UCL CENTRE FOR LANGUAGES & INTERNATIONAL
EDUCATION
Evening Courses
Hebrew Level 1
Prerequisite for entry
For complete beginners or those who have had only very little contact with the language.
Term duration
10 x 2-hour classes.
Aims and Objectives
The aim of the course is to enable students to function in spoken and written Hebrew at a basic
everyday survival 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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Introducing oneself (name, nationality, place of origin, place of residence, profession)
The Hebrew alphabet
Numbers (including phone numbers), counting and prices
Likes and dislikes
Talking about one’s family
Describing one’s house or flat (rooms, furniture, location)
Describing present actions
Telling time, days of the week, months of the year
Grammar
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The present tense of pa’al verbs
Masculine and feminine in nouns, adjectives, numbers and verbs
Singular and plural
The infinitive of pa’al verbs
Subject personal pronouns
Possession
Prepositions
Noun/adjective agreement
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Learning Resources
Books:
Core textbook
- Hebrew from Scratch Volume 1 (units 1-7, lessons 1-2)
Supplementary materials
- Hevenu Shalom Aleikhem (video course)
- Beginning Hebrew CD roms
- Hebrew from Scratch Volume 1 (cassettes)
(All available in the Self-Access Centre)
Dictionary:
- Oxford English-Hebrew Hebrew-English Dictionary, ed. Ya’acov Levy
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