Colloquial Hebrew: The Complete Course for Beginners

by Zippi Lyttleton and Tamar Wang

Book Overview

Colloquial Hebrew

provides a step-by-step course in Hebrew as it is written and spoken today. Combining a user-friendly approach with a thorough treatment of the language, it equips learners with the essential skills needed to communicate confidently and effectively in Hebrew in a broad range of situations. No prior knowledge of the language is required. Balanced, comprehensive and rewarding, this fully revised new edition of Colloquial...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0415475279
• ISBN13: 9780415475273
• Release Date: November 2021
• Publisher: Routledge
• Length: 326 Pages
• Weight: 0.87 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.7" x 5.5" x 8.5"

Customer Reviews

Very thorough resource, wish there was a second one!

Follows a tried-and-true formula: mixed vocab, dialogues, and applications, with important language points interspersed throughout the book. Good transliterations, perhaps a few minor errors, as a previous reviewer pointed out (but, as a learner of the language, you feel kind of cool when you find the discrepancies! Well, I do... erm...) I didn't see anything in this book that warranted taking away a star. The variety of subjects covered in this book is a welcome feature, and the cultural notes add to the feeling of completeness. Excellent for laying the foundations of understanding, and gets you pretty comfortable with forming sentences. Very recommended. I don't think there's a second book, but I'd definitely buy it if there was. I only wish my paperback copy from Borders had included the audio CD... Would be very nice to have.

Hebrew course for beginners moves quickly into advanced mode

My Hebrew tutor loaned me his copy of the course, and I found it so useful that I purchased my own copy. It starts with basics but then advances quickly. The lessons are compact and require review several times over in order to become proficient. The accompanying book is necessary for the first time or two, but after that listening to the CD's alone is instructive. Mastery of this course will place you far beyond the beginner stage.

I'm very impressed.

I've just received the book, tape and CD combination, and I'm very impressed. Like another reviewer, I am frustrated that after several years of attempting to learn the language, I'm not at the level of facility as I have been after only one or two years of other languages.The dialogs are spoken by natives, so it helps your pronunciation.The book and CDs complement one another, but don't totally duplicate the information the other. For example, the book has written exercises and cultural notes, while the CD has an instructor, suggestions about how to use the system, comments and explanations about the dialogue, and role play exercises with prompts.I really like the fact that the book doesn't assume I'm a college student, and isn't full of vocabulary about dorms, classrooms and libararies, which I'm very unlikely to use, but could pick up if I knew the language.I highly recommend the edition I bought, which includes CDs and tapes. The CD tracks are portions of each unit, so you can review in smaller chunks. The tapes can be used in special foreign language learning tape players that replay even smaller sections repeatedly. One note, It's an English book and CD series. The instructor has a standard (BBC) English accent. Some Americans have problems understanding this accent. I was raised bi-culturally, so I don't have this problem. I also think that's likely to be a problem older Americans might have, and younger ones don't.

finally an effective course!

As an Israeli, I gave this course to my friend who has been struggling with the language for many years. This book helped her to get along in daily life without having to use a dictionary. All of a sudden, her questions were understood and more importantly she could understand the answers...The language now make sense to her and she had great fun with the exercises. The recording helped her to pronounce everything correctly and got her up to speed very quickly. It's worth every cent! Highly recommended.