Please note that as of October 2014 the website URL has changed from http://artsci.wustl.edu/~hii to www.routledge.com/cw/hii
The Routledge Introductory Course in Modern Hebrew: Hebrew in Israel is an integrated language course designed specifically for classroom–based learners.
The course contains 90 lessons combining texts, grammar explanations, and exercises. This is supported by a Companion Website with audiovisual materials to guide the student through the key skills of reading, writing, speaking, and listening.
Features include:
- a wide range of compelling texts, from dialogues and simple narratives to newspaper articles and poetry
- vocabulary lists for each text
- a variety of exercises for every lesson including oral drills, listening comprehension, grammar exercises and writing practice
- a solid grammatical foundation presented in an accessible, user-friendly manner
- cultural notes to introduce students to Israeli society
- beautiful illustrations.
All the texts, wordlists, and verb conjugations are freely available in an audiovisual format on the Companion Website www.routledge.com/cw/hii which contains a wealth of additional resources including:
- answers to all of the exercises in the book
- interactive exercises
- audiovisual verb dictionary
- audiovisual lists of prepositions with their pronoun suffixes
- audiovisual reference charts of numbers, colors, the days of the week, etc.
- checklists and review lessons for each unit
- links to Israeli websites
- videos and music.
Hebrew in Israel provides everything that students and instructors need for an engaging and effective learning environment.
Giore Etzion is a Senior Lecturer at Washington University in St. Louis