This is the same course developed by the Foreign Service Language Institute to train diplomats and other government personnel to be fluent in foreign languages. An in-depth course for students intent on complete competency in speaking, understanding, reading and writing Hebrew, this program stresses development of conversational skill, vocabulary, pronunciation and mastery of grammar. The twelve cassettes emphasize the use of the spoken language through intensive drills, and the book uses written exercises to help students master grammar and the written language. An ideal tool for language labs.
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24 of 25 people found the following review helpful:
2.0 out of 5 stars
Too old,
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This review is from: Mastering Hebrew: Book and 12 Cassettes (The Foreign Service Institute Language Series) (Audio Cassette)
The problem with this set is that it is 11 years old, and much of the language is simply out of date. Not just the slang, but many grammatical points are no longer currently in use. The tapes are also muffled -- with the new technologies available and the changes in Hebrew, the publishers should produce a new version.
32 of 35 people found the following review helpful:
1.0 out of 5 stars
cannot hardly make out what is said,
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This review is from: Mastering Hebrew: Book and 12 Cassettes (The Foreign Service Institute Language Series) (Audio Cassette)
tapes sound like copies of copies of copies. I bought this with great disappointment. What a waste of money. Also, the people speaking sound like hebrew is the most boring language on the face of the earth. Don't be suckered into this one. It genuinely stinks. This is poor, poor, poor. At least make the recording off the original copy.
6 of 7 people found the following review helpful:
4.0 out of 5 stars
Still an excellent idea,
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This review is from: Mastering Hebrew: Book and 12 Cassettes (The Foreign Service Institute Language Series) (Audio Cassette)
It is commonly believed among linguists that, if you plan to learn a language that has a radically different writing system like Hebrew or Arabic, it makes far more sense to learn to speak and understand it first using a phonetic transcription.
Then, after you can manipulate the language with reasonable skill, that's the time to learn how the sounds are represented in the script. Otherwise, it's too overwhelming to be trying to tackle it all at one time, and it definitely slows down your progress (which was my experience). It amazes me that this is still really the only course available that takes that approach. Yes, the course was written some years ago -- but is there a newer word for "man"? Or "table"? Is there a "more modern" way of expressing plurals, or future tense? Do we really want to learn "current" slang that will be out of date by next year anyway? When I was at the "ulpan" in Jerusalem, I asked about the feminine plurals ending in "-na" that are taught in this course, and was told that they are "correct, but not used as often in speech". Not a problem. And the tapes in my Mastering Hebrew course sound plenty clear to me. Maybe some people need to clean and demagnetize their tape heads....
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