Read & Speak Hebrew for Adults! - Easy, Fun, Self-Study 9 Lesson Hebrew Reading System!

by TES Inc

Product Features

• Windows 98 and higher

Product Details

• ASIN: B000RJON8O
• Date first available at Amazon.com: June 3, 2007
• Average Customer Review: 2.0 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (1 customer review)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #27,591 in Software (See Top 100 in Software)

Product Description

About - Read & Speak Hebrew for Adults is a 9 step easy, fun, self-study Hebrew course that will give you the tools you need to be able to SPEAK, READ and UNDERSTAND Biblical & Modern Hebrew. This is a complete course that emphasizes essential Letter recognition Skills, Vowels and grammatical usage, Proper Pronunciation in Israeli Sephardic Accent, Ability to build words and understand how sounds are made and letters are combined into meaningful words and sentences. The program provides a wide variety of useful methods that will help you become proficient in Hebrew, including the ability to read Hebrew in traditional block letters and cursive script. Features - Read & Speak Hebrew for Adults!Course Structure and Learning Method:First, study the lessons. There are nine full lessons and each lesson has its own review. The pace is set by you, the user - you are never rushed along. You can learn letter by letter, word by word at a pace the suits you. Each lesson consists of a training session and review. All Narration and instruction is with human voice by Israeli teachers who coach you throughout the program and give words of encouragement when appropriate. Each screen comes with easy to follow instructions - all in English.Lesson 1 Letter Hebrew Recognition & Pronunciation...Lesson 2 Review of Hebrew Letters in Block Hebrew Font and Script Hebrew Font...Lesson 3 Learn Hebrew Vowels & Grammatical usage...Lesson 4 Review Hebrew Vowels including Shva Na and Nach...Lesson 5 Experiment Building letters and spelling words learn how vowels effect consonants...Lesson 6 Combine 2 Letter words with vowels to spell meaningful words and learn their meanings...Lesson 7 Combine 3 Letter words with vowels to spell meaningful words and learn their meanings...Lesson 8 Combine 4+ Letter words with vowels to spell meaningful words and learn their meanings...Lesson 9 Learn to read full sentences, and paragraphs and understand the meani

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2.0 out of 5 stars Read and Speak Hebrew for Adults-CD Rom-- A Critical Review, February 13, 2009

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Andre Lawrence (Miami, Florida) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Read & Speak Hebrew for Adults! - Easy, Fun, Self-Study 9 Lesson Hebrew Reading System! (CD-ROM)

I bought this cd-rom (which only works on the PC platform) because I wanted to improve on the few Hebrew words I knew.

To be sure, this is NOT the first place one should go to get the best pronunciation for Hebrew. First, the interface leaves a lot to be desired. You click on 1 and the screen takes you to a child-like grid where you have to both scroll, then click on the letter. There's a performance bar at the bottom which displays your progress.
If for some reason you get stuck, there isn't a way to backtrack or skip ahead unless you manually come out and click on another lesson.

That's part of the problem. The advertisement leaves you thinking that you're getting a comprehensive lesson all on one cd. NOT true! One needs to have been have had some exposure as this cd will frustrate you, especially with this mechanical-sounding narrator that constantly repeats "Please find..."-- there isn't an end point here, folks. It's that bad.

If I may offer a suggestion that would make this purchase worth it. There are some "live" tutorials on YouTube by BnaiOrPueblo and becomingjewishorg that have these introductory lessons and it is much easier to follow.

This is a difficult program to follow and it should be regarded as an addendum to lessons you're receiving elsewhere.