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| -Eu38u08EeSKeyIACwQXPg | The lecturer was an annoying speaker and very repetitive. I just couldn't listen to him... I'm sorry. There was also so much about human development etc that I started to wonder when the info about dogs would start....I found the formatting so different from other courses I've taken, that it was hard to get started and figure things out. Adding to that, was the constant interruption of the "paid certificate" page. If I answer "no" once, please leave me alone! I also think it's a bit suspect for a prof to be plugging his own book for one of these courses. | The lecturer was an annoying | Speaker | and very repetitive. I just couldn't | Negative | -0.9 | -1.0 | 1.15 | 1.27 |
| -Eu38u08EeSKeyIACwQXPg | This was an amazing course! The format was fantastic and easy to follow and Dr. Brian hare was an engaging speaker, which the videos wonderful to watch. I also really liked that it was self-paced because then I could really try out the Dognition exercises with my dog and have the time to read the book. | Dr. Brian hare was an engaging | Speaker | which the videos wonderful to watch. | Positive | 0.8 | 1.0 | 1.15 | 1.27 |
| -Eu38u08EeSKeyIACwQXPg | Passionate speaker and truly amazing things to learn about dogs! | Passionate | Speaker | and truly amazing things to learn | Positive | 0.7 | 1.0 | 1.15 | 1.27 |
| 3G1aij8iEeWKOBLv1z6n9w | Very good! I already learn the basic before actually. But after join this class, i learn a lot since we learn it from a native speaker. Thank you for Professor Kang, i really enjoy your class. Hope you will open the next level so i can learn more about korea, the language and also the culture. :) | we learn it from a native | Speaker | Thank you for Professor Kang, i | Positive | 0.6 | 1.0 | 0.58 | 1.0 |
| 3G1aij8iEeWKOBLv1z6n9w | An excellent introduction to the Korean Language! Taught by a native speaker, with added insight into pronunciation and the history of the language. I have been studying Hangugeo for two years, and learned more in this course than I did from all the books, apps, and other lessons combined! | Korean Language! Taught by a native | Speaker | with added insight into pronunciation and | Positive | 0.7 | 1.0 | 0.58 | 1.0 |
| 3G1aij8iEeWKOBLv1z6n9w | I learned Korean nearly 20 years ago and decided to work through this course as a refresher. The course is fairly well done. The pace is a little aggressive, which is fine if you take your time to learn each lesson before moving on. Language courses are not the kind where you can just listen and then take the quiz. Slow down. Practice. By week four the speakers in the audio files were speaking on a level where I was having difficulty distinguishing some of the words. In particular, the differences between the 20th and 21st of the month can be somewhat challenging for a beginning speaker of Korean. On the quizzes, I slowed down and repeated some of the audio. Even so, I missed a few questions. I think the course should take more care in producing the audio files and planning the questions. Some of those my be nearly impossible for beginners to get correct. | down. Practice. By week four the | Speaker | in the audio files were speaking | Negative | -0.7 | 0.5 | 0.58 | 1.0 |
| 3G1aij8iEeWKOBLv1z6n9w | I learned Korean nearly 20 years ago and decided to work through this course as a refresher. The course is fairly well done. The pace is a little aggressive, which is fine if you take your time to learn each lesson before moving on. Language courses are not the kind where you can just listen and then take the quiz. Slow down. Practice. By week four the speakers in the audio files were speaking on a level where I was having difficulty distinguishing some of the words. In particular, the differences between the 20th and 21st of the month can be somewhat challenging for a beginning speaker of Korean. On the quizzes, I slowed down and repeated some of the audio. Even so, I missed a few questions. I think the course should take more care in producing the audio files and planning the questions. Some of those my be nearly impossible for beginners to get correct. | be somewhat challenging for a beginning | Speaker | of Korean. On the quizzes, I | Positive | 0.7 | 0.5 | 0.58 | 1.0 |
| 4tHoAq3EEeSk9iIAC49U6w | First certificate obtained! This is a rich course where we can learn theory and get to know the industry. The course provides guest speaker videos, detailed lecture notes, and other forms of interactive learning. Although the lecturers have an Italian accent, it does not hurt at all. Thank you so much! Suggestion: 1. making assignments a little bit more challenging, so students could have a deeper thought about the topics; 2. the final quiz could be an essay or branding/marketing plan. | the industry. The course provides guest | Speaker | videos, detailed lecture notes, and other | Positive | 0.6 | 1.0 | 0.96 | 0.97 |
| 4tHoAq3EEeSk9iIAC49U6w | Contents are good and interesting, but speakers' english is so low and bad (pronunciation) that the course becomes almost unpleasant. | Contents are good and interesting, but | Speaker | english is so low and bad | Negative | -0.6 | -0.5 | 0.96 | 0.97 |
| 5g_hAYo4EeWTzg6WBWinhQ | This course is brilliant and the lecturer is a very good speaker. | the lecturer is a very good | Speaker | | Positive | 0.8 | 1.0 | 0.63 | 0.92 |
| 5g_hAYo4EeWTzg6WBWinhQ | A great course to start. IT bridges between Design Thinking and Agile. I found that very valuable, especially for Product Owners who need to understand what "Pre-Scrum" activities are required/helpful in their role, i.e. it doesn't make sense to define what you want before you know what you need. Some of the videos have a bit of lengths, if you're already familiar with the topic. But that might be part of the didactics for beginners. The Quizzes sometimes seem to be a bit 'awkward' - i.e. maybe they aren't very obvious for non-native speakers while they are for native speakers? It's often littel details, or rather the tone of the sentence, that seems to make it the right answer. The access to templates etc. is great although they are available in the internet anyway if you know where to look. The skits remind me the TV distance learning for English in the 70ies in Germany. I find the funny but not as usefull as they could be. But I like the idea. | they aren't very obvious for non-native | Speaker | while they are for native speakers? | Negative | -0.6 | 0.5 | 0.63 | 0.92 |
| 5g_hAYo4EeWTzg6WBWinhQ | A great course to start. IT bridges between Design Thinking and Agile. I found that very valuable, especially for Product Owners who need to understand what "Pre-Scrum" activities are required/helpful in their role, i.e. it doesn't make sense to define what you want before you know what you need. Some of the videos have a bit of lengths, if you're already familiar with the topic. But that might be part of the didactics for beginners. The Quizzes sometimes seem to be a bit 'awkward' - i.e. maybe they aren't very obvious for non-native speakers while they are for native speakers? It's often littel details, or rather the tone of the sentence, that seems to make it the right answer. The access to templates etc. is great although they are available in the internet anyway if you know where to look. The skits remind me the TV distance learning for English in the 70ies in Germany. I find the funny but not as usefull as they could be. But I like the idea. | speakers while they are for native | Speaker | It's often littel details, or rather | Positive | 0.6 | 0.5 | 0.63 | 0.92 |
