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| Po-ru Diglot Senior Member United States Joined 5481 days ago 173 posts - 235 votes  Speaks: English*, Japanese Studies: Korean, Spanish, Norwegian, Mandarin, French | Message 1 of 5 17 January 2015 at 4:25pm | IP Logged |
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I've been trying to start learning Hebrew but thus far I have been a bit disappointed with the resources that are out there. I was wondering if anyone can recommend some strong courses (and what specific generation) that would be helpful.
I've tried Hugo and wasn't really captivated by it. I have looked at the newer generation 2010s of TYS and didn't like it. And I am using the online FSI course, which is alright but feel that there is a lot left unexplained in the lessons. Does anyone have any suggestions? Thanks 1 person has voted this message useful | |
| AML Senior Member United States Joined 6826 days ago 323 posts - 426 votes 2 sounds Speaks: English* Studies: Modern Hebrew, German, Spanish | Message 2 of 5 17 January 2015 at 9:35pm | IP Logged |
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I suggest doing a search of this site, as many people have asked this same question. I'll give the same answer I always do.
In my opinion, the best resources are as follows: Rav Milim dictionary (yearly fee) Morfix dictionary (free, but not as good as Rav Milim) Teach Me Hebrew (free) Learn Hebrew Pod (costs money) Reference grammar of Modern Hebrew (in case you want a grammar book suggestion) 3 persons have voted this message useful | |
| Nieng Zhonghan Bilingual Tetraglot Senior Member Antarctica Joined 3672 days ago 108 posts - 315 votes Speaks: Portuguese*, Japanese*, Spanish, Galician Studies: Finnish, Icelandic, Armenian, Mongolian Studies: Old English, Russian, English, German, Korean, Mandarin | Message 3 of 5 17 January 2015 at 11:16pm | IP Logged |
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Po-ru,
If you are comfortable with studying Hebrew through French, then I would recommend you trying Assimil (With ease). Some resources that might help you: Modern Hebrew for Beginners and Intermediate by Esther Raizen The information is clearly introduced and the audio is available online. Prayerbook Hebrew the Easy Way by EKS Publishing It’s a great way to further your learning though text and audio. It’s also Biblical Hebrew, but I figure that once you learn a few uncommon words outside of traditional Hebrew, the Bible has roughly 20,000 up to 30,000 sentences (estimation), which makes Assimil look like a bathroom read. Biblical Hebrew Vocabulary Cards by Visual Education If you are into Biblical Hebrew, you may consider this book in the future. Hebrew With Pleasure by Edna Kadman This book is a lot like Assimil and also has exercises in grammar and sentence structure. Sichon-Hebrew English conversation book by Yigal Tzadka This one is like Assimil, but without the English Translations. It provides a glossary after each lesson in order as they appear in the dialogue to help you “translate” them if necessary. It also has exercises and introduces you to some slang after each lesson. Modern Hebrew: An Essential Grammar by Lewis Glinert It is not bad. They provide a vocabulary section in the back. The Routledge Introductory Course in Modern Hebrew by Giore Etzion This was recommended to me, but without any prior knowledge of Hebrew or perhaps a tutor I wouldn’t recommend this one. There is plenty of vocabulary each lesson. Barrons 501 Hebrew Verbs by Shmuek Bolozky It provides sentences for each verb. Context is very important for learning any language. English Hebrew By Subject by Hanna G. Perez An awesome resource for improving vocabulary, though it is not a must have. Vocabulary you will increase by reading books and speaking with native speakers or advanced fluency speakers. The First Hebrew Primer by EKS Publishing EKS Verb and Grammar Charts by EKS Publishing Pretty handy if you are into grammar. Not necessary at early stage, though. Modern Hebrew Vocabulary Cards by Visual Education Awesome and gets you out from in front of the computer. Colloquial Hebrew by Zippi Lyttleton I particularly didn’t like the Colloquial Estonian, therefore, I haven’t seen this course deeply. Although I have had access