Intensive Elementary Modern Hebrew
This intensive course provides a comprehensive introduction to modern Hebrew language and culture.
The goal of the course is to guide students towards basic communicative skills in Hebrew, while also ensuring a solid command of the fundamental grammatical structures.
The course will help students learn to communicate in Hebrew, to understand Hebrew culture, and to function effectively in a Hebrew setting.
Students master the basic grammatical categories of the language, employing a vocabulary of about 1500 words.
By the completion of this course, students are expected to acquire a proficiency level of ILR 1 in listening, speaking, reading, and writing.
They should be able to read and write in Hebrew and communicate easily on everyday topics. They should be able to write and translate simple texts, write short essays, letters, and advertisements.
Ronit Ron-Yerushalmi was born and raised in Israel. She has a B.A in Middle Eastern studies and Israel Studies from Tel-Aviv University and a masters in second languages and cultures education from the University of Minnesota. She taught Hebrew at the University of Minnesota, the University of Michigan in Ann Arbor, the University of Toronto, and York University. She has taught Hebrew at CLI since 2010.