| 5Ih5rOq7EeODsBIxORBKNw | I guess the professor is not a native English speaker,(neither am I,) So I find some sentences in the PPT quite confusing. Everything else is perfect. | professor is not a native English | Speaker | (neither am I, ) So I | Negative | -0.7 | 0.5 | 0.7 | 0.91 |
| 5Ih5rOq7EeODsBIxORBKNw | Very good content, nice videos with interesting speaker. Very interactive course. | good content, nice videos with interesting | Speaker | Very interactive course. | Positive | 0.6 | 1.0 | 0.7 | 0.91 |
| 6mOCpgP8EeWmBSIAC9UI2A | Very insightful and inspiring! Great hosts and guest speakers. | and inspiring! Great hosts and guest | Speaker | | Positive | 0.7 | 1.0 | 0.62 | 1.17 |
| 6mOCpgP8EeWmBSIAC9UI2A | I am a beginner wantabee author and publisher, first steps are elementary, as I need. Self paced, life can get in the way. Instructors are wonderful, as are the guest speakers and interviewees Thanks. | are wonderful, as are the guest | Speaker | and interviewees Thanks. | Positive | 0.9 | 1.0 | 0.62 | 1.17 |
| 6mOCpgP8EeWmBSIAC9UI2A | This course is a complete package for those who aspire to be a fiction writer, it teaches all steps right from how to start writing to publishing. For me it was a dream course, really enjoyed it and I wish further course of such kind is available so I could join it . Instructors David Hill and Maria Gill were great and they taught in very effective manners and so were the guest speakers. | manners and so were the guest | Speaker | | Negative | -0.6 | 1.0 | 0.62 | 1.17 |
| A0IYf6jOEeSnlCIAC1EMbw | This is a great course even for non-english speakers | a great course even for non-english | Speaker | | Positive | 0.8 | 1.0 | 0.69 | 1.21 |
| A0IYf6jOEeSnlCIAC1EMbw | When discussed in popular media, terrorism is a topic that is quite sensationalized. In contrast, Professor Bakker offered a very balanced view of terrorism in this course, tackling common perceptions of terrorism and counterterrorism in an organized fashion, and backing up his claims with arguments from both sides as well as hard data collected by scholars in the field. I also like that the course was kept current with added discussion on Syria. The lectures on Syria were a bit less clear and organized than the previous ones, but then again, hindsight is 20/20, and the Syria conflict is a current event. By and large, I liked that Professor Bakker did not "preach" his thoughts on terrorism, e.g. making leaps of faith and then expecting us to take unproven assumptions as the basis for a further argument. If I had to make one suggestion on how to improve the course, I would say that the handful of videos by external speakers were not properly contextualized in the course. In particular, I didn't understand why there was a video of a woman from Amnesty International talking about drone strikes and urging political action, since it was not referenced at all by other lectures. | the handful of videos by external | Speaker | were not properly contextualized in the | Negative | -0.7 | 1.0 | 0.69 | 1.21 |
| A0IYf6jOEeSnlCIAC1EMbw | Excellent tutor - leading speakers from the field with a good slant on all angles that we are covering out there today. I really enjoyed the course despite not being from this background though have an interest… well worth looking at if you are wanting to gain a greater understanding in the field. | Excellent tutor - leading | Speaker | from the field with a good | Positive | 0.9 | 1.0 | 0.69 | 1.21 |
| CQk7JA46EeWuEBJhzy2uFw | Good course, although no proctor or supervision at all. No place to go for questions or help. Please be aware this is primarily designed for non-native english speakers. This was not clear to me when I joined. And although the content is thorough, it is dull and the assignments uninspiring. If you want to know more about grammar, good (be sure to bone up through, because she assumes a lot about what you might remember from high school and for those of us over 40 ... hmmm). If you want to feel inspired to write something of value and interest to yourself or others, not so good. Over all I would not recommend this course or series of courses. And would suggest seeking out a course that has some kind of proctor or supervisory help available. | is primarily designed for non-native english | Speaker | This was not clear to me | Negative | -0.7 | 0.0 | 0.71 | 0.99 |
| CQk7JA46EeWuEBJhzy2uFw | Very good, But I missed some more practical exercises on writing. For us, non-native english speakers sometimes it is very difficult to identify our mistakes. But the whole module is very good. | on writing. For us, non-native english | Speaker | sometimes it is very difficult to | Negative | -0.6 | 0.5 | 0.71 | 0.99 |
| CQk7JA46EeWuEBJhzy2uFw | Maybe, I missed the information about this course being focused towards non-native speakers. Was this course focus to that target audience? As a native-English speaker, I found this course a bit easy. However, I enjoyed the refresher, and I will use this information in future courses. Thank you! | this course being focused towards non-native | Speaker | Was this course focus to that | Negative | -0.6 | 0.5 | 0.71 | 0.99 |
| CQk7JA46EeWuEBJhzy2uFw | Maybe, I missed the information about this course being focused towards non-native speakers. Was this course focus to that target audience? As a native-English speaker, I found this course a bit easy. However, I enjoyed the refresher, and I will use this information in future courses. Thank you! | that target audience? As a native-English | Speaker | I found this course a bit | Positive | 0.7 | 0.5 | 0.71 | 0.99 |
| CQk7JA46EeWuEBJhzy2uFw | I enrolled in this course to fine tune my writing skills for work. I enjoyed this course because I was able to unlearn some bad habits and simple mistakes. The lessons are simple and move at an even pace. If you are a native English Speaker, some of the lessons will be easy for you. In my personal opinion, this course was a great refresher. | If you are a native English | Speaker | some of the lessons will be | Positive | 0.8 | 1.0 | 0.71 | 0.99 |
| CQk7JA46EeWuEBJhzy2uFw | Even if you are an native English speaker, this course is a great review. I highly recommend it. | if you are an native English | Speaker | this course is a great review. | Positive | 0.8 | 1.0 | 0.71 | 0.99 |
| CQk7JA46EeWuEBJhzy2uFw | It was a very interesting course especially for those who are not English native speakers. I learned a lot. | those who are not English native | Speaker | I learned a lot. | Positive | 0.6 | 1.0 | 0.71 | 0.99 |
| CQk7JA46EeWuEBJhzy2uFw | This excellent course has been a great help for a non-native speaker like me to improve my writing in English. | a great help for a non-native | Speaker | like me to improve my writing | Positive | 0.6 | 1.0 | 0.71 | 0.99 |
| DDBg7AlXEeWTSSIAC0MDtg | The course has a good level. The course mates helps to get new ideas. For non anglo speakers students the course is a hard challenge. The lessons has translations but a lot of ideas, concepts, the immaterial things... is hard to follow some explanations. My English has improve throught course. If you work you needs the weekend to end the assignments. I think is a good course with good materials. I recommend it | get new ideas. For non anglo | Speaker | students the course is a hard | Negative | -0.7 | 1.0 | 0.73 | 0.83 |
| DDBg7AlXEeWTSSIAC0MDtg | This was a pretty good course. Assignment 1, especially, was very useful (conducting a need-finding interview). The storyboarding assignment was good, too. The assignments weren't always very clearly written, and I could tell from my peer-grading experience that some of the students had trouble understanding what was asked, especially the non-native English speakers. | was asked, especially the non-native English | Speaker | | Positive | 0.6 | 0.5 | 0.73 | 0.83 |