to it, it didn’t catch my attention, though a friend of mine has recommended me it. Pimsleur I, II, II Have you already tried it? Practical Bilingual Dictionary by Prolog It’s a great resource. http://www.morfix.co.il/en/ This is an online Hebrew-English dictionary. I will list below some links that might be useful at some point: http://www.hebrew4christians.com/ http://www.hebrewpodcasts.com/ http://www.coerll.utexas.edu/coerll/hebrew http://www.coerll.utexas.edu/coerll/project/yours-truly- %D7%91%D7%99%D7%A0%D7%99%D7%A0%D7%95 http://www.doitinhebrew.com/Translate/default.aspx?kb=IL%20H ebrew%20Phonetic http://www.forvo.com/languages/he/ http://www.in-hebrew.co.il/ http://www.learn-hebrew-phrases.com/ http://www.cartoonhebrew.com/ http://www.aish.com/jl/heb/hl/48965091.html http://www.ancient-hebrew.org/7_home.html http://web.stanford.edu/class/hebrew/hsa/ http://lang.rice.edu/baron/ Hebrew e-Book for Beginners http://www.teachmehebrew.com/ Grammar lessons, dialogues, Anki decks. http://www.hebrew-verbs.co.il/ Conjugations of common verbs by gender, tense, and number. Also includes the verb root. https://gloss.dliflc.edu/Default.aspx I'm a great fan of these Gloss free lessons, which teach new grammatical structure, vocabulary and sometimes cultural competency. They have encouraged me to take the leap and study with native materials in more than 7 languages so far. They are available for every level and use a wide variety of native materials with audio, vocabulary lists, grammatical explanations and exercises with an answer key. There are 142 lessons for Hebrew which you may consider giving it a try. http://www.learnhebrewpod.com/ Paid course. http://www.ravmilim.co.il/naerr.asp Paid online dictionary. It requires a yearly subscription, I am not sure how much it is nowadays as I am no longer using it. It was about US $ 70,00 up to 80,00 by the time I have subscribed to that website. It is much better than http://www.morfix.co.il/. Pros You can insert any word, even conjugated verbs containing prefixes etc.It will give you the pronunciation, plural of every noun etc. There will be a lot of resources after mastering A2 level: http://en.childrenslibrary.org/ It contains 19 books in Hebrew and access is free. http://www.odaha.com/antoine-de-saint-exupery/maly-princ/ntv -n-dh-snt-kzvpry-hnsyk- hqtn Little Prince. You may read it reaching A2 level. http://wte.dliflc.edu/search.aspx Interesting for Intermediate and Advanced students, similar to Gloss. http://www.goethe-verlag.com/book2/EN/index.htm Audio vocabulary and sentences in Hebrew and lots of other languages. http://www.sonicbooks.co.il/ Website that sells books in Hebrew. http://www.stmus.com/prod/ Website that sells books in Hebrew. http://books.icast.co.il/ Website that sells books in Hebrew. Edited by Nieng Zhonghan on 17 January 2015 at 11:17pm 10 persons have voted this message useful | |
| Po-ru Diglot Senior Member United States Joined 5481 days ago 173 posts - 235 votes Speaks: English*, Japanese Studies: Korean, Spanish, Norwegian, Mandarin, French | Message 4 of 5 09 February 2015 at 4:46pm | IP Logged |
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Thank you both for these replies. These are excellent places to start off with. I always like to ask to see
what people recommend because while I prefer some resources over others they are not always effective. For example, I am a big fan of TYS books, especially the older generations but some books for certain languages I really cannot seem to make progress with. With Hebrew specifically I am struggling to make it through Hugo's Hebrew but am excelling with the FSI course. I prefer to ask what others recommend and this seems like a very good base of resources to start from and continue my study of Hebrew! 1 person has voted this message useful | |
| Expugnator Hexaglot Senior Member Brazil Joined 5167 days ago 3335 posts - 4349 votes Speaks: Portuguese*, Norwegian, French, English, Italian, Papiamento Studies: Mandarin, Georgian, Russian | Message 5 of 5 09 February 2015 at 7:16pm | IP Logged |
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If you are comfortable with French then try "Langues pour tous - 40 leçons pour parler l'hébreu moderne" before Assimil.
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