Course Description
Conversation and composition in the context of Israeli and Jewish culture. Offered in Hebrew. Not open to native speakers.
Athena Title
Conversational Hebrew
Prerequisite
HEBR 2003
Semester Course Offered
Offered every year.
Grading System
A - F (Traditional)
Course Objectives
The only conversation course in Hebrew aims to develop students' skills at oral and written communication. By end of term, students will improve their ability to form grammatical and elegant sentences and paragraphs in contemporary Hebrew. Mandatory class participation will ensure the time for practice and evaluation, in addition to written and recorded homework and examination loads.
Topical Outline
Grammar Review - verbal tenses and moods - sentence structure - adjectives, adverbs, and adjectival/adverbial phrases - prepositions and interjections - loanwords Vocabulary Development Pronunciation Development Aural Comprehension - television - film - news Ethnographic recordings Written Comprehension - news media - contemporary cultural criticism - contemporary issue commentary Fluency in Expression - class discussion and conversation (in Hebrew) - presentation of written compositions in class - critiques and comments on presentations