SPAN 1060

Sara Young is the absolute best professor to take for Spanish 1060. Sitting in her class is an experience like no other and will make you eager to learn Spanish and come to each class. Each time she teaches, she makes the utmost effort to ensure that the environment promotes learning and inclusion.

This was the best class I took this semester and Prof. Young really made this class enjoyable. I hated Spanish before this, and she really changed my attitude about the language! There's a lot of work in this class, but I felt that my Spanish improved drastically since the start of the semester. This class is an easy A-, and getting an A is harder than it should be, but that isn't her fault since the course is standardized throughout 1060. If you need to fulfill a requirement, Prof. Young is the best to take it with!

I chose this class because of Professor Young's reviews from previous semesters. I can confidently say that being in her class made me actually enjoy spanish and coming to class. Professor Young tries to make class time as fun as possible through group activity and allowing us to converse during class. I never felt like I was being lectured at, which is great because I hate lecture style teaching. Even though I took this class because it's required in the CAS, i actually really enjoyed this class. Professor Young is one of the few teachers that I will actually keep in tough with in the future. She's really nice and funny as well, which helps with the energy in the classroom. For the class in general, the work is relatively easy. Just keep up with the contraseña assignments (it'll actually help with your grade at the end of the semester). Also, make sure to do well in your projects, they make up a significant amount of your grade. The only downside of this class is that the grading scale is a little outlandish. You need a 95.5% (they round up!) or technically a 96% to get an A. It is really easy to get at least an A- in the class though. Overall, I really recommend Professor Young for span 1060.

Professor Young was an absolutely amazing professor and I really believe her work is what made this class so enjoyable and the content so easy to learn. Even though there was a lot of work to be done in the class and there was a significant amount of content to be covered in such a short time, the energy she brought to the classroom, the feedback she gave. the speed of her grading, and all of the materials she provided made the class so much easier and much more digestable. Compared to my peer's experience with other professors in 1060, I very highly recommend taking your 1060 course with Professor Young!! Amazing class and professor :]

It’s hard to be a better Spanish professor than Professor Young. She made every class enjoyable with her vibrant energy and interactive style of teaching. The course is structured as a flipped classroom, so lessons are taught online and practiced in class, which works well for a course like SPAN 1060 with a lot of content. In class, was a lot to go through in a little bit of time, but Professor Young made the time fly by. In group work, she always made an effort to come to each table and give feedback and praise. She’s the best!

Professor Young is one of the best professors I have had at UVA. She is incredibly nice and often will go above beyond for her students. The class has " a lot " of work, but if you know spanish it is a breeze. The contraseña is sometimes a bit much but she will work with you on that if you need it. She is an extremely quick grader and email responder. Grades are more then usually posted the same day as it is due. The final was not bad, and she had that grades within a few hours. She is very upfront with deadlines and it is almost impossible to forget to do assignments because she emails at least twice a day. It is not hard to get an A even with the strange language requirement of a 96 an up. Do the work when it's due, pay attention in class, and study for the exams, and you should be fine. Overall, if you need to fulfil the language requirement and are looking for a phenomenal teacher, look for Professor Young.

I absolutely love Professor Young! You can tell that she really wants you to do well and is willing to meet with you outside of class if you ask her. She really cares about all of her students and wants them to do well. She is the most understanding professor that I have ever had. The class is really fast paced so it is important to stay up to date on homework and vocabulary to follow along in class and do well. It is a lot of work but it is doable as long as you don't get behind. All of the spanish classes are the same amount of work so I would definitely take it with Professor Young! She also grades assignments very fast which is a plus.

I had Professor Young for this class, and she was amazing! She always fought for her students by trying to give us extensions or make the tests more fair. Unfortunately, the way the class is run isn't up to her; rather, all SPAN 1060 students have the same homework and tests decided by the department as a whole. That being said, if you need to take Spanish as a requirement, I would highly recommend Professor Young. One of my favorite things about her was how much she cared about her students' wellbeings and depths of learning. If I ever had a question about something I was confused about, she would research it and email me an article better explaining the answer to my question after class. Also, after the first test, she sent me a personalized email congratulating me for my score. I never imagined a professor in college being so personal with her students and caring about them as much as she does. Although the work in this class can sometimes get tedious and redundant, taking it my first semester in college has truly been a positive experience. If you've taken more than two years of Spanish in high school, you will do just fine in this class. #tCFfall2021

Prof. Young is an amazing professor! She is very approachable, encouraging, and enthusiastic! She always makes sure to remind about upcoming assignments and homework which is super helpful. Overall, she makes learning Spanish very fun and is always willing to help. I would highly recommend taking this course with her! :)

I came into this course with very little Spanish knowledge, but to my surprise I ended up loving it! In this class there are online assignments due almost every day, so there is a fair amount of work. However, the assignments are not very difficult, just tedious, and they really do help you learn/practice the material.

I highly recommend taking the class with Profesora Young, as it is evident that she wants her students to learn properly and succeed. She's lenient, as long as she sees that you put in the work, and she prepares you well for all of the projects and exams. She also won't call on you randomly in class, like some of the other professors! (Class participation is a part of your grade though..) She created such a warm, welcoming, and encouraging environment this semester. I recommend studying a little bit every day if you don't have much Spanish background, and you'll be more than fine!