Sep 24, 2017
Extremely informational, well presented, with questions that stimulate reflection. The optional reading material is food for thought. I hope to see more courses from the same professor and University.
Jan 03, 2017
Excellent! Really enjoyed and learnt a lot. I did not expect such a great content and professionalism in a free course. I am definitely purchasing for the title.\n\nThanks to all the team! Great job!
por Felipe P d C R
•Jun 17, 2016
Very special course ! with a good dinamic(class), makes us open our minds! congrats!
por Elvira Z
•Jun 19, 2016
Thank you! Feels like going back in time - back to my student's years.
por 姜徐宁
•May 31, 2017
Extremely pleasant experience gotten in the course, I think it's worth trying for anyone who has the slightest related or direct interest in Linguistics. This reveals some facts of common concerns in my opinion. Reasonable setting of sections as a guiding course.
por Naomi
•Dec 02, 2016
Loved this course! The professor was informative and engaging, and Inge and Martin made the class interesting and fun. I also enjoyed the interviews with other experts in the field.
por Jeyana M
•Aug 07, 2016
"Miracles of Human Language" is a great introductory course for those who want to get into linguistics, but it is also an amazing course for writers, teachers, psychologists and all lifelong learners interested in a topic.
I'm very grateful to Prof. Dr Marc van Oostendorp, his students and everyone who was involved in creating this course. I also want to say thanks to coursera team for making this course available for so many learners.
This course inspired me to start learning Spanish and French (I now spend some time on duolingo.com every day, and with a great pleasure).
Also, after finishing this course, I felt confident enough to start an important writing project (a book for children with a goal to prevent child abuse, the book is in Russian).
In this course the idea of changing the world with your words is presented in such a simple and convincing way, that it's impossible to resist. I think this course made me a better teacher, a better writer and a happier person.
por Linda K
•Feb 08, 2017
Great course!!
por Roland
•Aug 13, 2016
Very clear and interesting!
por Guthmann L
•Oct 22, 2016
Very interested. A great 101
por Andrés M
•Jan 26, 2017
Excelente para refrescar la memoria respecto a aspectos básicos de la lingüística o para introducirse en este mundo según sea el caso.Un aspecto a resaltar es la diversidad de lenguas con las que se trabajan en este curso, ya que en muchas cátedras de lingüística solo se enfocan en la lengua madre o en comparaciones de esta con una segunda lengua o lengua extranjera.
por Amr A W
•Apr 28, 2017
Excellent course. Greetings from Egypt. :)
por Juliana
•Jan 01, 2017
Thank you!
por Shaun M P
•May 26, 2016
great enthusiasm and thought provoking, I look forward to more linguistics courses from Universiteit Leiden!
por Larine F S B D
•Jun 20, 2017
Taking this course made me realize how amazing the study of Linguistics is. I really enjoyed watching the classes and interacting with my peers and tutors.
por Tyson W
•Jun 18, 2016
Miracles of Human Language is a wonderful introduction to the field of linguistics. Prof.dr. M. van Oostendorp is an adept and engaging lecturer and his knowledge of his field is vast. His discussions with Marten and Inge were engaging and his interactions with the language informants was, well... informing! I only wish I could contribute a language to his MOOC as well as participate in his research and work at Universiteit Leiden. Thank you, Dr. van Oostendorp, Marten, Inge, Roberta, Khalid, Han, Varun, Enoch, and Beste. It's been quite a ride!
por CHEN Y
•Aug 09, 2017
这门课程是一门非常好的语言学入门课程,从语音、语言变化的部分到语言错误、心理语言学都有讨论。在课程的作业和考试中,会有一些根据其他语言使用者的资料进行分析的实践,也非常有趣。
por Ema N
•Feb 26, 2018
Wonderfully instructive, engaging, challenging and interesting. Great course!
por Fátima Z R
•Oct 12, 2016
Curso muy completo y sobre todo AMENO en el que aprenderás sin darte apenas cuenta.
por Marie G S
•Aug 14, 2016
So so interesting!
por Guaraciara A d S S
•May 08, 2018
It is a very interesting course. The method is so easy and deep ate same time and it makes us think about our human condiction.
por Diego D C
•Sep 24, 2017
Extremely informational, well presented, with questions that stimulate reflection. The optional reading material is food for thought. I hope to see more courses from the same professor and University.
por Blade F
•Jun 08, 2016
I would highly recommend this course! The instructor presents the material in a clear and effective manner, the subject is interesting, and the work fits well and is not overwhelming.
por 木觉珏
•May 13, 2016
very interesting and enlightening
por Erin R S
•Jun 28, 2017
A really excellent intro to linguistics! I found the lectures straightforward and engaging. The assigned readings were really high quality, and they included a nice variety of styles and formats. The quizzes were difficult (maybe sometimes unnecessarily so) but I think this makes enrollees really pay attention to the content.
por Омельянчук О А
•Jul 12, 2017
This is the most interesting MOOC I've ever taken!
I highly recommend everyone to try it
por Lindsey N
•May 01, 2017
I'm only on the first lesson and feel I have learned so much! Thank you for making the course materials free for those of us not going for the certificate but are just learning because it's interesting.