| DDBg7AlXEeWTSSIAC0MDtg | I was inerested about this course, but I couldn't understand enough - the speaker talked too fast and I've lost the main subject trying to understand. Sorry. | I couldn't understand enough - the | Speaker | talked too fast and I've lost | Negative | -0.7 | 0.0 | 0.73 | 0.83 |
| gpAI9GK4EeWFkQ7sUCFGVQ | Very well-planned out course. One can see that the organisers put a lot of efforts into this (the slides, the guest speakers and the videos). I wanted to get a brief overview of this subject, but got so much more. Thanks!! | into this (the slides, the guest | Speaker | and the videos). I wanted to | Negative | -0.7 | 1.0 | 0.7 | 1.03 |
| gpAI9GK4EeWFkQ7sUCFGVQ | Great course that delivered the objectives- organized and structured, logical and informative materials and content delivery, fantastic professors, guest speakers, and case studies. Introduced key principles and considerations regarding municipal waste management and considered key elements to manage when developing a waste management strategy. | and content delivery, fantastic professors, guest | Speaker | and case studies. Introduced key principles | Positive | 0.7 | 1.0 | 0.7 | 1.03 |
| Gtv4Xb1-EeS-ViIACwYKVQ | About me: I studied computer science in Dortmund, Germany in the 90ies. I recommend this course to everyone who wants to have a very good understanding of machine learning. A little bit of advice, if you have never learned linear algebra on a university level, you should at least try to get a basic understanding of it before starting this course. I was happy that I remembered stuff, learning it from scratch in 1 or 2 weeks would be difficult, I assume. +: * Mathematical basics of machine learning are very well explained * Andrew Ng is a very good professor, he explains the topic very well and thoroughly * It is not limited by using a special framework or language * The support in the forums, and the transcription of the talks, and all the material that is given to you is really excellent. -: * I would be happy if the programming exercises would be a bit more fun, currently it feels like translating / transforming math formulas into octave, which is fine, but not very fun. Having said that I am only in week 4, perhaps this will happen later * some text questions in the multiple choice quizzes require a precise understanding of the english language, especially in regards to math, I am not a native speaker, so these questions feel especially hard for me | math, I am not a native | Speaker | so these questions feel especially hard | Negative | -0.6 | 1.0 | 0.66 | 0.98 |
| Gtv4Xb1-EeS-ViIACwYKVQ | great lessons, with very explained material. the major downside for this course is the terrible sound quality, it just can't be heard with regular speakers, you have to hear it with earspeakers, and it still not that great. | just can't be heard with regular | Speaker | you have to hear it with | Negative | -0.6 | 0.5 | 0.66 | 0.98 |
| Gtv4Xb1-EeS-ViIACwYKVQ | Sorry by the terrible English, i'm a Portuguese speaker =) But i'll try to say this: This courser was amazing for me, I learned a lot with the lessons of Andrew and certainly now I can explore more this area of AI that is Machine Learning. I'm a student of Physics Engineering in UFG, in the state of Goiás, Brasil, and these knowledge will help me in Data Analysis, that is basically the principal active of a Experimental Physicist. Hopefully this course will help more a lot of people in many areas, like IT guys, Physicists, Chemists and who knows who else. Just to finish, my thanks to Andrew Ng by the classes, to the Stanford University by the course and to Coursera Team for the platform. | the terrible English, i'm a Portuguese | Speaker | =) But i'll try to say | Negative | -0.7 | 1.0 | 0.66 | 0.98 |
| Gtv4Xb1-EeS-ViIACwYKVQ | Thank you for that course, I really enjoyed it. Mr. Ng is a great speaker, his voice is very clear and as it was very easy to understand him, even as a not native english speaker. I learned a lot of (in my understanding) "basics" of machine learning. The class was in my opinion to basic and to easy. I would really love to get more information, I've studied electronic- and information science, so most of the things he explained were already basics for me, only the usage of them was new. One of the most important things (for the job I have at the moment) I learned here was how to code properly vectorized code in Matlab. I use Matlab nearly every day at work but never got such a good explanation how to use the full power of Matlab. Again, thank you for this great course, I can suggest this course to everyone who wants to learn the basics of machine learning. After that... Maybe someone has an idea how to continue in that topic to increase my understanding and knowledge of Machine learning. | it. Mr. Ng is a great | Speaker | his voice is very clear and | Positive | 0.7 | 0.5 | 0.66 | 0.98 |
| Gtv4Xb1-EeS-ViIACwYKVQ | Thank you for that course, I really enjoyed it. Mr. Ng is a great speaker, his voice is very clear and as it was very easy to understand him, even as a not native english speaker. I learned a lot of (in my understanding) "basics" of machine learning. The class was in my opinion to basic and to easy. I would really love to get more information, I've studied electronic- and information science, so most of the things he explained were already basics for me, only the usage of them was new. One of the most important things (for the job I have at the moment) I learned here was how to code properly vectorized code in Matlab. I use Matlab nearly every day at work but never got such a good explanation how to use the full power of Matlab. Again, thank you for this great course, I can suggest this course to everyone who wants to learn the basics of machine learning. After that... Maybe someone has an idea how to continue in that topic to increase my understanding and knowledge of Machine learning. | even as a not native english | Speaker | I learned a lot of (in | Positive | 0.6 | 0.5 | 0.66 | 0.98 |
| Gtv4Xb1-EeS-ViIACwYKVQ | Excellent course, great speaker ! | Excellent course, great | Speaker | ! | Positive | 0.8 | 1.0 | 0.66 | 0.98 |
| Gtv4Xb1-EeS-ViIACwYKVQ | I liked this course very much: The lectures follow up in a logical, natural way and the topics are very well explained. Personally, I had more problems with the quizzes (5 questions each) than with the programming assignments. The examples were interesting and the instructions so clear and detailed that I found it rather easy to do the programming. Another point that is worth to mention: The instructor, Andrew Ng, has not only an agreeable voice and speaks an easy-to-understand english (important for me as a non-english speaker) - He "transports" in addition his own passion for the subject and gives a lot of applicable advices. | (important for me as a non-english | Speaker | - He " transports" in addition | Positive | 0.6 | 1.0 | 0.66 | 0.98 |
| Gtv4Xb1-EeS-ViIACwYKVQ | This course is excellent and covers many topics, I recommend it. We are never lost during the videos because the motivations are well explained. Furthermore Andrew Ng speaks very clearly and is easily understood by a non native English speaker like me. I liked particularly the practical advices with the common mistakes that we should avoid. I don't give 5 stars just because it lacks a follow-up in order to go deeply to the subject, with a kind of final project and a certificate given in case of success. Maybe I should also have a look at the corresponding Stanford course which is supposed to be more complete than the online one. | understood by a non native English | Speaker | like me. I liked particularly the | Positive | 0.6 | 0.5 | 0.66 | 0.98 |
