HEBR 1030: Hebrew Level III

Abstract

ELIGIBILITY: By placement only. ¶GENERAL DESCRIPTION This course is for students who acquired the foundations of Hebrew grammar in levels I and/or II at YU or came into the program with comparable proficiency in Hebrew language. It is designed to review and strengthen the foundations of Hebrew they acquired by introducing them to carefully selected and increasingly complex textual materials including modern Hebrew poetry. The encounters with these materials will enable students to develop higher level reading comprehension strategies, enlarge their active vocabulary, enhance their grammatical skills, develop their ability to discuss a great variety of Hebrew texts verbally and in writing, and enrich their understanding of modern Israel. ¶LEARNING OUTCOMES At the end of this course students will: 1. Expand their vocabulary and learn to attend to grammatical features of words and how to use words correctly in context. 2. Understand the structural nature of Hebrew verbs and be able to use verbs in all tenses 3. Be able to recognize most sentence structures of Hebrew and able to create well-formed sentences in the language. 4. Enhance their level of communicative skills, both oral and written. 5. Enhance their grammatical skills required for Hebrew text analysis. 6. Become acquainted most prominent Israeli poets, listen to their voices, and appreciate the beauty of the Hebrew language.