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UCL CENTRE FOR LANGUAGES & INTERNATIONAL
EDUCATION
Evening Courses
Hebrew Level 3+
Prerequisite for entry
Basic knowledge of spoken and written Hebrew; (successful completion of Hebrew syllabus 3 at
UCL Language Centre or other comparable studies.
Term duration
10 x 2-hour classes.
Aims and Objectives
The aim of the course is to enable students to extend their ability in spoken and written Hebrew at
the lower intermediate level, with an emphasis on practical everyday vocabulary and grammar.
The course includes practice in all four language skills (speaking, listening, reading and writing) as
well as attention to issues specific to Israeli and Jewish culture.
Course Content & Functions
Main topics/themes to be covered
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Universities and studying
The history of the Hebrew alphabet
The holocaust (Yad VaShem, Janusz Korczak, Anne Frank)
Children’s education
World travelling
Jewish lifecycle rituals
Biblical stories (Adam and Eve, the Binding of Isaac)
Grammar
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Verbs in the subjunctive
The future tense of pa’al and pi’el verbs
The verb ‘to be’ in the future
Real conditions
Continuation of prepositions with pronominal suffixes
‘In order to’ + infinitive
Continuation of imperative forms
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Learning Resources
Books:
Core textbook
- Hebrew from Scratch Volume 2 (lessons 5-8)
Supplementary materials
- Hevenu Shalom Aleikhem (video course)
- Hebrew from Scratch Volume 2 (CDs)
(All available in the Self-Access Centre)
Dictionary:
- Oxford English-Hebrew Hebrew-English Dictionary, ed. Ya’acov Levy
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