| JdB92adFEeS5zCIAC8pMPA | Excellent! I thoroughly enjoyed the professor's explanations and all the guest speakers he invited to give their input. He is very dedicated and answered many questions in his office hours, with humor and genuine care. Also, Frasier and Milo are impossibly cute. | professor's explanations and all the guest | Speaker | he invited to give their input. | Negative | -0.6 | 1.0 | 0.58 | 1.11 |
| JdB92adFEeS5zCIAC8pMPA | This course was excellent. Robert Wright clearly and entertainingly covered complex and interesting material. He wove important themes throughout the course. His use of guest speakers and interviews was very helpful. His office hours were engaging and meeting his dogs was fun and instructive. I feel I really learned a great deal about Buddhism and Modern Psychology. I would definitely take another course with Professor Wright. | the course. His use of guest | Speaker | and interviews was very helpful. His | Positive | 0.6 | 1.0 | 0.58 | 1.11 |
| JdB92adFEeS5zCIAC8pMPA | Incredible course, the Professor is an amazing speaker and the interviews with specialists provided awesome insights. This is the kind of course that can really affect your outlook on life. | course, the Professor is an amazing | Speaker | and the interviews with specialists provided | Positive | 0.8 | 1.0 | 0.58 | 1.11 |
| mTJHKj0pEeSGwyIACxCdDw | I could not finish this course, although I admire the teacher for preparing this difficult material for English speakers. I have studied several Romance and one Semitic language but I was unable to understand the lectures here. I did pass the first few quizzes but I did not feel that I knew what I was doing. I really am motivated to learn some Chinese because it is like a 2nd or at least 3rd language in my city and very much a 1st or 2nd language in my neighborhood. But I needed something a little more tangible with which to get started . I am sure this says more about my inability than the teacher's ability. I know I am not explaining myself well; I simply mean that to learn a language in which the alphabet is different and the meanings are based on emphasis rather than actual words, requires, I think, perhaps a bit more anchoring for the complete novice. For example, i wish we could have learned some simple conversational phrases, early on, just to get started, without worrying right away about all the sounds. Then once we can do that, we could get a bit more technical. Also, it would be helpful to be referred to a relevant text book. However, thank you for the effort. I hope Coursera will offer more languages since I could not find any other languages in the list. | preparing this difficult material for English | Speaker | I have studied several Romance and | Negative | -0.7 | 0.0 | 0.96 | 1.06 |
| mTJHKj0pEeSGwyIACxCdDw | Course is a little disorganized, and sounds are a little difficult to hear sometimes (in the exercises where you're asked to distinguished sounds, but I guess that's the point of those exercises. I don't quite understand the self-study videos because they're already in the main lesson videos, but otherwise, this is a wonderful course. I mean, I already speak a tonal language so the tones are easy for me, but they shouldn't be too difficult for non-tonal speakers too. Otherwise, this course gets you through the basics pretty quickly without too much emphasis on vocabulary or grammar and without Chinese characters; if you're keen, you'll pick up the grammar as you go along. On a more technical note, the videos could be of better resolution, but that's not going to impede the course progression or anything. Kudos to this course's contributors! | shouldn't be too difficult for non-tonal | Speaker | too. Otherwise, this course gets you | Negative | -0.7 | 1.0 | 0.96 | 1.06 |
| mTJHKj0pEeSGwyIACxCdDw | Terrible. Had to verify multiple times. Audio quiz had no sound (struck-thru speaker icon I couldn't fix.) I'd be disappointed with Cousera for foisting this trash if I hadn't taken "Learning How to Learn," much less buggy. Would disenroll if there was any way to do so. | Audio quiz had no sound (struck-thru | Speaker | icon I couldn't fix. ) I'd | Negative | -0.7 | -1.0 | 0.96 | 1.06 |
| mTJHKj0pEeSGwyIACxCdDw | It is a very good course to immerse in the basic Mandarin-Chinese language. I learned with an easy way and the best thing is that the teacher is Chinese, a native Mandarin speaker. | teacher is Chinese, a native Mandarin | Speaker | | Positive | 0.7 | 1.0 | 0.96 | 1.06 |
| NiK99anHEeS88iIAC1WehA | Coming from a construction background with no policy work whatsoever besides personal interest, it was amazing to be able to understand the message that the speakers were conveying. Besides some cluelessness on the US senate system, every other topic was relevant to international audiences. Best part was the weekly schedule that was recently in place, it help to keep pace on progress as sometimes it feels overwhelming as we try to answer every question that was posted after each video. | to understand the message that the | Speaker | were conveying. Besides some cluelessness on | Positive | 0.6 | 1.0 | 0.67 | 1.11 |
| NiK99anHEeS88iIAC1WehA | A very interesting course with great speakers. | A very interesting course with great | Speaker | | Positive | 0.8 | 0.5 | 0.67 | 1.11 |
| NiK99anHEeS88iIAC1WehA | Quality speakers and current topics with good discussion | Quality | Speaker | and current topics with good discussion | Positive | 0.7 | 1.0 | 0.67 | 1.11 |
| NiK99anHEeS88iIAC1WehA | Just excellent. I learned so much from the course, the selection of the guest speakers was phenomenal. | course, the selection of the guest | Speaker | was phenomenal. | Positive | 0.6 | 1.0 | 0.67 | 1.11 |
| NiK99anHEeS88iIAC1WehA | This course has been outstanding, from the professor and the quality of guest speakers. Thank you so much for giving the opportunity for those of us abroad to be able to take this course and increment the knowledge we have about public policy and how we can become the future leaders of the world in our countries. | professor and the quality of guest | Speaker | Thank you so much for giving | Positive | 0.6 | 1.0 | 0.67 | 1.11 |
| NiK99anHEeS88iIAC1WehA | This is the third Coursera course I have completed. I am nearing completion on two others. I had high expectations for this one but it was the only one I have been disappointed in. In comparison with other MOOCs I've participated in which have clearly been designed with online delivery and audience in mind, the format of this MOOC was not engaging. It's also baffling that they would spend nine weeks on public policy in the 21st century and only include one female speaker and not a single person of colour. The 21st century at the University of Virginia must look quite different from the 21st century where I am. There was also a lot institutional promoting of the University of Virginia / Batten School itself which I haven't experienced in other courses. While I did find some of the speakers and subject matter to be of interest, I had hoped for more from this MOOC. | century and only include one female | Speaker | and not a single person of | Negative | -0.8 | -0.5 | 0.67 | 1.11 |
