Modern Hebrew for Intermediate Students (Accompaniment for Multimedia Disk - Sold Separately) [Paperback]

Esther Raizen (Author)

Book Description

ISBN-10: 0292771142 | ISBN-13: 978-0292771147 | Publication Date: December 15, 2001 | Edition: 1

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. A dedicated website (www.lamc.utexas.edu/hebrew/index.html) is rich with interactive tutorials, links to sites of interest that serve as virtual tours, short films based on contemporary Israeli life and society, and numerous interviews that provide listening and discussion opportunities. 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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About the Author

Esther Raizen is Assistant Professor of Middle Eastern Languages and Cultures and Director of the Modern Hebrew Project at the University of Texas at Austin.

Product Details

• Paperback: 184 pages
• Publisher: University of Texas Press; 1 edition (December 15, 2001)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 0292771142
• ISBN-13: 978-0292771147
• Product Dimensions: 10.7 x 8.4 x 0.4 inches
• Shipping Weight: 14.4 ounces (View shipping rates and policies)
• Average Customer Review: 4.3 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (3 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #374,136 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)
  • #95 in Books > Education & Reference > Foreign Languages > Hebrew > Instruction

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31 of 32 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars Nice changes, November 23, 2001

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Meirav "yll" (California) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Modern Hebrew for Intermediate Students (Accompaniment for Multimedia Disk - Sold Separately) (Paperback)

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.

1 of 1 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Excellent Resource!, February 17, 2010

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Justin Parry "ootkaman" (Provo, Utah USA) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Modern Hebrew for Intermediate Students (Accompaniment for Multimedia Disk - Sold Separately) (Paperback)

This book by Dr. Raizen is great for learning Hebrew, whether on your own or in class. She thinks after my own heart, and provides detailed usage information in a separate section for much of the vocabulary and expressions that she gives in each lesson. It is very helpful to have a corresponding website with readings and games, to better reinforce the materials. I also like how she marks the accent if it is different from what you would expect, and that there are many exercises to learn the concepts.

I am also currently studying the Routledge introductory Hebrew book, and even as an intermediate student there are things in there that I find most helpful. That book and online multimedia package also has its strengths. I would recommend looking at both of them, to get broader coverage.

All in all, this is a great resource to truly see the language and how it works!

3 of 4 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars good book, very technical looking though, May 31, 2007

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Louis Flores "Jesusislife" (Franklin Square, NY) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Modern Hebrew for Intermediate Students (Accompaniment for Multimedia Disk - Sold Separately) (Paperback)

This book may be a bit advanced and technical for some even though it's a book for beginners. It's very thorough in its explanations and developments. It is a very adequate college textbook of the modern Hebrew language.