AP/JWST 1000 6.00

Elementary Modern Hebrew, Level I

This course is an introduction to Modern Hebrew designed only for students with no previous knowledge of Hebrew. The course is structured to build students' ability to comprehend and produce Modern Hebrew through listening, speaking, reading and writing.

Students will learn the Hebrew alphabet, acquire basic vocabulary, gain proficiency in reading and a grasp of elementary Hebrew grammar and syntax. Classes are communicative with a focus on producing and comprehending the spoken and written word. Each language skill introduced in class is practiced through exercises and activities involving listening, speaking, reading and writing, viewing and representing. Hebrew will be spoken during class both by the instructor and by the students at the levels appropriate to the language development of the class.

PREREQUISITE: None. Not normally open to anyone ever having studied Hebrew before either formally or informally. The Department of Languages, Literature, and Linguistics (DLLL) Course Entry Authorization slip required PRIOR TO ENROLLMENT.
COURSE CREDIT EXCLUSIONS: N/A

Note: Students will be placed in a course at a level that suits their previous experience. The Department of Languages, Literature, and Linguistics (DLLL) reserves the right to deregister students who are found, after a proper hearing, to have enrolled in a course for which they are over or under-qualified.