| NiK99anHEeS88iIAC1WehA | This is the third Coursera course I have completed. I am nearing completion on two others. I had high expectations for this one but it was the only one I have been disappointed in. In comparison with other MOOCs I've participated in which have clearly been designed with online delivery and audience in mind, the format of this MOOC was not engaging. It's also baffling that they would spend nine weeks on public policy in the 21st century and only include one female speaker and not a single person of colour. The 21st century at the University of Virginia must look quite different from the 21st century where I am. There was also a lot institutional promoting of the University of Virginia / Batten School itself which I haven't experienced in other courses. While I did find some of the speakers and subject matter to be of interest, I had hoped for more from this MOOC. | I did find some of the | Speaker | and subject matter to be of | Negative | -0.6 | -0.5 | 0.67 | 1.11 |
| NiK99anHEeS88iIAC1WehA | Speakers were great. But the content was very U.S related. | | Speaker | were great. But the content was | Negative | -0.6 | 0.5 | 0.67 | 1.11 |
| NiK99anHEeS88iIAC1WehA | Excellent course content and guest speakers. One of its kind. | Excellent course content and guest | Speaker | One of its kind. | Positive | 0.7 | 1.0 | 0.67 | 1.11 |
| NiK99anHEeS88iIAC1WehA | Wonderful speakers! Prof Warburg was artful and generous in this curriculum with a great showcase of speakers, topics and richness of content.. I took as a review and refresher of US public policy and also wanting to know the most current issues/ conversations. The Frank Batten School and UVA were amazing, timely and thoughtful. Thank you!! | Wonderful | Speaker | Prof Warburg was artful and generous | Positive | 0.8 | 1.0 | 0.67 | 1.11 |
| NiK99anHEeS88iIAC1WehA | Wonderful speakers! Prof Warburg was artful and generous in this curriculum with a great showcase of speakers, topics and richness of content.. I took as a review and refresher of US public policy and also wanting to know the most current issues/ conversations. The Frank Batten School and UVA were amazing, timely and thoughtful. Thank you!! | curriculum with a great showcase of | Speaker | topics and richness of content. . | Positive | 0.8 | 1.0 | 0.67 | 1.11 |
| NiK99anHEeS88iIAC1WehA | I really enjoyed this class. It was produced exceptionally well and the guest speaker format kept it | produced exceptionally well and the guest | Speaker | format kept it | Positive | 0.7 | 1.0 | 0.67 | 1.11 |
| NiK99anHEeS88iIAC1WehA | Great opportunity to engage with several challenges our next future holds. As citizens and participants of public policies it's very refreshing have an inside about how the democracy works to solve these challenges. Despite being a highly american focused approach the speakers are of a high interest for everybody worldwide. Personally, would be a pleasure to attend one of these classes in live, and this training offered me the chance to virtually do it. Congratulations on the well balanced and structured course. | a highly american focused approach the | Speaker | are of a high interest for | Positive | 0.8 | 1.0 | 0.67 | 1.11 |
| OrpXgQt0EeS5diIACoo5jQ | This is a amazing class, I have gain a lot of tools for getting over the public speaking apprehension and becoming a better speaker. The lectures are pretty straight-forward with good guidance for each topic given for the section of the course. The peer review for assignments is helpful with feedback as well as some tips from other students who enroll in the course. I have noticed my speaking confidence has grown to where I'm at a comfortable stance when speaking publicly, as well as sounding intelligence and elaborating topics better. I do believe this is a must take course if you wish to improve your ability to communicate publicly. | speaking apprehension and becoming a better | Speaker | The lectures are pretty straight-forward with | Positive | 0.7 | 1.0 | 0.41 | 1.15 |
| OrpXgQt0EeS5diIACoo5jQ | I'm an analytical and systematic guy. This course helped me adjust and improve my approach in preparing for different types of engagement with audiences. The suggested methodical approaches did it for me. A must-do for anybody who isn't a natural speaker and often find themselves in a situation where you are required to present something to an audience. | for anybody who isn't a natural | Speaker | and often find themselves in a | Positive | 0.6 | 1.0 | 0.41 | 1.15 |
| OrpXgQt0EeS5diIACoo5jQ | I really like the teacher, who is also an excellent speaker himself. The arrangement of the course is clear, persuasive and interesting. Good course. | teacher, who is also an excellent | Speaker | himself. The arrangement of the course | Positive | 0.9 | 1.0 | 0.41 | 1.15 |
| OrpXgQt0EeS5diIACoo5jQ | Dr. McGarrity was inspirational and extremely funny. His delivery of the material was excellent. Perfect combination of good content and great course leader presentation. Very detailed and relevant, with great examples. (The only suggestion would be to share more examples of others speakers, besides political) All sessions were valuable. The course was comprehensive and interesting. Thank you very much for putting this content together. Cheers from Brazil, Carla Romano | to share more examples of others | Speaker | besides political) All sessions were valuable. | Positive | 0.8 | 1.0 | 0.41 | 1.15 |
| OrpXgQt0EeS5diIACoo5jQ | Great course!! All the sessions were interesting, engaging and fun! I have gained a tremendous amount of knowledge and gained new perspectives on how to improve as a public speaker and researcher. Thanks! | how to improve as a public | Speaker | and researcher. Thanks! | Positive | 0.6 | 1.0 | 0.41 | 1.15 |
| OrpXgQt0EeS5diIACoo5jQ | This course has been extremely helpful and fun. I have learned allot from it, and have enjoyed it's intense amount of knowledge. Each week, my perspective on what a good public speaker was changed. I was even able to apply it to everyday things in life. Such as listening to a sermon on Sunday, or participating in a audit with my employer. Overall I greatly appreciate the effort made here to educate more public speakers. I have learned so much and am not looking forward to the end of this course in a few weeks! Thank you to all who made this possible- ~A Student | perspective on what a good public | Speaker | was changed. I was even able | Positive | 0.6 | 1.0 | 0.41 | 1.15 |
| OrpXgQt0EeS5diIACoo5jQ | This course has been extremely helpful and fun. I have learned allot from it, and have enjoyed it's intense amount of knowledge. Each week, my perspective on what a good public speaker was changed. I was even able to apply it to everyday things in life. Such as listening to a sermon on Sunday, or participating in a audit with my employer. Overall I greatly appreciate the effort made here to educate more public speakers. I have learned so much and am not looking forward to the end of this course in a few weeks! Thank you to all who made this possible- ~A Student | made here to educate more public | Speaker | I have learned so much and | Negative | -0.6 | 1.0 | 0.41 | 1.15 |
| OrpXgQt0EeS5diIACoo5jQ | This is real excellent course for us to undersand how to be a good speaker. I learned how to structure the lecture, I learned how to identify a good presentation. The last portion is my favor part as a English as 2nd language speaker. | undersand how to be a good | Speaker | I learned how to structure the | Positive | 0.6 | 1.0 | 0.41 | 1.15 |
| OrpXgQt0EeS5diIACoo5jQ | This is real excellent course for us to undersand how to be a good speaker. I learned how to structure the lecture, I learned how to identify a good presentation. The last portion is my favor part as a English as 2nd language speaker. | as a English as 2nd language | Speaker | | Positive | 0.6 | 1.0 | 0.41 | 1.15 |
