HEBR 1201 - A Lower Intermediate Hebrew I

Abstract

ELIGIBILITY: By placement only. GENERAL DESCRIPTION: This course is designed entirely online and is aimed to help students develop high level thinking strategies and active participation in analyzing Hebrew textual data, evaluating it and applying it inside and outside the classroom. LEARNING GOALS/ OUTCOMES 1. Introduce students to a variety of Hebrew texts and develop a constructive approach to reading and analyzing increasingly complex Hebrew written materials. 2. Vocabulary enlargement with a focus on words’ use in context. 3. Development of grammatical skills required for Hebrew text analysis. 4. Development of communicative skills, both oral and written. COURSE STRUCTURE and materials This course is conducted entirely online, which means you do not have to be on campus to complete any portion of it. You will participate in the course using Yeshiva University’s learning management system called CANVAS (https:// https://yu.instructure.com/). Some of the course materials will be delivered synchronously, namely on Zoom during class time, and some of the course materials will be handled by you asynchronously, namely, you can access the work on your own time, only make sure your assignment is ready for submission on time!