | ESL 344 | Academic Presentations and Discussion |
Teaching history may be incomplete. Course pages contain course-specific feedback and citations.
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