| OrpXgQt0EeS5diIACoo5jQ | The professor is a dork, which is great, so am I! He's very personable and watching him make mistakes and flubs and keep on going makes the videos so wonderful. He's a nerd like me, he makes mistakes, says umm, loses track for a sec like me, but he keeps going and he's a great speaker because of it! I feel now like I don't have to be perfect or rehearse or memorize a speech or I'll get laughed at. I just need to know what I want to say and say it. I haven't finished the course yet but I already feel like I've improved my speaking ability, and I feel more comfortable just talking to people. | keeps going and he's a great | Speaker | because of it! I feel now | Positive | 0.7 | 1.0 | 0.41 | 1.15 |
| OrpXgQt0EeS5diIACoo5jQ | This course has really helped improve as a speaker. It helped me understand that public speaking is not just about talking in front of a crowd but that a lot more goes into it like the style of your speech, the arrangement etc. Dr Matt made the classes very interesting. | has really helped improve as a | Speaker | It helped me understand that public | Negative | -0.7 | 0.5 | 0.41 | 1.15 |
| OrpXgQt0EeS5diIACoo5jQ | My gracious thank to Matt sir and I have developed a lot of qualities from the course. I think that I will a good speaker one day and that day is n | think that I will a good | Speaker | one day and that day is | Positive | 0.8 | 1.0 | 0.41 | 1.15 |
| OrpXgQt0EeS5diIACoo5jQ | Great introduction provided by a great speaker. Explanations were sometimes a bit long | Great introduction provided by a great | Speaker | Explanations were sometimes a bit long | Positive | 0.8 | 0.0 | 0.41 | 1.15 |
| OrpXgQt0EeS5diIACoo5jQ | The material is unique & enduring. Some one hungry for speech can learn from a master. You connect with your peers, who are scattered across the world, through peer-review, refining your thinking process as a speaker. | refining your thinking process as a | Speaker | | Positive | 0.6 | 1.0 | 0.41 | 1.15 |
| QEXoJRBmEeWhsgqB1eduww | This is exemplary course to take. It has changed my daily habits a hundred fold. The instructor and speakers were a delight and enhanced my meditation practice, mindfulness, and continued gratitude habits. It has been a pleasure taking this course and I even purchased the book. I look forward to continuing the mindfulness practice. Namaste. | a hundred fold. The instructor and | Speaker | were a delight and enhanced my | Positive | 0.6 | 1.0 | 0.22 | 1.21 |
| QEXoJRBmEeWhsgqB1eduww | I am SOOO happy I took this course. The material is so eye opening and it's presented in a very engaging way with a variety of speakers, references and visuals. I thought the assignments were quite relevant and made you think in ways you typically do not. The only slight drawback is organizational- sometimes links were missing the readings and the assignments require too many unnecessary steps. It can very easy be simplified. | engaging way with a variety of | Speaker | references and visuals. I thought the | Positive | 0.6 | 1.0 | 0.22 | 1.21 |
| QEXoJRBmEeWhsgqB1eduww | One of the most impactful courses I've ever worked through. Really just an incredible achievement, the actionable and lovable focus of the course really pulled me in and never let go. On paper I didn't do the assignments but I actually did everything suggested in the course and it really has helped my happiness, satisfaction, self-compassion, and I now chase flow rather than superiority. Thank you is not enough, I'm so grateful to all the staff, Raj, and all the guest speakers. Best course ever. | staff, Raj, and all the guest | Speaker | Best course ever. | Positive | 0.8 | 1.0 | 0.22 | 1.21 |
| QEXoJRBmEeWhsgqB1eduww | Best class I've taken in 15 years !!! Loved the material, loved the professor, loved the guest speakers, and loved the assistant. That' | loved the professor, loved the guest | Speaker | and loved the assistant. That' | Positive | 0.7 | 1.0 | 0.22 | 1.21 |
| QEXoJRBmEeWhsgqB1eduww | Dr. Raj has been extremely down to earth but yet professional and all the speakers (guests) and Ms. Xavier have shared the same qualities. I'm beyond satisfied with the course and am feeling great that I've chosen to partake in this and practice obtaining more "Fulfillment and Happiness". Thank You So Much to all who make this possible. -Justin | but yet professional and all the | Speaker | (guests) and Ms. Xavier have shared | Positive | 0.6 | 1.0 | 0.22 | 1.21 |
| QEXoJRBmEeWhsgqB1eduww | What an uplifting and inspiring course! From this, you will get so much information that directly links to many other psychology studies, what a great introduction to the mind and it's workings! The video's are humorous, engaging and with so many guest speakers you are exposed to many varied viewpoints, which sets you off researching. I do want to add, that although the course title describes its aims perfectly, I feel it does not do the knowledge contained within, justice! Inspiring Work Raj Raghunathan!! | engaging and with so many guest | Speaker | you are exposed to many varied | Positive | 0.7 | 1.0 | 0.22 | 1.21 |
| QEXoJRBmEeWhsgqB1eduww | Highly recommended course, very well documented, fun, and with great practical information. Dr. Rajagopal Raghunathan is an excellent speaker, and he added great videos of recognized specialist in the theme. Congratulation to Coursera and the Business India School. Un curso muy recomendable, esta muy bien documentado, muy ameno, con información útil y práctica. Además del Dr. Rajagopal Raghunathan, que es un excelente expositor, hay muy buenos videos de especialstas muy reconocidos. Felicidades a coursera y a la Escuela de Negocios de la India por tan buen material. | Dr. Rajagopal Raghunathan is an excellent | Speaker | and he added great videos of | Positive | 0.9 | 1.0 | 0.22 | 1.21 |
| QEXoJRBmEeWhsgqB1eduww | A really great course with great guest speakers and masterfully delivered by Professor Raj! | really great course with great guest | Speaker | and masterfully delivered by Professor Raj! | Positive | 0.8 | 1.0 | 0.22 | 1.21 |
| QEXoJRBmEeWhsgqB1eduww | This course is a whirlwind of joy and good humor. The main recipes for happiness and fulfillment are exposed in a structured manner. The main speakers are not taking themselves too seriously. | in a structured manner. The main | Speaker | are not taking themselves too seriously. | Negative | -0.6 | 1.0 | 0.22 | 1.21 |
| QEXoJRBmEeWhsgqB1eduww | Wonderful course, wonderful speaker! | Wonderful course, wonderful | Speaker | | Positive | 0.8 | 1.0 | 0.22 | 1.21 |
| QEXoJRBmEeWhsgqB1eduww | Just perfect. Fun, practical and informative, quite some interesting guest speakers as well! Thanks for setting up this wonderfull course. | and informative, quite some interesting guest | Speaker | as well! Thanks for setting up | Positive | 0.7 | 1.0 | 0.22 | 1.21 |
| RFyNbG0iEeW9CAqYJHF3zQ | Yes there're some pronunciation tips and situational conversation practice to help you get started, but in speaking of helping students to become a "professional“ English speaker, I think the course still has a long way to go. | to become a " professional“ English | Speaker | I think the course still has | Positive | 0.6 | 0.0 | 0.56 | 0.78 |
| RFyNbG0iEeW9CAqYJHF3zQ | I have not yet to finish all the modules of this course, though. I can find it quite valuable for all persons seeking to improve thier English, not least for non-native speakers. On top of it, what sets this class apart from the others is instructor's attitude. To put it more detailed, it is easily noticed that they incessantly endeavor to impart prime information as clearly as possible. Really appreciate Georgia Tech for offering such like this source on the house | thier English, not least for non-native | Speaker | On top of it, what sets | Positive | 0.6 | 0.5 | 0.56 | 0.78 |
