The information within this section is a reflection of the offerings during Summer Institutes 2008. Please check back in late winter 2009 for summer 2009 information.

June 16–August 14, 2008

Hebrew language courses
     Online Hebrew
Ulpan


Summer Institutes at Hebrew College provide an excellent opportunity to build Hebrew language skills within a condensed time frame. Month-long Hebrew language courses cover a semester of study.

For students interested in the beginning levels of Hebrew language instruction (Hebrew I or II), please contact Tzilla Barone at 617-559-8812 or tbarone@hebrewcollege.edu. Those who have completed Hebrew I and II during the regular academic year, or who have mastered the equivalent, may take either or both Hebrew III and IV during the summer. Through this four-semester Hebrew language sequence, students will gain proficiency in reading and listening comprehension skills and some experience with classical Hebrew texts. Advanced students may take the graduate-level sequence, Hebrew V and VI.

All students who have not recently completed a Hebrew course in the College’s academic programs are required to consult with the Hebrew Language Department for placement. Please call 617-559-8812 and/or consult the Hebrew self-placement tests at hebrewcollege.edu/hebrewplacement.

For a listing of online Hebrew courses, click here.


Hebrew Language

UC=undergraduate credit; GC=graduate credit; NC=noncredit

Hebrew I
Kishony
June 16–July 10
Monday–Thursday, 9:30 a.m.–1:30 p.m.
4 UC, $3,580; NC, $1,250
HEBRW 201

This course enables students to recognize and use fundamental structures of Hebrew grammar and morphology, and to acquire the necessary vocabulary for basic reading of modern and classical texts, as well as for conversation. Sessions will include reading from modern and classical texts and short dialogues, with and without vowels. Students will listen to short stories and recorded dialogues and participate in guided conversation. Based on topics introduced in class, students will write short dialogues and passages. All language skills are mastered through elementary syntactic and grammatical structures. Students will learn the basic verbs in the different common active verb groups and their conjugation in the present tense.

Hebrew II
Kishony
July 21–August 14
Monday–Thursday, 9:30 a.m.–1:30 p.m.
4 UC, $3,580; NC, $1,250
HEBRW 202

A continuation of Hebrew I, this course enables students to recognize and use some new structures of Hebrew grammar, morphology and vocabulary for reading of modern and classical texts, as well as conversation. Sessions include readings from modern and classical texts and dialogues with and without vowels. Students will listen to stories and recorded dialogues and participate in guided and open conversation. Based on topics introduced in class, students will write dialogues and passages. All language skills are mastered through more advanced syntactic and grammatical structures. Students will learn the past tense of verbs in the groups introduced in Hebrew I.

Hebrew III
Veissid
June 16–July 10
Monday–Thursday, 9:30 a.m.–1:30 p.m.
4 UC, $3,580; NC, $1,250
HEBRW 203

Students will learn to recognize and use new and more complicated structures of Hebrew grammar and morphology, such as combined sentences, and will acquire vocabulary for advanced reading of classical and modern texts and conversation. Sessions will include readings of longer passages from modern and classical texts, as well as dialogues and abridged stories. Students will listen to stories and recorded dialogues, participate in open conversation and write short expository passages. All language skills will be mastered through the syntactic and grammatical structures. Students will learn the future tense of basic verbs in the strong verb groups, as well as frequently used weak verbs.

Hebrew IV
Veissid
July 21–August 14
Monday–Thursday, 9:30 a.m.–1:30 p.m.
4 UC, $3,580; NC, $1,250
HEBRW 204

Building on the language skills students have developed in Hebrew I through III, this course will continue to strengthen students' reading comprehension, grammar, written and oral language skills in modern Hebrew, as well as reading and comprehension of rabbinic texts. Attention will be paid to the grammatical forms and structures, as well as vocabulary expansion.

Hebrew V
Instructor TBA
June 16–July 10
Monday–Thursday, 9:30 a.m.–1:30 p.m.
4 GC, $3,580; NC, $1,250
HEBRW 205

See course description for Hebrew VI.

Hebrew VI
Instructor TBA
July 21–August 14
Monday–Thursday, 9:30 a.m.–1:30 p.m.
4 GC, $3,580; NC, $1,250
HEBRW 206

Building on Hebrew III and IV, the Hebrew V–VI sequence will focus on more advanced modern Hebrew language structures and prose writings. Students will deepen their understanding of the Hebrew language, with emphasis on skill acquisition and development through the extensive use of both classical and modern texts. There will also be a systematic presentation of grammatical and syntactical principles of both biblical and rabbinic Hebrew (including vocabulary). Texts of different styles, such as narrative, poetry, prophecy and wisdom literature, will all be examined, with an emphasis on literary analysis. Hebrew texts will be used and some English translations may be available to students.

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