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SPAN 1016

Elementary Spanish II · 26 instructors on record · 95 sections

What the course score is made of

76BC evaluations95 records · weight ×1.0 · Fall 2021 – Spring 2026

—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

36thMore challenging than 36% of BC classesranked against every one we hold

88BC — “Intellectually Challenging”95 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

41stMore work than 41% of BC classesranked against every one we hold

53BC — “Workload”95 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.

Conducted in Spanish. Elementary Spanish II is the second course in the first-year sequence. It continues to provide a strong foundation in speaking, listening comprehension, reading and writing as well as exploring the products, practices and perspectives that are unique to Hispanic cultures. This course follows a communicative approach, which springs from the idea that languages are best learned when student activities involve critical thinking about real-world information. Students will interact in Spanish with the instructor, classmates and native speakers. By the end of this course, students should be able to successfully handle a significant number of communicative and writing tasks in different time frames in Spanish.

The board

26 instructors · ranked on this class onlyCompare the top 3

Find an instructor among the 26Filters the rows below. Positions are always against the whole class, so a rank does not change when the list is narrowed.

Scores are real averages. The order also accounts for how many records back each one — the count is under every score — so one perfect review does not outrank a semester of them. 4 of the 26 rows carry a mark saying so.

Rank	Instructor	Overall	Workload	Challenge	RMP overall
1	Erin TraskRomance Languages and Literatures	994 records	45th	65th	—no page
2	Aina Marti GerRomance Languages and Literatures	968 records	41st	53rd	—no page
3	Yuliana Ramos OrtaRomance Languages and Literatures Provisional fewer records	982 records	78th	48th	1001 rating · all classes
4	Isabel ArayaRomance Languages and Literatures Provisional	982 records	25th	79th	—no page
5	Kassandra RamirezRomance Languages and Literatures Provisional	962 records	39th	29th	702 ratings · all classes
6	Kylie MinnitiRomance Languages and Literatures Provisional	962 records	39th	70th	—no page
7	Victor Chacon CabreraRomance Languages and Literatures Provisional	962 records	39th	51st	—no page
8	Ethan HillRomance Languages and Literatures	934 records	39th	24th	—no page
9	Rodrigo TorrellioRomance Languages and Literatures Provisional fewer records	952 records	78th	53rd	—no page
10	Naomi Sanabria AldanaRomance Languages and Literatures Provisional	942 records	—	—	1004 ratings · all classes
11	Monika StantchevaRomance Languages and Literatures	916 records	45th	34th	—no page
12	Wendy Rodriguez ZunigaRomance Languages and Literatures	907 records	39th	57th	—no page
13	Can ZhuRomance Languages and Literatures	904 records	29th	60th	—no page
14	Silvana FalconiProfessor of the Practice in Hispanic Studies · Romance Languages and Literatures	884 records	93rd	31st	8010 ratings · all classes
15	Sehyun MoonRomance Languages and Literatures	884 records	29th	40th	946 ratings · all classes
16	Nicoletta Lembo-VolpeRomance Languages and Literatures Provisional	882 records	78th	58th	—no page
17	Viktoryia LiashchynskayaRomance Languages and Literatures	884 records	29th	40th	1001 rating · all classes
18	Olivia BegginsVisiting Assistant Professor of the Practice, Spanish Language Program · Romance Languages and Literatures Provisional fewer records	851 record	25th	29th	1002 ratings · all classes
19	Maria GonzalezRomance Languages and Literatures	864 records	39th	31st	—no page
20	Iris Fitzsimmons ChristensenRomance Languages and Literatures	854 records	45th	40th	807 ratings · all classes
21	Marcel PonsRomance Languages and Literatures	844 records	78th	9th	845 ratings · all classes
22	Alicia LowdenRomance Languages and Literatures Provisional fewer records	812 records	78th	24th	—no page
23	Robert MunrayosRomance Languages and Literatures	836 records	45th	6th	—no page
24	Pia CuneoRomance Languages and Literatures	803 records	78th	34th	804 ratings · all classes
25	Valerie Sanabria AldanaRomance Languages and Literatures	804 records	25th	11th	—no page
26	Paola Heredia AlfaroRomance Languages and Literatures	656 records	40th	17th	—no page

All 26 instructors listed.