| RFyNbG0iEeW9CAqYJHF3zQ | This course has a great potential, but the subject of each week was very superficial. The speaker is very good, your english is clear and easy to understand. The subject covered is interesting, but could be more deeper. | each week was very superficial. The | Speaker | is very good, your english is | Positive | 0.6 | 0.0 | 0.56 | 0.78 |
| RFyNbG0iEeW9CAqYJHF3zQ | As an advanced English speaker, for me this course goes too little into improvement of pronounciation. The tips for conversations - small talk, phone, online etc. - are only very basic as well. Good course for beginners though and I also liked the interspersal of little questions and tasks along the way (although also too simple imo). Very good - but obviously only paid content - are the teamwork assignments. | As an advanced English | Speaker | for me this course goes too | Negative | -0.6 | 0.5 | 0.56 | 0.78 |
| RFyNbG0iEeW9CAqYJHF3zQ | This is a very practical course for a non-native English speaker. It's easy to understand. | practical course for a non-native English | Speaker | It's easy to understand. | Positive | 0.7 | 1.0 | 0.56 | 0.78 |
| rKbbMST9EeWtRg6boA3D-Q | This is a great course, if you want to hear The Questions you need to Answer to make a good game design for your game. It does not give you the answers, but it gives you a road map to follow. Downside of the course are Quizes and Peer Reviews. Quizes sometimes have shady and non-clear answers, especially for non-native English speakers. Assignments grading criteria makes your peers to choose from 1 to 5. And 5 is "you did so awesome, that you've impressed your peer very much". And this is not happening often. | non-clear answers, especially for non-native English | Speaker | Assignments grading criteria makes your peers | Positive | 0.7 | 0.5 | 0.7 | 0.72 |
| rKbbMST9EeWtRg6boA3D-Q | This course has a good starting point, but there are so many things that ended up being wrong that I just can't force myself to give it more than 3 stars (and I'm not sure if it should be 3 or 2 stars). I think this is also the first course on Coursera that didn't get 5 stars from me (not sure if I've given 4 stars once only). So the bad parts first: Assignments are so unrealistic it's unbelievable. Week 1 is doable. Week 2 is problematic if you have a complex idea, let's say it's still doable, but you would certainly need more time than expected weekly hour work. Week 3 is insane. It is so out of the scope of this course. And week 4 is even worse, I had to use pen and paper and then explain only 1 of the core mechanics (even that used more than expected weekly hour work). Some of the quizzes are not fully clear if you are not a native English speaker. Sometimes I had to re-read things several times, and still wasn't sure what I was doing wrong (I realized that only after I managed to literally guess the correct answer). And most of all grading is the worst I've seen in any course. All of it based on a personal opinion. Hey I even managed not to get full points for a "document is HTML/PDF/....". I mean - how can I not get full points there? It either is or is not a HTML. It's so much subjective that it's making it awful. Now about the good parts: Professor did a great job, the course inspired so many ideas for me. The material is concise and it was a pleasure listening to this course. Most of the courses are too slow for me, so I have to fast forward them to 1.5 and some even to 2 times speed. I've run this course only on 1.25 speed, which is a good thing. I'm not a native English speaker. | thing. I'm not a native English | Speaker | | Negative | -0.6 | 0.0 | 0.7 | 0.72 |
| ru6DZ3Q6EeWi0g6YoSAL-w | The professor could have been a bit more serious, he acted as if he was a kindergarden teacher. Seriously: do you really need to imitate with your hand how a fish swims? I don't think so. Also, the pronounciation of the latin words was horrible - then again, all native English speakers have problems with it, so don't take this remark personally. | - then again, all native English | Speaker | have problems with it, so don't | Negative | -0.6 | 0.5 | 0.74 | 0.97 |
| ru6DZ3Q6EeWi0g6YoSAL-w | Very nice , clear, precise, interesting and usefull. Very good speaker! | precise, interesting and usefull. Very good | Speaker | | Positive | 0.8 | 1.0 | 0.74 | 0.97 |
| TIDJWBwuEeWP9g4JMjGIiQ | This course is great! It has really got me excited about teaching English in China. All the concepts are explained clearly and with metaphors that make you think a bit deeper than you might have otherwise. And if you do all the courses in their Teaching English for Speakers of Other Languages (TESOL) series (8 in total), you earn yourself a coveted TESOL certificate! Good luck! | courses in their Teaching English for | Speaker | of Other Languages (TESOL) series (8 | Positive | 0.6 | 1.0 | 1.13 | 1.16 |
| TIDJWBwuEeWP9g4JMjGIiQ | This course gave a great baseline for getting started in TESOL. I learned as much from watching the professor model good teaching as I did from the content of the videos. I highly recommend this course if you are considering teaching English to speakers of other languages. | you are considering teaching English to | Speaker | of other languages. | Positive | 0.6 | 1.0 | 1.13 | 1.16 |
| TIDJWBwuEeWP9g4JMjGIiQ | This course has great videos. I give it such a low rating to get your attention and point out some serious problems. This is a certification course in how to teach English as a second language. What was not apparent to me though is that you have to take 2 parts of the specialization before getting certified and it will take over a year! Also, there is close to no teacher participation in the module I took and there are no mentors or student teachers (that might change in future classes I would hope, but no guarantees) and there was close to zero feedback of my work or even in the discussion area and no authoritative feedback. Even the peer reviews require your classmates ONLY to judge you based on whether you actually tried to answer the question, if it was between one and three paragraphs and one other silly thing that I can't even remember now. No one is required to give actual feedback and a lot of the assignments were written by students in horrendous English, but that is not to be considered. With so many people taking this course for whom English is not a first language, even these very simple instructions were often misunderstood and people had problems with getting credit for their assignments. Also, even though the videos are really well-done, they are short and contain little information for the price. I figured that I was paying about $50 an hour for the lectures at regular speed. There are also little to no resource links etc. for further study so the lectures are pretty much the only thing you get. If you are a native English speaker who doesn't mind spending an entire year and the cost for well-done videos on the subject is not important, then this course if for you. If however you think this is going to cost only $200 and you would have interaction with teachers and you would get a certification in about half a year... I want to make sure you realize, that is NOT what this specialization is! If you are NOT a native English speaker, this course is designed well I think for people who do not speak English as a native language, who might even have a low level of English, yet who are teaching English already in foreign countries and would have difficulty acquiring certification any other way and therefore don't mind taking a full year to complete the course or the price and for whom not having someone give them feedback would be considered an asset. I have recommended it to friends who are not native speakers of English, but as a native speaker I found it slow, expensive and the assignments to be actually annoying. It's perfect though for my foreigner friends... as long as they understand it's real length and cost! THE CERTIFICATION WILL TAKE OVER A YEAR AND COST AROUND $400. | If you are a native English | Speaker | who doesn't mind spending an entire | Positive | 0.6 | -1.0 | 1.13 | 1.16 |
