| T.R | Title | User | Personal
Name | Date | Lines |
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| 1240.1 | FSI | TAV02::FEINBERG | Don Feinberg | Sun Jun 07 1992 22:05 | 17 |
| I would suggest the tapes produced by the US Government Foreign
Service Institute. They are "public domain", so they are a
lot cheaper for what you get than the "for profit" tapes, such
as linguaphone.
I bought the FSI tapes about a year before we made aliyah, and I
listened to them principally while driving. They are quite
orally interactive, so you can do exercises while driving.
Set of 25 tapes + big book was $200 about 4 years ago.
Available from a place in Connecticut. I've long since forgotten
the name, but Icould look it up....
don feinberg
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| 1240.2 | How about Computer Programs? | MRKTNG::WEBER | Nancy Weber @TTB | Mon Jun 08 1992 16:22 | 5 |
| Are there any good computer programs that teach the letters as well as
words? I've seen one that someone more advanced, also it's only capital
letters. I'd want one that teaches script and small letters as well.
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| 1240.3 | My 2 cents | DECSIM::HAMAN::GROSS | The bug stops here | Mon Jun 08 1992 17:14 | 8 |
| There are no small letters in Hebrew. There is only the printed typeface and
script.
There are teaching programs...I've seen them. But, sorry, I don't have any
pointers. The next time "The Jewish Reporter" shows up in my mailbox I'll
check out the ads and post what I find.
Dave
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| 1240.4 | On learning Hebrew | CRLVMS::SEIDMAN | | Mon Jun 08 1992 19:15 | 18 |
| re: .0
I used the Pimsleur tapes before visiting Israel and found that,
although I could not carry on a philosophical discourse, I did just
fine when it came to asking directions, buying bus tickets, etc.
(I must concede that I could read some Hebrew, so that made it easier.)
What I found was that the tapes conditioned my ear to Hebrew spoken at
normal speed, and to hearing the admittedly limited vocabulary directly
so that I didn't have to go through a slow mental translation.
re: .2
I think you'll find that a book and a couple of days of practice are
all you need to learn the cursive alphabet. After that, it's a matter
of using it enough to read it easily. The first part is usually easy;
it's the second that requires some discipline.
Aaron
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| 1240.5 | Berlitz tape is pretty good | VSSCAD::COHEN | | Tue Jun 09 1992 19:31 | 10 |
| I found the tape offered by Berlitz as rather informative. It has
several hundred phrases as well as individual words spoken in English
and then the literal Hebrew translation. Without practicing daily
one looses some of the words, but I think the Berlitz tape provides
a reasonable good vocabulary for ordinary conversation.
As the originator of this note stated, I found it convenient to learn
while commuting.
Ron
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| 1240.6 | Check out the Barron's tapes | MR4DEC::RICH | | Tue Jun 09 1992 22:04 | 19 |
| Another set of tapes that are out now are the Barron's tapes - these
are available in most book stores I've been in lately for about $75.
They are based on the Foreign Service Tapes mentioned by Don in .1
They also include reading practice and get substantially further in
in grammer than the Pimsleur tapes -covering several of the
"conjugations" as well as practice in future and past tense.
I've also just finished the Pimsleur tapes and plan to start the
Barron's tapes soon. I can already read prayer book Hebrew, but I like
both sets of tapes in that they give you "hearing" and "thinking"
practice. They also cover modern "street" Hebrew as opposed to prayer
book, biblical, and Mishnaic Hebrew - that is they give you colloquial
expressions.
By the way the Pimsleur tapes and some of the others are available
through the DEC library system. VTX DLNCATALOG. Unfortunately the
Barron's and FSI tapes are not.
Neil (who plans to visit Israel in August)
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| 1240.7 | the *best* way to learn Hebrew | ERICG::ERICG | Eric Goldstein | Thu Jun 11 1992 18:27 | 4 |
| Come to Israel and attend a good ulpan. Outside of class, force yourself to
use whatever Hebrew you have as much as possible.
Of course, this isn't practical for everyone.
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| 1240.8 | Todah rabah; ulsi efshar lilmod l'daber ivrit | BROKE::STONE | | Sat Jun 13 1992 01:19 | 3 |
| Since I'm not planning to move to Israel, and nobody has mentioned ulpan classes
here for prospective aliyot, commuting provides fairly convenient time, I'll be
looking for Barron's tapes (or directly the Foreign Service Institute).
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| 1240.9 | Update on Baron's tapes | MR4DEC::RICH | | Tue Aug 25 1992 18:50 | 21 |
| My experience with the Baron's tapes was very positive.
They are a lot more work than the Pimsleur tapes (but much cheaper).
Even though I didn't complete the tapes before I left for Israel, I was
very surprised at how well I could converse. The basic dialogues
contain very uselful models - most of what I wanted to say. And the
drills are very good.
This is not a "superficial" course. This covers all binian
(conjugations), offers lot's of advice on such things as use of
pronominal sufixes, contractions heard in everyday speech, different
ways to form questions, etc.
It also covers some things you might not use much like third person
plural imparatives, and vocabulary related to the US Emabassy. ("How
do you do? I am the new Director of the American Embassy")
Great buy for the price.
Neil
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