Product Description:
Modern Hebrew for Intermediate Students offers high school, college, and independent-study students a state-of-the-art learning experience that takes full advantage of media technology and the World Wide Web. A sequel to Modern Hebrew for Beginners, this combination of text- and workbook is designed to be used with web-based audio, visual, and interactive materials to give students multiple learning opportunities suited to a variety of learning styles. The program provides for intense practice of all four language skills: reading, writing, listening comprehension, and conversation. Esther Raizen provides language training while focusing on a variety of general topics, such as geography and genetics, as well as on topics pertinent to Hebrew culture and Israeli realities.Raizen emphasizes the spoken language, while also paying attention to various aspects of normative grammar, of the written language, and of cultural elements associated with Hebrew. With this variety of materials and the capacity for continuous updating via the website, teachers and students will find this book endlessly adaptable and highly suitable for self-paced training and a variety of academic settings.

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• Paperback: 174 pages
• Publisher: University of Texas Press; 1st edition (November 1, 2001)
• ISBN: 0292771142
• Product Dimensions: 11.0 x 8.5 x 0.4 inches
• Average Customer Review: based on 1 review.

Avg. Customer Review:

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11 of 11 people found the following review helpful: Nice changes, November 24, 2001 ¡¡ Reviewer: Meirav (Sunnyvale, CA USA) This is the follow on to Prof. Raizen's Modern Hebrew for Beginners. Like the first book, it uses reading exercises, videos, verb practices from the Web. However, she's made some changes that make the book easier to use. Vocabularly lists are now in alef-bet order. Units start with a reading selection and reading comprehension questions where before it could have been either the reading selection or a video. I liked the beginners book and I think I'm going to like this second book even better. One thing I don't like about the book is that it gives instructions for completing exercises in Hebrew. Although it's good to get students thinking in Hebrew, I think she did this a little too soon. That's why I marked it down to four stars.