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I found this course to be not only educational but extremely interesting. It provides a great overview of the field of linguistics and does so in an engaging manner. I highly recommend it!
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Very interesting course, I found the content easy to follow. Some of the questions felt a little abstract in relation to the content, but perhaps that was user error in trying to complete quickly!
By Gerard O R
•Feb 1, 2024
Superb course. Highly engaging. Excellent mix of individual videos, group discussions, external speakers, and effective assessment. Thank you.
By Farah K
•Jan 13, 2022
Amazing course that gave me the push I needed. It contains all the basic information one needs to dive into this amazing field of linguistics.
By Semiramis G d A
•Sep 1, 2021
I am Semiramis Almeida. I want to congratulate you on this course. The content and the teacher are excellent. I am happy about studying it.
Tks
By aditik
•Aug 15, 2020
Really well structure and organized course! The lectures were engaging and included really interesting interviews, discussions and activities!
By Deleted A
•May 28, 2023
This course is helpful to me. But I decide to unenroll from it because I'm too bad in this course, but I want to say that it's a good course.
By Arianne L
•Aug 30, 2020
Very informative and covers a lot of good topics. I would certainly recommend this course to other people that are interested in linguistics.
By Pablo
•Jul 26, 2016
I very much liked the professor, he has a contagious energy and is entertaining to hear and watch. Overall an excellent course, learned a lot
By Neoh W K
•Jan 29, 2020
The videos are clear and informative. The recommended reading materials are interesting and relevant. The informants' video are interesting.
By Hanna P
•Aug 7, 2016
without any doubt the best course among those I have studied or tried out on and beyond coursera. a huge thanks to the whole team behind it!
By Havva Z Ö
•Jun 25, 2023
This course was amazing! The resources, exercises, readings and lectures were super helpful for me to understand the basics of linguistics!
By Damaris S
•Aug 9, 2020
I learned so much about Linguistics that I had previously not learned. I loved the structure of the course and the flexibility it offered.
By Fernanda M
•Jan 27, 2018
The course was excellent. I could review some of the main concepts of Linguistic through very well designed lessons and fruitful material.
By Kasmin F
•Mar 3, 2017
Immensely enlightening. I'd recommend this course to anyone who loves languages and wants to explore the fascinating world of linguistics
By Hernán S
•Oct 31, 2016
This course was excellent! because this made me an overview of linguistic science, their internal fields, and their main topics of study.
By Aleksandra P
•Jun 10, 2019
This is a very well-organized and engaging course:) I do have a solid background in linguistics and I still found it really interesting.
By Chantao P
•May 9, 2016
so instructive, so attractive.
I'm very interested in Language and Society, I expect to acquire more knowledge on human language. Thanks!
By Irene A
•Feb 23, 2017
A great course for those who are interested in the subject and want to take a general first look into linguistics. I really enjoyed it.
By Fadi G
•Aug 24, 2020
The Discussions and resources were very informative and the quizzes at all levels were challenging but at the end rewarding thank you
By Benjamin K
•Mar 3, 2017
Covers a wide range of topics and goes quite in-depth given time constraints. The professor is clearly passionate about the subject.
By Arielle A
•Mar 30, 2020
Very educational and challenging course. I was pleased to see the explanation and use of Sign language brought up during the course.
By Gianluca B
•Jun 19, 2020
Muy buen curso, me gustaron las variedades de idiomas para comparar. muchas gracias a Coursera y la universidad por lo oportunidad!
By navem
•Mar 14, 2020
It was fantastic, challenging and brought me refreshing theoretical inputs to add to my knowledge on the area. Thank you very much.
By Marcela C
•Aug 18, 2019
Fantastic. I didn’t know anything about linguistics and now I know basic concepts and have many extra books to read and learn more.
By Bertille M
•Feb 11, 2017
Excellent MOOC! Prof. van Oostendorp has done a wonderful job, asking students and colleagues to intervene. Extremely interesting!
By Gotamist
•Nov 1, 2018
Prof. van Oostendorp is an excellent and motivational teacher. I feel like a got a real introduction to the field of linguistics!