The material for this class is very interesting, and Professor Bahtina makes it very approachable. She's very friendly and approachable, and I'll definitely be taking more courses with her in the future. This class is mostly based on homework assignments and a group project, none of which I found too difficult, nor were they graded particularly harshly. Keep in mind that participation and attendance are graded. I would recommend taking this class, the information is something I that I feel everyone should know, and Professor Bahtina was great.

I absolutely loved taking 170 with Daria and Corinna as my TA!! They were both so accommodating and helpful, and really took student's opinions into account. Daria is so sweet and funny and played us a song at the beginning of every lecture. Due to the TA strike I didn't get to spend the whole quarter with Corinna but she was an amazing and helpful instructor leading up to the strike. The course is centered around one group project where you study a sociolinguistic phenomenon of your choice and it was a lot of fun. I loved this class and plan on taking bilingualism with Daria in the future!

I have taken both 170 and c140(bilingualism and second language acquisition) with professor Bahtina and I am truly amazed how good she is. First of all you can approach to her with any issues, she is caring and understanding on another level. Second, she makes her classroom environment super friendly where shy people like me feel very comfortable. This honestly is hard to do with bunch of students but she does. Her class is very organised and structured. She created this really helpful excel sheet that has all the importance dates that helps to keep track of everything. Overall i never felt overwhelmed with the material in class bc everything is nicely organized . On top of that she reaches back fast if you contact her through slack or email. Okay now about how hard her class is. Considering that both classes are upper div and you are expecting to have knowledge on those topics her class is very doable. She doesn’t have any exams which makes the lectures less stressful and for me it was like watching a very interesting movie. Her lectures are interesting and engaging but because of the length of the class (around 2 hours and no break) it was hard to focus for the entirety of the class. But if you do pay attention in class and do the assignments and ask for her help when something is unclear you will be fine. The group project is time consuming so start early. It is not an easy project you have to choose a topic you are interested and conduct a research about it. So start doing literature review early and look though instructions, don’t wait until she tells everyone to start working on the project bc then it will be a little stressful. Overall if someone is enjoying a more humanistic studies rather then pure linguistics then this class is for you!