This week I had the opportunity to meet with Emily for the first time. This was a great meeting for many reasons. I learned the alphabet, vowels, and numbers. I hope by the end of this week I will be able to recognize and write each letter down. It can be hard sometimes because the letters will sound differently depending on the vowel associated with it and the location of the letter in the word. Learning the numbers has been interesting and I believe that the best way to learn them effectively is to write them down multiple times and to make flashcards. Flashcards have allowed me to practice saying and reading the numbers, both the feminine version and the masculine version. Another way I have gone about learning the alphabet is to use YouTube videos that are for beginner Hebrew learners. I have found these videos to be very helpful and have allowed me to speak along with them and hear the sounds and try to match them.
During our first meeting with Emily, I realized that I needed to lower my expectations about how much Hebrew I will be able to learn this semester. I was challenged in many ways during our first meeting and need to have more reasonable expectations for how much I can realistically learn. I was discouraged at first, but have realized that it took me 13 years to become fluent in Hebrew before and I am pretty much at the kindergarten level of Hebrew now.
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