Hebrew Language Classes

These classes use the textbook Hebrew From Scratch, Part 1 (2019 edition). Purchase here or elsewhere online – make sure to purchase early, as shipping times can vary!

Level 1 (Aleph): Beginners! This is the class for you if you need to learn the aleph-bet (Hebrew alphabet) and vowels from the beginning or almost beginning and start building your vocabulary.

Level 2 (Bet): This class is for students who have completed Aleph OR know the aleph-bet, can read, have started to gather vocabulary, and can say some simple sentences about their immediate surroundings.

Level 3 (Gimel): This class is for students who have completed Bet OR can read Hebrew fluently, have some vocabulary and a grasp of grammar, can handle a short conversation about daily life.

Level 4 (Dalet): This level is for students who can hold basic simple conversations, as well as read, comprehend, and answer questions about texts on a variety of topics, using present tense. The goals of the class include using causal clauses, using wider vocabulary while reading, discussing and presenting more complex texts.

Level 5 (Hey): This level is for students can hold basic conversations, as well as read, comprehend, and answer questions about texts on a variety of topics in the present tense. Students in this class will learn the use of the infinitive in several forms and increase accuracy. The goals of the class include learning and mastering the infinitive, reading, comprehending, and discussing more complex texts, and creating presentations about a variety of topics while growing their vocabulary in reading, speaking and comprehension.

Levels 6/7 (Vav/Zayin): These levels focuses on building vocabulary, improving reading, and conducting conversations in past tense.

Level 8 (Chet): This class will be focusing on high-level reading, writing, and speaking, using advanced grammatical topics of past tense, conjugation of prepositions, and advanced impersonal form and expressions.

Level 9 (Yud): This class will be focusing on high-level reading, writing, and speaking, using advanced grammatical topics of past tense, future tense, prepositions, and other advanced material. The class will use the book Hebrew from Scratch, Part 2, along with free conversation, student presentations, and materials like Israeli TV, the newspaper Yanshuf, and other authentic resources.
This class uses the textbook Hebrew From Scratch, Part 2. Purchase here or elsewhere online – make sure to purchase early, as shipping times can vary!

Level 10 (Modern Israeli Literature): This class is open to speakers of Hebrew in the native and near-native levels. The class includes student presentations, class discussions and reading and interpretation of Israeli literature in its original form as well as other media sources including Israeli TV, movies and others. This class requires instructor approval. Please contact Sarit for more information.