AI Rate Professor

English As A Second Language

Barbara Yasue

ESOL272A · ESL · ESL222 · ESL222A · ESL223 · ESL232 · 11 lifetime ratings

AI rating
52/100
RMP rating
3.2/5
Take again
71.43%
Difficulty
3.5

The decision

Proceed only if you want a structured ESL instructor and ; many students strongly prefer other options.

Best fit · Hardcore LearnerPolarizingTough GraderClear InstructionsGives FeedbackMandatory Attendance
  • Reviews and harsh or rude treatment.
  • Homework and .
  • , and interesting classes.

Key questions

Four answers before you build your schedule.

Is this an easy A?

FairEffort

58/100

Several A and A+ grades appear, but and harsh-grade complaints mean an A still costs real work and luck.

Online includes both easy-class praise and ; .

Is the course easy?

Standard

45/100

Difficulty ratings and comments span easy fun classes to hard test-heavy ESL work.

One online student calls class fun and easy; several in-person and online critics rate difficulty high.

Is attendance flexible?

Mandatory

30/100

as mandatory, with only limited evidence of flexibility for .

; in-person is mixed but leans mandatory when stated.

Is this professor recommended?

Depends

55/100

Would-take-again near seventy percent among those who answered, yet nearly half the quality scores are ones with .

Online is split one and five; claims.

Course guide

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Grading

Strict

35/100

, and unfair late-work claims outweigh the .

Format shift

Recent online review stresses harsh grading; and .

Workload

Heavy

35/100

Lots of homework and .

Format shift

Online critic emphasizes way too much HW; classes.

Teaching experience

Average

50/100

and interesting; about half call her rude, unprepared, or unfair.

Format shift

Online polarity matches in-person polarity with no single dominant tone.

Assessment method

Balanced

55/100

, and and others not many tests.

Format shift

Online critic says test heavy; ? Not many.

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Course format

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Classroom format

In person

9 reviews

Medium confidence · Best fit for Hardcore Learner

unfair late-work policies, rudeness, and tests not matching lectures.

Main concern

Personality and .

What students said

“ . I can understand clearly and .”
ESOL272A
“doesn't respect student, very rude. what she teaches is ”
ESL
“she's very rude, always yell at students.”
ESL222

Remote format

Online

2 reviews

Low confidence · Best fit for Depends

one calls her fun and easy, another labels her the worst ESL professor with and .

Main concern

and .

What students said

“The worst ESL professor in all of Peralta. She grades very harshly and includes way too much HW.”
ESL
“her class is fun and easy and ”
ESL223

Exam style

Know what to expect from exams and major assignments.

Critics say tests include untaught material and .

Test HeavyTough GraderTests May Not Match Lectures

Assessment risk

Strict

38/100

Low score means less forgiving assessment conditions.

In person

in class; supporters give little exam-format detail.

Tests May Not Match LecturesHard Grader
“what she teaches is not what she give tests, on the .”
ESL
“She is hard when give the grade. Look easy but not.”
285

Online

and heavy testing more than proctoring tools.

Test HeavyTough GraderLots of Homework
“She grades very harshly and includes way too much HW.”
ESL

Student evidence

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Top student voice

“ . I can understand clearly and .”

Voice snapshots generated from 11 reviews, highlighting extreme positive-negative splits in teaching and grading. Credibility rating: Medium.

🎯 Teaching Polarization

50/100

“Barbara is the . She's not capable being teacher.”

⚖️

35/100

“She grades very harshly and includes way too much HW.”

❤️ Positive Classroom Feel

70/100

“her class is fun and easy and ”

Theme 1

👨‍🏫 About Teaching Style

  • . I can understand clearly and .
  • she never prepare for lecture, and just talk on for hours.
  • and polite.

Theme 2

📈 About Grades & Fairness

  • She grades very harshly and includes way too much HW.
  • She accepts late homework from certain students, but .
  • She is hard when give the grade. Look easy but not.

Theme 3

💬 About Respect & Tone

  • doesn't respect student, very rude.
  • she's very rude, always yell at students.
  • she is very polit and respectful

Data context

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Analysis sample

11

Recent reviews read by the AI

11

Lifetime ratings

62/100

Evidence confidence

Eleven reviews from 2014 to 2024 with strong extreme split and some short comments yield medium confidence.

Inside 11 stored ratings

Quality ratings

5 out of 56
4 out of 50
3 out of 50
2 out of 50
1 out of 55

Course coverage

ESL2234 reviews
ESL2 reviews
2851 review
ESL2221 review
ESL222A1 review
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ESL2321 review
ESOL272A1 review

Reported outcomes

A range results lead the reported letter grades.

8 reported outcomes

A range

5

A+ 3 · A 2

B range

1

B+ 1

C range

0

No reported values

D range

0

No reported values

F

0

No reported values

No letter grade reported

2

Not sure yet 1 · Rather not say 1