Memorize everything, do ALL the extra credits. Participate sometimes, but ONLY if you know the answer 100%. Always make sure you conjugate correctly, and get 100 on every hw in the beginning. If you keep getting things right and she likes you, then you can use google translate and be like whatever. But only then.

You need to mentally prepare yourself for the hell of a ride you're gonna go on. December and May will be the worst months of your life because of presentations. She stops your presentations in the middle and critiques them in front of the whole class, to the point of shutting them down and making you present them all over again. Be on point, because you never know what she's gonna point out. She could be having a good day or a bad day, it all depends. It's horrible and I felt the lowest I have ever felt in her class. She's the real-life Trunchbull.