Margarita Shirinian

ESL55 · ESL54AND55 · 5 lifetime ratings

AI rating: 48/100
RMP rating: 3.4/5
Take again: 50%
Difficulty: 3.4

The decision

if you want rigorous ESL grammar help and will do the homework; skip if .

Best fit · Effort For RewardPassionate Grammar CoachLots of HomeworkTough GraderTest HeavyInconsistent Clarity

Strong praise for grammar teaching and student care from several long-term reviews
Recent criticism that lectures rely on YouTube with
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Key questions

Four answers before you build your schedule.

Is this an easy A?

HardWork

42/100

Grades like A+ and B+ appear, but tough-grader and effort.

Is the course easy?

Standard

42/100

ESL grammar content is useful but can feel hard when prior ESL knowledge is assumed and .

Is attendance flexible?

Mandatory

25/100

as mandatory for credit ESL sections.

Is this professor recommended?

Depends

52/100

; fans love grammar growth while critics cite weak live teaching.

Course guide

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Grading

Strict

32/100

Tough grader tags and a .

Format shift

Workload

Heavy

28/100

Lots of , and .

Format shift

Teaching experience

Average

58/100

reports of reading from books and posting videos instead of teaching.

Format shift

Assessment method

Balanced

55/100

Homework, essays, group projects, and .

Format shift

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Course format

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Classroom format

In person

5 reviews

Medium confidence · Best fit for Effort For Reward

many students call her passionate and , while others say she assigns videos instead of explaining and is a .

Main concern

Unclear explanations and .

What students said

“Dr. Margarita Shirinian is not only an amazing professor but also a good human being.”
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“ you a YouTube video to watch it”
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“Just need to work hard. .”
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Remote format

Online

0 reviews

Low confidence

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Main concern

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Exam style

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Reviews call the class test heavy but do .

Test heavyIn-class tests

Assessment risk

Standard

48/100

Low score means less forgiving assessment conditions.

In person

; one student passed tests with Cs yet failed the course, so .

Test heavyHomework and essays

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“ but ended up failing the course.”
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Student evidence

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Top student voice
“If you pay attention and . .”
Voice snapshots generated from 5 in-person reviews spanning 2008-2023, highlighting grammar help, workload, and clarity gaps. Credibility rating: Medium.

📚 Grammar Teaching Strength

70/100

“if you really want to improve in grammar, she is the right person to go to.”

⚠️ Lecture Clarity Concerns

35/100

“ you a YouTube video to watch it”

📝

28/100

“If you pay attention and .”

👍 Split Recommendation

52/100

“ if you really want to become succesful”

Theme 1

👨‍🏫 About Teaching Style

she is passionate about helping her students
She hardly gives examples and mainly reads from the books
She is prompt to help her students with in , and essay papers

Theme 2

📈 About Difficulty and Grades

Just need to work hard
but ended up failing the course

Theme 3

❤️ About Student Care

also a good human being
Great classroom atmosphere
in the classroom she talks about being confident and building maturity

Data context

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Analysis sample

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Lifetime ratings

55/100

Evidence confidence

Five in-person reviews span 2008-2023 with mixed detail; opinions split, so confidence is moderate.

Inside 5 stored ratings

Quality ratings

5 out of 52

4 out of 51

3 out of 50

2 out of 51

1 out of 51

Course coverage

ESL553 reviews

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Reported outcomes

A range results lead the reported letter grades.

2 reported outcomes

A range

A+ 1

B range

B+ 1

C range

No reported values

D range

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F

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Margarita Shirinian

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Four answers before you build your schedule.

HardWork

Standard

Mandatory

Depends

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In person

Online

See what students actually said.

📚 Grammar Teaching Strength

⚠️ Lecture Clarity Concerns

📝 x x x

👍 Split Recommendation

👨‍🏫 About Teaching Style

📈 About Difficulty and Grades

❤️ About Student Care

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Quality ratings

Course coverage

A range results lead the reported letter grades.

A range

B range

C range

D range

F

No letter grade reported

if you want rigorous ESL grammar help and will do the homework; skip if .

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