Matthew Ferraro
Apr 17, 2026 · Historical comment
FERRARO IS THE BEST!!!! 100% recommend him everyone loves him. Do whatever you can to take his class. He is great for both elementary and intermediate.
FREN1010 · Romance Languages and Literatures
Morrissey College of Arts & Sciences
Classes are conducted primarily in French. Students with prior French experience admitted only by placement test. This course is a continuation of FREN1009 (Elementary French I) and is also open to students who have placed into this course without having completed FREN1009. Course goals include laying a foundation for Intermediate French, expanding vocabulary, and building oral proficiency. Elementary French II is a film-based course supplemented with web-based assignments and an online language lab.
Course experience
Averages use the original five-point historical evaluation scale.
Organization
4.6 / 5
How well the course was organized
Challenge
4.3 / 5
How intellectually challenging students found it
Attendance
4.4 / 5
How necessary attendance was
Assignments
4.5 / 5
How helpful assignments were
Weekly effort
~3
hours per week
Estimated from the original workload response buckets. Individual sections may differ.
Instructor options
Ratings below reflect the evaluations connected to this course.
Part Time Faculty, Romance Languages & Literatures Department
4.2 / 5
4.0 / 5
Part Time Faculty, Romance Languages & Literatures Department
4.9 / 5
4.6 / 5
2 evaluations for this course
4.9 / 5
4.6 / 5
1 evaluations for this course
4.8 / 5
4.7 / 5
Student perspective
Anonymous comments from BC students past and present are shown as submitted and may reflect different course formats.
Apr 17, 2026 · Historical comment
FERRARO IS THE BEST!!!! 100% recommend him everyone loves him. Do whatever you can to take his class. He is great for both elementary and intermediate.
Oct 30, 2025 · Historical comment
Such a great professor. Makes French easy and fun to understand. 100% take if you can.
Oct 21, 2025 · Historical comment
Genuinely the best Professor at BC. Nobody is even close. Take any class he teaches at every opportunity.
Oct 15, 2025 · Historical comment
Loved his class he's super patient and unlike other teachers will listen to you 1000 times and explain it again until you get it. you will definitely learn alot !
Across time
Available section-level results across semesters.
Spring 2025
7 sectionsSpring 2024
6 sectionsSpring 2023
6 sectionsSpring 2022
7 sectionsSpring 2021
3 sectionsSpring 2020
5 sections