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Have you attended an ulpan in Israel?

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Lemanensis
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 Message 9 of 17
30 October 2008 at 6:27am | IP Logged 
yael wrote:
There generally aren't such short ulpan programmes.

The idea of the ulpan is to teach new immigrants the language so that they can integrate into society. Without
knowing Hebrew, it's not possible to live properly as part of Israeli society - you can do it but you will be on the
margins.

The ulpans are also open to tourists although for a fee.

The reason there is no short programmes, therefore, is that it's not possible to teach a language in such a short
time period!

You can have a private teacher of course. It would not be hard to arrange.

The University offers a summer intensive ulpan that lasts 8 weeks. It's very expensive though.


Thanks for your answer.
Okay, perhaps we have a different understanding of 'ulpan'. What I'm looking for is a 2 or 3 week course in Hebrew, for a fee, because once I get through the courses I'm currently doing I want to go on to the next level and would need something intensive over that sort of timeframe, preferably but not necessarily with a university, though I don't have 8 weeks to spare. So far I have received information about one kibbutz and one private school, but I cannot judge how good they are.
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 Message 10 of 17
11 January 2009 at 1:48pm | IP Logged 
Yeah , ulpan is either for people who intend to emigrate or occassionally people from other countries with strong connections to Israek. It takes a term or a year.

However there is virtually no limit to the variation of Hebrew language courses available though.. Anything from religious places (Jewish) to kibbutzim or universities like Bar-Ilan.

Some of it is free or almost free, but only for those who intend to emigrate.

Israel is great though, lots of fun and people from all over the world.
You could simply go there and find something after you arrive.

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 Message 11 of 17
26 July 2009 at 6:25am | IP Logged 
Ulpan Akiva has 3 week courses. I was there 2 summers in a row, summer of 1994 and again in 1995.. Ulpan Akiva is by far the best Ulpan in Israel. Regular classes were Sunday-Thursday from 8AM - 1PM, followed by various afternoon cultuarl activities to reinforce Hebrew. Ulpan Akiva is located just to the south of Netanya and it's right on the beach. You can stay in a 3-star hotel that's adjacent to the Ulpan, and they try to give you roomates so that the only language you'll have in common is Hebrew.

http://www.ulpan-akiva.org/

I was in alef plus first year, and gimmel 2nd year. I returned to live in Israel from 1999-2004, married an Israeli and my Heberw is almost on the level of a native speaker. It's not a hard language to learn if you do it right, and Ulpan Akiva is BY FAR the best.

B'hatzlacha (good luck)!
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 Message 12 of 17
26 July 2009 at 1:11pm | IP Logged 
ericg1977 wrote:
Ulpan Akiva has 3 week courses. I was there 2 summers in a row, summer of 1994 and again in 1995.. Ulpan Akiva is by far the best Ulpan in Israel. Regular classes were Sunday-Thursday from 8AM - 1PM, followed by various afternoon cultuarl activities to reinforce Hebrew. Ulpan Akiva is located just to the south of Netanya and it's right on the beach. You can stay in a 3-star hotel that's adjacent to the Ulpan, and they try to give you roomates so that the only language you'll have in common is Hebrew.

http://www.ulpan-akiva.org/

I was in alef plus first year, and gimmel 2nd year. I returned to live in Israel from 1999-2004, married an Israeli and my Heberw is almost on the level of a native speaker. It's not a hard language to learn if you do it right, and Ulpan Akiva is BY FAR the best.

B'hatzlacha (good luck)!


Thanks for the info ericq. It sounds good and offers 2 or 3 week courses. What's the difference between the hotel and the 'campus' accommodation then?

A little Jimeny Cricket on my shoulder is wondering about the 'is FAR the best' comment though. Did you have something to compare it with that was less good?
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 Message 13 of 17
26 July 2009 at 2:07pm | IP Logged 
If you are interested in a two week ulpan program I would suggest homeulpan.com it is a
private program run by a trained ulpan teacher for groups of 1-6 students
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 Message 14 of 17
26 July 2009 at 3:55pm | IP Logged 
mike529 wrote:
If you are interested in a two week ulpan program I would suggest homeulpan.com it is a
private program run by a trained ulpan teacher for groups of 1-6 students


Thanks. Looks good but what puts me off this is: "HomeUlpan provides guest with a shared bedroom (2 person in a room), with attached bathroom."

No way am I going to put up with sharing a room for three weeks. Too much of a risk.
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 Message 15 of 17
26 July 2009 at 4:00pm | IP Logged 
OK the "campus accomodation" at Ulpan Akiva is the same as what I referred to as the 3-star modest hotel. I was 17 at the time so I thought the accomadations were fine, but it's not really what you would call a "hotel" by western standards. You won't spend much time in the room though since there's so much to do on the campus (ie. swimming, beach, music, hebrew practice, sports, dance, etc)

Ulpan Akiva is really the only Ulpan I attended, with the exception of a few weeks on and off at a Yeshiva Ulpan. In any case, I've heard from almost everyone who has attended other Ulpanim that Ulpan Akiva is by far the best. I can't say enough good about it, and they're not paying me to write this :)
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 Message 16 of 17
12 August 2009 at 6:14pm | IP Logged 
What's an ulpan?


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