Trevor is friendly and gives really engaging lectures. He only bothers people who actively participate, and he only took attendance for the days with guest lectures. There were no exams, just two papers, and a weekly reading reflection and homework. It's a lot of work, but it's spread out over the quarter and is mainly just busy-work. The grading is all up to the TA, who may be strict.

This professor killed me. He literally has no respect for the students and the minorities. He just says whatever he wants. Kann does not know how to organize a class and it was the most boring lecture ever. He is just an outgrown frat boy and he makes all that type of jokes like "oh just stick it in my ass and call me a big fat idiot" like dude okay you are trying way too hard. Things he says are super not funny and make people really uncomfortable. One more thing, he is always like the "best buddy" with his TA so he trusts his TA 100% so he doesn't care if your TA wasn't grading fairly. Hopefully he's not gonna teach or stay at UCLA anymore and hopefully, I don't need to take any more of his classes.

Trevor Kann is super personable and I enjoyed his class. The rapport between him and the students is light and entertaining, unfortunately my class was a bit quiet so his witty remarks and attempts at engaging his students often went ignored. He is really understanding of tardiness, just be prepared to be put on the spot if you walk in late (in a lighthearted way). This class relies a lot on discussion so it is to the benefit of everyone to participate. This course covers a wide range of topics tackled by applied linguistics, and it was interesting to be exposed to all of these different areas. The workload is very manageable - weekly discussion posts, reading assignment (75-100 pages per week), weekly assignments and two papers, no exams. The papers aren't too challenging and you can use the assigned readings as sources as well as for topic inspiration. He brings in a lot of guest speakers which also keeps the class entertaining. Discussion was also very interesting and thought-provoking, sometimes I even felt as though I learned more in discussion than in lecture. Overall this is a worthwhile class and I would recommend it to ling majors and anyone else who has an interest.