How this board is orderedPositions account for how many records stand behind each number, so one perfect review does not outrank a semester of them. Every score shown is the real average — only the ordering is adjusted. The comparison here is the class itself: a thin record is read against how this class was rated overall, not against the university.

Every instructor with an evaluation record for this class is on this board — it is not a top ten, and nothing is hidden behind a “show more”. Overall is the instructor's blended score for THIS class only, and its one contributing source is Boston College's evaluations for the sections in the row's record count — nothing on this board is an average across the other things they teach. Workload and Challenge are RANKS against every class we hold, not scores: BC's questions all sit near the top of the 1-5 scale, so a raw number would put almost every row in the high eighties and tell you nothing. Challenge is BC's “intellectually challenging” item, which students answer positively about courses that stretched them — it is not a measure of difficulty or grading. Neither column is ever marked better or worse. 10 of 26 rows are marked provisional: fewer than 3 records stand behind the number. That is thin evidence, not a bad instructor — the record count is in every row. The RateMyProfessors column is an instructor's overall figure across everything they teach; that site has no course dimension, so it is shown for information and kept out of the ranking.

The line

All 13 items · means across 95 records

The Professor4 items

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

9238th pctl

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

9343rd pctl

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

9134th pctl

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

9131st pctl

The Course3 items

Well-Organized CourseThe course was well organized.

9148th pctl

Clear Learning GoalsThe learning objectives for the course were clear.

9252nd pctl

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

8411th pctl

Assignments & Feedback3 items

Assignments Help You LearnAssignments and exams contributed to my learning.

8830th pctl

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

9255th pctl

Meaningful FeedbackThe feedback I received on my work was meaningful.

9146th 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.

5341st pctl

Intellectually ChallengingThe course was intellectually challenging.

8836th pctl

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

9355th 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

95 sections · newest first

Instructor	Term	Sec	Instr	Course	Work
Isabel Araya	Spring 2026	01	95	70	40
Isabel Araya	Spring 2026	02	100	82	40
Can Zhu	Spring 2026	03	98	82	60
Rodrigo Torrellio	Spring 2026	04	96	67	60
Rodrigo Torrellio	Spring 2026	05	94	71	—
Can Zhu	Spring 2026	06	87	82	40
Kylie Minniti	Spring 2026	07	96	88	40
Kylie Minniti	Spring 2026	08	97	73	60
Paola Heredia Alfaro	Spring 2026	09	50	50	—
Wendy Rodriguez Zuniga	Spring 2026	10	83	72	—
Paola Heredia Alfaro	Spring 2026	11	100	90	40
Wendy Rodriguez Zuniga	Fall 2025	01	93	86	40
Wendy Rodriguez Zuniga	Fall 2025	02	91	85	60
Aina Marti Ger	Fall 2025	03	98	83	40
Wendy Rodriguez Zuniga	Fall 2025	04	91	76	40
Aina Marti Ger	Fall 2025	05	96	87	60
Paola Heredia Alfaro	Fall 2025	06	70	60	60
Olivia Beggins	Fall 2025	07	85	77	40
Paola Heredia Alfaro	Fall 2025	08	57	52	60
Erin Trask	Fall 2025	09	100	89	60
Victor Chacon Cabrera	Fall 2025	10	98	73	60
Erin Trask	Fall 2025	11	100	73	60
Victor Chacon Cabrera	Fall 2025	12	94	72	40
Silvana Falconi	Summer 2025	01	96	73	60
Nicoletta Lembo-Volpe	Spring 2025	01	90	78	60

Showing the first 25.

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.