| TIDJWBwuEeWP9g4JMjGIiQ | This course has great videos. I give it such a low rating to get your attention and point out some serious problems. This is a certification course in how to teach English as a second language. What was not apparent to me though is that you have to take 2 parts of the specialization before getting certified and it will take over a year! Also, there is close to no teacher participation in the module I took and there are no mentors or student teachers (that might change in future classes I would hope, but no guarantees) and there was close to zero feedback of my work or even in the discussion area and no authoritative feedback. Even the peer reviews require your classmates ONLY to judge you based on whether you actually tried to answer the question, if it was between one and three paragraphs and one other silly thing that I can't even remember now. No one is required to give actual feedback and a lot of the assignments were written by students in horrendous English, but that is not to be considered. With so many people taking this course for whom English is not a first language, even these very simple instructions were often misunderstood and people had problems with getting credit for their assignments. Also, even though the videos are really well-done, they are short and contain little information for the price. I figured that I was paying about $50 an hour for the lectures at regular speed. There are also little to no resource links etc. for further study so the lectures are pretty much the only thing you get. If you are a native English speaker who doesn't mind spending an entire year and the cost for well-done videos on the subject is not important, then this course if for you. If however you think this is going to cost only $200 and you would have interaction with teachers and you would get a certification in about half a year... I want to make sure you realize, that is NOT what this specialization is! If you are NOT a native English speaker, this course is designed well I think for people who do not speak English as a native language, who might even have a low level of English, yet who are teaching English already in foreign countries and would have difficulty acquiring certification any other way and therefore don't mind taking a full year to complete the course or the price and for whom not having someone give them feedback would be considered an asset. I have recommended it to friends who are not native speakers of English, but as a native speaker I found it slow, expensive and the assignments to be actually annoying. It's perfect though for my foreigner friends... as long as they understand it's real length and cost! THE CERTIFICATION WILL TAKE OVER A YEAR AND COST AROUND $400. | you are NOT a native English | Speaker | this course is designed well I | Negative | -0.6 | -1.0 | 1.13 | 1.16 |
| TIDJWBwuEeWP9g4JMjGIiQ | This course has great videos. I give it such a low rating to get your attention and point out some serious problems. This is a certification course in how to teach English as a second language. What was not apparent to me though is that you have to take 2 parts of the specialization before getting certified and it will take over a year! Also, there is close to no teacher participation in the module I took and there are no mentors or student teachers (that might change in future classes I would hope, but no guarantees) and there was close to zero feedback of my work or even in the discussion area and no authoritative feedback. Even the peer reviews require your classmates ONLY to judge you based on whether you actually tried to answer the question, if it was between one and three paragraphs and one other silly thing that I can't even remember now. No one is required to give actual feedback and a lot of the assignments were written by students in horrendous English, but that is not to be considered. With so many people taking this course for whom English is not a first language, even these very simple instructions were often misunderstood and people had problems with getting credit for their assignments. Also, even though the videos are really well-done, they are short and contain little information for the price. I figured that I was paying about $50 an hour for the lectures at regular speed. There are also little to no resource links etc. for further study so the lectures are pretty much the only thing you get. If you are a native English speaker who doesn't mind spending an entire year and the cost for well-done videos on the subject is not important, then this course if for you. If however you think this is going to cost only $200 and you would have interaction with teachers and you would get a certification in about half a year... I want to make sure you realize, that is NOT what this specialization is! If you are NOT a native English speaker, this course is designed well I think for people who do not speak English as a native language, who might even have a low level of English, yet who are teaching English already in foreign countries and would have difficulty acquiring certification any other way and therefore don't mind taking a full year to complete the course or the price and for whom not having someone give them feedback would be considered an asset. I have recommended it to friends who are not native speakers of English, but as a native speaker I found it slow, expensive and the assignments to be actually annoying. It's perfect though for my foreigner friends... as long as they understand it's real length and cost! THE CERTIFICATION WILL TAKE OVER A YEAR AND COST AROUND $400. | of English, but as a native | Speaker | I found it slow, expensive and | Negative | -0.6 | -1.0 | 1.13 | 1.16 |
| yFZxWd8aEeWDLBKS83bB7Q | The content of the course has been well-organized and could be easily understood by a non-English speaker. | be easily understood by a non-English | Speaker | | Positive | 0.6 | 1.0 | 0.53 | 1.06 |
| yFZxWd8aEeWDLBKS83bB7Q | I am having deep pleasure to have classes of this course! I am from Russia, Moscow city and this course is followed and controlled by the American Center volunteers under support of the Embassy of the U.S. in Russia. Teachers and the way they teach listeners with the Journalism concepts and its principles are very clear, interesting and fun! Now I am on the 4th week and we have already written a small article that was assessed by the same listeners as you from all over the world. It is really great platform not only to get knowledge but also share your ideas. I really appreciate hard working attempts of speakers who lead the course! A big thank you from Russian listeners! | really appreciate hard working attempts of | Speaker | who lead the course! A big | Positive | 0.6 | 1.0 | 0.53 | 1.06 |
| yFZxWd8aEeWDLBKS83bB7Q | Such a great tool for journalist who are not native speakers to learn all the necessary english terms | for journalist who are not native | Speaker | to learn all the necessary english | Negative | -0.6 | 1.0 | 0.53 | 1.06 |