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| HenryMW Tetraglot Senior Member United States Joined 5176 days ago 125 posts - 179 votes  Speaks: English*, German, Spanish, French Studies: Modern Hebrew | Message 1 of 5 19 November 2011 at 8:38pm | IP Logged |
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I'm going to be moving on to Modern Hebrew soon and have some questions for people who
have learned it. I've looked through the old posts, which were helpful, but I still have some issues that need to be cleared up. I'm a big fan of FSI and have used it for three languages so far, so I was happy to see that there is an FSI program for Hebrew. From what I've read, the program seems to be solid except for the fact that it leaves you with a vocabulary of about 900 words. Does it cover all the major grammar points? I'm generally lukewarm with Assimil, but I'm thinking right now of using FSI and Assimil together. I figure that I can get a solid vocabulary and a good command of the grammar from both together. The general consensus is that the older Assimil Hebrew program is better. How much "better"? I've seen a lot of general disdain for the newer Assimil programs, but I can't tell if this means that the older one was simply better or if there are issues with the new one. The new one is easy to find. I've only been able to find Tome 1 of the old version, and it was expensive. Is it worth putting in the legwork to get the older version? Is there another program that I should consider? Has anyone tried an FSI/Assimil combo with Hebrew? I know some people are going to tell me to just use all the programs I can find together, but I have a budget and time constraints. I really appreciate the help. 1 person has voted this message useful | |
| Anno Triglot Newbie Israel acquiringkorean.word Joined 5631 days ago 29 posts - 41 votes Speaks: English, Korean, Dutch Studies: Turkish, Mongolian, Modern Hebrew, French | Message 2 of 5 27 November 2011 at 11:57am | IP Logged |
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So cool you're also studying Modern Hebrew!
I'm using Anki and AJATT's 10,000 sentence approach/immersion approach with the Growing Participator Approach. . . So far things it's gone well. Do you have a blog at all where you chronicle your Hebrew learning? If so, I'd love to read it! :-) ---- Hebrew Learning Blog Korean Learning Blog "The key to success is making a million mistakes. . now let's make as many as fast as we can!" Edited by Anno on 27 November 2011 at 5:44pm 1 person has voted this message useful | |
| HenryMW Tetraglot Senior Member United States Joined 5176 days ago 125 posts - 179 votes Speaks: English*, German, Spanish, French Studies: Modern Hebrew | Message 3 of 5 27 November 2011 at 4:47pm | IP Logged |
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I appreciate the help. I'm in the middle of exams right now, but when I get done I'll
look at your links. I don't have a blog mainly because I've never been the blog type, and secondly because I'm pretty sure no one wants to read about me tripping and falling my way into fluency. 1 person has voted this message useful | |
| Anno Triglot Newbie Israel acquiringkorean.word Joined 5631 days ago 29 posts - 41 votes Speaks: English, Korean, Dutch Studies: Turkish, Mongolian, Modern Hebrew, French | Message 4 of 5 27 November 2011 at 6:15pm | IP Logged |
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I'd (and I'm sure lots others) would definitely be interested in reading your 'tripping and failing' journey to fluency. .
. that's all my blogging is as well. I'm constantly making mistakes or not studying as well as I should. . . still its quite nice and encouraging to read back and see the improvement and the steps that were taken along the way. Think about it. :P ---- Hebrew Learning Blog Korean Learning Blog "The key to success is making a million mistakes. . now let's make as many as fast as we can!" 1 person has voted this message useful | |
| MichaelM204351 Diglot Senior Member United States Joined 5446 days ago 151 posts - 173 votes Speaks: English*, Biblical Hebrew Studies: Modern Hebrew, German, Spanish | Message 5 of 5 02 December 2011 at 9:57pm | IP Logged |
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The FSI Hebrew program is very good. It does cover most of the grammar. I personally
find it extremely boring and the audio isn't very clear, however I do plan on coming back to it once my Hebrew is a little better for practice drills and such. Have you looked into Ulpan Or's curriculum? They have books with the dialogs on cd for ulpan levels "aleph" (the lowest) to "vav" (the highest). I'm working through their intermediate course right now and it's very good. The dialogs are all in Hebrew, so it gives it an "assimil" flavor. I have found it to be quite good. Here is the website: http://www.ulpanor.com/osc/index.php All the best, 1 person has voted this message useful |
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