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'…highly recommendable…' - Forum for Modern Language Studies
'This highly recommendable course consists of eight units made up of ninety lessons, an introduction to the alphabet, as well as a Hebrew–English dictionary which covers the vocabulary used, in addition to word lists at the end of the individual units. An eclectic methodology is used which, through the combination of grammar explanations and examples, with pieces of text, the introduction of vocabulary and related written and oral exercises, gradually teaches the structure of the language. The course enables the student to gain a good understanding of grammar and culture, while also developing written and verbal communication skills, both passive and active. The layout is clear and well-arranged and the text very readable. The material is accompanied by an equally well-organised website which supports the familiarisation with the alphabet and grammar through its audio-visual material, charts and links. The companion website also contains the answers to exercises in the textbook, which makes the course accessible to self-study too. Even though the course is primarily designed for classroom-based and fast-paced, first-year programmes, it can be used beneficially for less intensive courses or individual learning.' - Forum for Modern Language Studies, vol 46, no 1, January 2010
'The success of my Hebrew classes this year at Tufts University was significantly a factor of the excellent textbook, Modern Hebrew by Giore Etzion. The material is relevant to the students and keeps them involved and motivated. It also comes with a website. After doing the exercises in the book they must check their answers on the website so that they are responsible to check themselves and come to class totally prepared. All outstanding issues with the homework are resolved at the beginning of the class and they are quizzed every week. This keeps them on top of things and maximizes the learning situation.
The book is so well structured and the connections so seamless that the students feel they have covered much material relatively painlessly. What makes the book especially effective is that the dialogues cover material relevant to the students thereby maintaining their enthusiasm throughout. Indeed, the book is so good that most of it can be learned on its own. I used to have to combine material from different books, but your book and the website is so rich and so up to date visually, content-wise, besides being user-friendly, there is no need for supplementary material. The voices on the website provide the opportunity to hear other Israeli voices. Moreover, the voices are so well accented one feels the force of the readings which contributes to the students' ability to read well and with understanding. It also adds considerably to their interest in spoken Hebrew and listening comprehension. The dictionary structuring of the vocabulary units after each chapter is especially helpful because of its breakdown into the various grammatical units.This helps the student think clearly and become sensitive to grammar patterns. In sum, this is an excellent textbook for beginner's Hebrew and I recommend it without reservation. The students love learning from it and I love teaching from it.
As an aside, I want to emphasize that the author, Professor Etzion, was helpful and supportive every step of the way at the beginning. Once I got into the book it just flowed on its own.
Recommendations: If the class has no knowledge of the Hebrew alphabet, it would be helpful to have a supplementary booklet reviewing the dynamics of reading. All directions for exercises in the first two units should also be in English and they gradually wean the students away from the English and ooze them into the Hebrew.' - Hava Kimelman, Tufts University
About the Author
Giore Etzion has taught Hebrew at Washington University in Saint Louis, University of Michigan, and
Hebrew University of Jerusalem.
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3.8 out of 5
76.00% of customers are satisfied
5.0 out of 5 stars Excellent textbook, with top-notch companion website
I used this book for self-study, and found it to be excellent. For a start, it is well-organized. It basically consists of eight units comprising 90 short, digestible chapters, whose content is presented methodically and thoroughly. It is also well-written. The explanatory materials in English are always clear and to the point, and the Hebrew narratives and dialogues that begin most of the chapters and also come elsewhere in the book are interesting and enjoyable. The exercises, of which there is a great variety, are also interesting, and challenging, and thus engaging. As a bonus, the book is attractively designed, which adds to the experience of using it. One of its biggest assets, moreover, is its companion website. Like the book, the website is appealingly designed and effectively organized, and it contains a wealth of content. For example, it contains readings of all the dialogues and narratives and various other elements of the book. The dialogue and narrative readings are done by professional actors (as well as the author), who bring the material to life. A difficult part of Hebrew is the verbs, and the website contains a verb dictionary that gives all the conjugations, in each tense, of practically every verb that appears in the book, and for each tense there's a recording of all the conjugations, so that you can hear how they sound. For each of the eight units, there's an answer key for the exercises in that unit, links to songs and videos related to the unit, additional reading and listening material, and more. There's also a "Resources" page with links to other websites that are useful or interesting, and other content as well. The content of the textbook is also eclectic. It includes poems, Biblical and Talmudic quotations, and even jokes. One particularly impressive aspect of the textbook is the caliber of its writing. The English explanations are invariably spot-on, and many of the dialogues and narratives have a literary quality to them, so that they're pleasant to read and listen to. Some tell stories, which sometimes continue serially for many chapters, in which the characters speak and act like real people in real situations; others are topical essays on assorted subjects. Also impressive is the diversity and depth of the exercises. You can't make up exercises like these off the top of your head. It's clear that years of thinking, and of pedagogical experience, went into creating this book. Everything in it (and on the website too, for that matter) seems carefully thought out. I feel lucky that I chose to use this book to study introductory Hebrew. Having finished it, I realize that I still have a long way to go before I can use the language with any competence. But at least, I feel, I'm off to a good start.
