Hebrew

This advanced beginners Modern Hebrew course is designed to enable students to recognize the fundamental structures of the Hebrew language and its basic forms, as well as to acquire the necessary vocabulary for everyday conversations, reading, and writing on a limited scale. It focuses on comprehension (listening to short stories and recorded conversations), conversation (simple dialogues and stories from everyday life), reading (easy dialogues and passages without vowels; headlines and simple, short texts in easy Hebrew), writing (short dialogues and passages on the topics taught in class), and grammatical skills (elementary syntactic and grammatical structures, inflection of the strong verb in the past and present tenses; frequent weak verbs).

The course is to build upon students’ knowledge and understanding of Modern Hebrew through regular in-class practice with reading, writing, grammar, and conversation skills. In addition to the completion of homework assignments included in the text and unseen. 
Students must have taken an elementary Hebrew class or equivalent. 

This is an advanced version of HEBREW 11 and HEBREW 11Q. The course introduces students to adapted literature and scientific works, increases their vocabulary (with an additional 800 words), in particular with regard to the daily use of Hebrew as well as the understanding of articles written in easy Hebrew from the press and scientific journals. Students also gain command of the fundamental structures of Hebrew and its basic grammatical forms. The class also consolidates and broadens the grammatical structures and vocabulary studied in level Aleph. By the end of this course, the student is familiar with the basic structure of the Hebrew language, including: comprehension: listening to the news, recorded radio programs and lectures in easy Hebrew; conversation: conversations, discussions and short lectures based on the passages read and heard; informal meetings with Israelis, reported on afterwards in class; reading: passages from stories and texts adapted into easy Hebrew and short newspaper articles in easy Hebrew; writing: writing structured compositions and short passages on the topics studied; and grammatical skills: syntactic consolidation and elaboration of basic structures, inflection of the strong verbs in the future tense and frequent weak verbs.

The course introduces students to “regular” Hebrew (vs. “easy” Hebrew) by exposing them to literature and scientific works as well as the press in the original Hebrew. Students become familiar with synonyms and the subtle differences between words, as well as expressions and idioms in Hebrew. Students acquire the ability to view films and videotapes, as well as to comprehend lectures (all with advanced preparation in class). Students also gain a good command of the various verbal structures including exceptions to the rules, and become familiar with many syntactical structures. Focus is placed on comprehension: listening to the news, recorded radio programs and lectures in easy Hebrew; conversation: conversations, discussions and short lectures based on the passages read and heard; informal meetings with Israelis, reported on afterwards in class; reading: first encounter with unadapted texts, gradual transition from the easy Hebrew press to simple bulletins and articles in regular Hebrew; extensive reading of books in easy Hebrew; writing: beginning of practical writing on topics discussed in class; writing about personal experiences; writing of structured compositions; and also, grammatical skills: completion of syntactic study of main structures; study of the weak verb.

This course offers an additional conversational component to the Modern Hebrew: Bet, Lower Intermediate Level I Hebrew course. For an additional 1.5 hours a week the class meets and discusses, debates, and practices conversational skills in Hebrew. This course introduces students to adapted literature and scientific works, and increases their vocabulary (with an additional 800 words), in particular with regard to the daily use of Hebrew as well as the understanding of articles written in easy Hebrew from the press and scientific journals. Students gain command of the fundamental structures of Hebrew and its basic grammatical forms. The class also consolidates and broadens the grammatical structures and vocabulary studied in level Aleph. By the this course, the student is familiar with the basic structure of the Hebrew language, including: comprehension: listening to the news, recorded radio programs and lectures in easy Hebrew; conversation: conversations, discussions and short lectures based on the passages read and heard; informal meetings with Israelis, reported on afterwards in class; reading: passages from stories and texts adapted into easy Hebrew and short newspaper articles in easy Hebrew; writing: writing structured compositions and short passages on the topics studied; and grammatical skills: syntactic consolidation and elaboration of basic structures, inflection of the strong verbs in the future tense and frequent weak verbs.

This course for absolute beginners teaches the fundamental structures of Hebrew and its basic forms, and the necessary vocabulary for everyday conversations, reading, and writing on a limited scale. Focus is placed on comprehension: listening to short stories and recorded conversations; conversation: simple dialogues and stories from everyday life; reading: easy dialogues and passages without vowels, headlines, and simple, short texts in easy Hebrew; writing: short dialogues and passages on the topics taught in class; and grammatical skills: elementary syntactic and grammatical structures, inflection of the strong verb in the past and present tenses, and frequent weak verbs.

This course offers an additional conversational component to the Modern Hebrew: Bet, Lower Intermediate Level II Hebrew course. For an additional 1.5 hours a week the class meets and discusses, debates, and practices conversational skills in Hebrew. The course introduces students to adapted literature and scientific works, and increases their vocabulary (with an additional 800 words), in particular with regard to the daily use of Hebrew as well as the understanding of articles written in easy Hebrew from the press and scientific journals. Students also gain command of the fundamental structures of Hebrew and its basic grammatical forms. The class consolidates and broadens the grammatical structures and vocabulary studied in level Aleph. By the end of this course, the student is familiar with the basic structure of the Hebrew language, including: comprehension: listening to the news, recorded radio programs, and lectures in easy Hebrew; conversation: conversations, discussions, and short lectures based on the passages read and heard; informal meetings with Israelis, reported on afterwards in class; reading: passages from stories and texts adapted into easy Hebrew, and short newspaper articles in easy Hebrew; writing: writing structured compositions and short passages on the topics studied; and grammatical skills: syntactic consolidation and elaboration of basic structures, inflection of the strong verbs in the future tense, and frequent weak verbs.

This course introduces students to adapted literature and scientific works, and increases their vocabulary (with an additional 800 words), in particular with regard to the daily use of Hebrew as well as the understanding of articles written in easy Hebrew from the press and scientific journals. Students gain command of the fundamental structures of Hebrew and its basic grammatical forms. The class also consolidates and broadens the grammatical structures and vocabulary studied in level Aleph. By the this course, the student is familiar with the basic structure of the Hebrew language, including: comprehension: listening to the news, recorded radio programs and lectures in easy Hebrew; conversation: conversations, discussions and short lectures based on the passages read and heard; informal meetings with Israelis, reported on afterwards in class; reading: passages from stories and texts adapted into easy Hebrew and short newspaper articles in easy Hebrew; writing: writing structured compositions and short passages on the topics studied; and grammatical skills: syntactic consolidation and elaboration of basic structures, inflection of the strong verbs in the future tense and frequent weak verbs.

The intention of this course is to build upon students’ knowledge and understanding of Modern Hebrew through regular in-class practice with reading, writing, grammar, and conversation skills. In addition to the completion of homework assignments included in the text and unseen. Students must have taken an elementary Hebrew class or equivalent.

This course for intermediate beginners teaches the fundamental structures of Hebrew and its basic forms, and the necessary vocabulary for everyday conversations, reading, and writing on a limited scale. Focus is placed on comprehension: listening to short stories and recorded conversations; conversation: simple dialogues and stories from everyday life; reading: easy dialogues and passages without vowels, headlines, and simple, short texts in easy Hebrew; writing: short dialogues and passages on the topics taught in class; and grammatical skills: elementary syntactic and grammatical structures, inflection of the strong verb in the past and present tenses, and frequent weak verbs.