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EALC 1121

Elementary Chinese I · 1 instructor on record · 5 sections

What the course score is made of

82BC evaluations5 records · weight ×1.0 · Fall 2021 – Fall 2025

—Student reviewsno reviews — does not contribute

—RateMyProfessorsno ratings — does not contribute

That is the class itself, averaged across everyone who taught it. Who taught it, and how each of them scored, is the board below — that is what a student picking a section is actually choosing between.

What the challenge rank is made of

75thMore challenging than 75% of BC classesranked against every one we hold

94BC — “Intellectually Challenging”5 records · raw score out of 100

Boston College's own “intellectually challenging” question for this class only — students answer it positively about courses that stretched them, so it measures intellectual challenge and NOT grading, workload or quality. Almost every BC class scores high on it, which is why it is shown as a rank rather than a score.

What the workload rank is made of

81stMore work than 81% of BC classesranked against every one we hold

65BC — “Workload”5 records · raw score out of 100

Boston College reports workload for this class only as one of five bands, not as a number of hours, and it does not publish what the bands mean — so this site will not translate it into hours. Higher means more work, which is not the same as worse.

An introduction to the fundamentals of modern Chinese (Mandarin) grammar and vocabulary, including exercises in pronunciation and sentence structure and development of basic conversation, reading, and character writing skills. Additional practicum work required.This course continues in the second semester as EALC1122.

The only instructor on record

5 sections · nobody else has taught itFull record

Instructor	Overall	Workload	Challenge	RMP overall
Fang LuProfessor of the Practice, Chinese · Eastern, Slavic, and German Studies	895 records	81st	75th	965 ratings · all classes

There is no ranking to read here: Fang Lu is the only instructor with evaluation records for EALC 1121, so the number is a record, not a position. The RateMyProfessors figure is their overall score across everything they teach, not their score in this class.

Also taught by Fang Lu

6 other classes

Class	Instructors	Course score
EALC 4121Advanced Chinese I	17 records	89
EALC 1122Elementary Chinese II	25 records	77
EALC 3111Advanced Chinese I	12 records	87
EALC 3162Newspaper and Media Chinese	12 records	85
EALC 4122Advanced Chinese II	22 records	93
EALC 3161Business Chinese	11 record	80

Other EALC classes

All of them

Class	Instructors	Course score
EALC 1123Elementary Chinese Practicum	420 records	86
EALC 1222Elementary Japanese II	318 records	93
EALC 1221Elementary Japanese I	317 records	92
EALC 1124Elementary Chinese Practicum	316 records	88
EALC 1311Elementary Korean I	315 records	90
EALC 1312Elementary Korean II	315 records	92

The line

All 13 items · means across 5 records

The Professor4 items

Clearly Explains MaterialThe instructor was effective at creating an understanding of difficult subject matter.

9136th pctl

Available Outside of ClassThe instructor was available for help outside of class.

9670th pctl

Brings Out Your Best WorkThe instructor motivated me to do my best work.

9346th pctl

Sparked My InterestThe course stimulated my interest in the subject matter.

9338th pctl

The Course3 items

Well-Organized CourseThe course was well organized.

9145th pctl

Clear Learning GoalsThe learning objectives for the course were clear.

9145th pctl

Useful Beyond the CourseWhat I learned is applicable beyond this course.

8824th pctl

Assignments & Feedback3 items

Assignments Help You LearnAssignments and exams contributed to my learning.

8938th pctl

Gives Feedback PromptlyI received feedback on my work in a timely manner.

9362nd pctl

Meaningful FeedbackThe feedback I received on my work was meaningful.

9043rd pctl

Workload, difficulty & attendanceNot ratings

WorkloadHow much work the course took outside class, on Boston College's five-band scale — the band boundaries are not published, so this is not a number of hours.

6581st pctl

Intellectually ChallengingThe course was intellectually challenging.

9475th pctl

Attendance MattersAttending class was necessary to do well in this course.

9253rd pctl

Bar length is the rank against every comparable record we hold, not the raw score: BC's questions all have a median around 4.5, so a raw-scale bar would be nearly full on every row and would tell you nothing. Every bar is one ink colour — nothing here is graded green or red. The hatched bars are not ratings at all: a higher number on either describes a different course, not a better one.

Game log

5 sections · newest first

Instructor	Term	Sec	Instr	Course	Work
Fang Lu	Fall 2025	01	85	77	80
Fang Lu	Fall 2024	01	91	84	60
Fang Lu	Fall 2023	01	89	78	—
Fang Lu	Fall 2022	01	96	90	60
Fang Lu	Fall 2021	01	83	78	60

How to read this boardInstructors are ranked on their record in this class only, never on their average across everything they teach. Scores are out of 100 — Boston College's 1–5 agreement scale, ×20, the way these numbers were printed for years. Workload is BC's own five-band figure, not a number of hours, and is shown as a rank. A dash means the question was not reported, and is never a zero.