Colloquial Hebrew is easy to use and completely up-to-date. Specially written by experienced teachers for self-study and class use, the course offers you a step-by-step approach to written and spoken Hebrew. No prior knowledge of the language is required. What makes Colloquial Hebrew your best choice in personal language learning? Emphasis on conversational language with clear pronunciation guidance; grammar section for easy reference; comprehensive vocabulary lists; and stimulating exercises with lively illustrations By the end of this rewarding course you will be able to communicate confidently and effectively in Hebrew in a broad range of everyday situations. Two 60-minute cassettes or CDs are available to accompany Colloquial Hebrew. These cassettes and CDs have been recorded by native speakers and will help you perfect your pronunciation, listening and speaking skills.

Table of Contents

Introduction 1. Reading and Writing Hebrew 2. Peter arrives in Isreal 3. Can we meet? 4. It's a very popular restaurant 5. One big family 6. Shopping at the mall 7. Making arrangements 8. On the road on time 9. Home sweet home 10. Sport and culture 11. Driving down to the Dead Sea 12. At the doctors 13. In Jerusalem 14. "Hold the back page!" Media and communications Key to exercises Appendix Quick grammar reference Prepositions chart Verb glossary Herbrew-English glossary English-Hebrew glossary Index

Reviews

""'Colloquial Hebrew: A Complete Course for Beginners' is a fabulous edition to the realm of Hebrew Language pedagogy and self-study guides. It will be a boon to those engaged in the self-study of Hebrew as well as teachers wishing to introduce colloquial Hebrew to a traditional Hebrew language course."
tackles all these issues, ensuring that you come away from the course speaking like a 'native' rather than like a grammarian..""
-Rochelle Caviness, The Jewish Eye
""Altogether an excellent contribution to the study of Hebrew."
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-Risa Domb, Director of the Centre for Modern Hebrew Studies, University of Cambridge