Admission requirements
Successful completion of the intensive course in the week before the start of the semester.
Description
This is a Modern Hebrew course for beginners, which provides students with the basics. The course is based on an interactive method, giving space to the student to practice and to make sure he/she is progressing in the learning process. Based on an attractive text book, with audio visual material helping the student to efficiently improve pronunciation as well as listening and fluency skills, the course requires a lot of self-study at home. While learning the language, students will also be introduced to the Israeli cultural environment.
Course objectives
This elementary course familiarises students with Hebrew script and phonetics and aims at giving them the possibility to understand basic structures of the language. With the following course in the second semester, it forms an integrated language course. At the end of the total learning process, participants will be able to read and understand simple texts (with help of the dictionary), to follow simple speeches, and to converse about routine matters.
This elementary course familiarises students with Hebrew script and phonetics and aims at giving them the possibility to understand basic structures of the language. With the following course in the second semester, it forms an integrated language course. At the end of the total learning process, participants will be able to read and understand simple texts (with help of the dictionary), to follow simple speeches, and to converse about routine matters.
The course aims at the A1 level of the Common European Framework.
Timetable
The timetables are available through My Timetable.
Mode of instruction
Seminar
Assessment method
Assessment
Grammar and vocabulary; assignments and dictations; written exam; oral exam
Weighing
Grammar and vocabulary; assignments and dictations: 35%
Written exam: 35 %
Oral exam: 30%
Resit
If the final grade is insufficient (lower than a 5.49), there is the possibility of a resit only for the written and/or the oral exam.
Inspection and feedback
How and when an exam review will take place will be disclosed together with the publication of the exam results at the latest. If a student requests a review within 30 days after publication of the exam results, an exam review will have to be organized.
Reading list
- Lewis Glinert, Modern Hebrew. An Essential Grammar (4e druk; London/New York: Routledge, 2016).
Registration
Enrolment through uSis is mandatory.
General information about uSis is available on the website.
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Contact
For substantive questions, contact the lecturer listed in the information bar on the right.
For questions about enrolment, admission, etc, contact the Education Administration Office Vrieshof
Remarks
Please note that the additional course information is an integral part of this course description.