CHINESE-102
FIRST-YEAR CHINESE II
Offered Fall 2026
Term
Instructor
Overview
Feedback is mostly positive. The strongest signal is that students generally rate the course well. Best for students who are genuinely interested in the topic and willing to engage with the course on its own terms.
DepartmentAMES
Terms offeredFall, Spring
Typical enrollment5–14
Semesters of data5
4.0
Hrs / week
77
Responses
87
Enrollment
89%
Response Rate
Evaluation Scores
Overall quality
Teaching, content, and experience combined.
4.5
Intellectually stimulating
Challenges students to think deeply.
4.3
Instructor effectiveness
Explains concepts and facilitates learning.
4.8
Difficulty
Higher means harder.
3.4
Feedback Analysis
Feedback Analysishigh
Analysis based on student evaluations
Based on 177 comments across 9 sections
Feedback is mostly positive. The strongest signal is that students generally rate the course well. Best for students who are genuinely interested in the topic and willing to engage with the course on its own terms.
Student Reports
How hard is the A?
A is doable but not automatic
The signal here is more do-the-work-and-you-should-be-fine than easy-A chatter. Students do not describe the A as automatic, but the evidence also does not paint grading as punishing.
Homework Load
Heavy homework load
Homework load is one of the clearest friction points. Students repeatedly describe assignments, readings, or problem sets as time-consuming.
Lecture Load
Regular lecture load
Lectures matter here, but the evidence points to a fairly standard lecture burden rather than a course dominated by long or exceptionally dense lectures.
Strengths
• Instructor ratings are strong even when the comments do not cluster around one obvious positive theme.
Tradeoffs
• There is no single dominant complaint theme, but the feedback is not uniformly glowing either.
Best fit for
Best for students who are genuinely interested in the topic and willing to engage with the course on its own terms.
Student Responses
I developed a better understanding of Mandarin.
Spring 2024 · He, Tianshu
- the chinese language itself: more vocabulary and many more grammatical structures
Fall 2023 · Zhang, Shu
Chinese grammar
Fall 2023 · Zhang, Shu
i learned a lot of new grammar patterns and some new words and i learned tricks for distinguishing tones.
Fall 2023 · Zhang, Shu
I learned a lot. My grammar and vocab grew explosively. Here are some specific areas in which I developed. I learned about chinese verb complements I greatly improved my ability to write and pronounce pinyin I learned how to use chinese in everyday situations.
Fall 2023 · Zhang, Shu
Rating History
Rating history
Error bars show \u00B11 std dev
| Term | Instructor | Overall | Difficulty | Hrs/wk | Enrolled |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Fall 2025 | Guo, Jiali 3.0Rate My ProfessorsQuality3.0Difficulty3.0Would retake67%Based on 3 ratingsClick to view on RMP → | — | — | 4.9 | 11 |
| Spring 2025 | Guo, Jiali 3.0Rate My ProfessorsQuality3.0Difficulty3.0Would retake67%Based on 3 ratingsClick to view on RMP → | 4.4 | 3.6 | 4.1 | 19 |
| Fall 2024 | Guo, Jiali 3.0Rate My ProfessorsQuality3.0Difficulty3.0Would retake67%Based on 3 ratingsClick to view on RMP → | 4.9 | 3.8 | 5.0 | 11 |
| Spring 2024 | He, Tianshu 4.6Rate My ProfessorsQuality4.6Difficulty2.8Would retake100%Based on 34 ratingsClick to view on RMP → | 4.3 | 3.1 | 2.8 | 28 |
| Fall 2023 | Zhang, Shu 5.0Rate My ProfessorsQuality5.0Difficulty2.7Would retake100%Based on 3 ratingsClick to view on RMP → | 4.7 | 3.6 | 3.7 | 18 |
Instructor
Guo, JialiAMES
Also teaches
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