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JANE KOENIG

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Raw average: 3.46/5 from 13 quality ratings. The adjusted rating blends this with the UW review average (3.66/5), weighted as 20 additional ratings. Smaller samples stay closer to that average. Each captured review is counted once in the prior; this does not correct who chooses to leave a review.

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ESL 118
Quality 3/5Difficulty 4/5
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.
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ESL 118
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.
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ESL 118
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.
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ENG118 · course not matched
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.
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ESL 118
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.
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ENG118 · course not matched
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.
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Classes with JANE KOENIG

ESL 118 teaches academic writing, critical reading, argumentation, research paper organization, and oral communication skills.

No offering record · Fall 2021

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historical GPA · grades

Spring 2017–Fall 2021

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Fall 2021ESL 118Academic Writing II
Fall 2020ESL 118Academic Writing II
Spring 2020ESL 118Academic Writing II
Spring 2020ESL 349Academic Writing for Graduate Students
Fall 2019ESL 118Academic Writing II
Spring 2019ESL 118Academic Writing II
Spring 2019ESL 344Academic Presentations and Discussion
Spring 2019ESL 349Academic Writing for Graduate Students
Fall 2018ESL 118Academic Writing II
Spring 2018ESL 118Academic Writing II
Fall 2017ESL 349Academic Writing for Graduate Students
Spring 2017ESL 110Intensive English as a Second Language
Spring 2017ESL 118Academic Writing II
Fall 2016ESL 118Academic Writing II
Fall 2016ESL 352English for Lawyers
Spring 2016ESL 118Academic Writing II
Spring 2016ESL 370International Ta Training
Fall 2015ESL 118Academic Writing II
Spring 2015ENGL 616Tesol: Teaching of Reading
Spring 2015ENGL 617Tesol: Teaching of Writing
Spring 2015ESL 118Academic Writing II
Fall 2014ESL 117Academic Writing I
Fall 2014ESL 344Academic Presentations and Discussion

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