5.0 out of 5 stars Textbook website and introductory unit are key components for self-study
I had been teaching myself Biblical Hebrew for a while before I decided to take up Modern Hebrew as well, and I found this book. It may seem a little bit daunting at the beginning to look at all that Hebrew print, but do not let that dampen your motivation. Granted, the textbook is primarily conceived to be used in the context of a course, with a teacher (in which case I have no reason not to believe the praise lavished in the back cover by Hebrew language professors). But the book is also an excellent resource for self-study. It is important though to take a very methodical approach. I cannot emphasize enough the importance of thoroughly and conscientiously completing the introductory unit, Alef-Beit. It introduces the Hebrew alphabet, the phonological value of each letter, and spelling conventions of modern Hebrew, including the marking of vowels. It also introduces the print/block and script/cursive versions of the alphabet, with important reading and writing excercises. Last, but not least, it already introduces basic vocabulary that is then revisited in subsequent lessons. Another key component is the accompanying website, which contains all the relevant audio for each lesson (vocabulary and dialogues) and plenty of additional resources that address different dimensions --notional, functional, cultural--of learning Hebrew as an additional language.
4.0 out of 5 stars A huge book that takes you only so far
I am an intermediate level adult learner of Modern Hebrew and linguist. I have always been impressed by all of Routledge's language texts. This book is gigantic and offers outstanding on-line recordings of all the vocabulary, dialogs, and other resources spoken beautifully by native speakers. However, you will not get so far as to have a thorough explanation and practice with the different "binyanim" or conjugations of a Hebrew root. Verbs in different structures are in the texts, but mostly as vocabulary items. To that end, this is not the only book you'll need to learn Hebrew and, sadly, it's very expensive.
2.0 out of 5 stars Fair reference-get ulpan book instead
Thought it would be a good beginner book to sort out some grammar rules that aren’t always explained. The website is needed and it doesn’t always work. Not all links work.The “free teachers edition” which I was willing to buy, isn’t available. Gatekeeper doesn’t believe I am smart enough. I’m a retired doctor. I’m doing the advanced grammar in Duolingo, I just wanted the explanation. Skip this and get one of the ulpan sets. There are several here on Bolo. My group decided not to use this. I will get the Modern Hebrew grammar text and if it’s better this is going back.
3.0 out of 5 stars so so
What is keeping this from getting a 5 is the lack of vowels. I can't use it alone because I don't know if I'm pronouncing the words correctly as a beginner. I wanted to teach myself. For those of you that don't know, Hebrew writing doesn't usually include the vowels. You just know what sounds to make because you know the words. They do have a vowel system, which beginners need so they know if it's ba, be, bi, bo, or bu, for examples.
3.0 out of 5 stars Good book but
Most of the books of my students fell apart!! They ended up with a pile of loose pages.
Good book
Great book. You need to have some knowledge of Hebrew in order to take full advantage of the book. Love the website with all the recordings. It’s a great addition.
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Lot of good content, but not easy to use
1) As noted in another review, there must be something wrong with the binding of this edition, it appears to be bound back to front. Especially confusing when using the dictionary in the back, where the columns go from right to left, but continue on the page to the right.2) I find this book pretty difficult for a beginner. Very few words are transcribed phonetically, even in the beginning, so I have to spend a lot of time looking up words to be able to pronounce them. One thing I find especially frustrating is that the headings are only in Hebrew, so right from the first lesson, the exercises are marked תרגיל etc, and it is never explained what it means (or how to pronounce it).3) On the website you can listen to the vocab-lists and the dialogues, but the voices are not synchronized with the highlighted text in the video. Very irritating!4) On the website, under Lessons, the text for each video is only in Hebrew, so you are looking at a long list of only Hebrew words. Easy to understand if you know Hebrew - but I guess the point of buying this book is that you *don't* know Hebrew, so very confusing for me at least.I hope this book gets easier to use and understand as I learn more Hebrew, so far I think it is hard to use and navigate.
Binding completely wrong
The media could not be loaded. I m not sure if this is voluntary or not but the book I received is the wrong way around. Which means that I have the back cover being in fact the front cover and the front cover which says second edition the Routledge introductory course in Modern Hebrew עברית בישראל being the back cover. Having said this , the content of second edition is a copycat of the first one with may be a different Hebrew font but not much difference. Still an excellent textbook though and brilliant pedagogy ....
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