Learning Journal #1

[Alper Daron]

The first week, when we started meeting with our language partners, we started off with the Hebrew alphabet. I didn't know that the alphabet is different in cursive script. So after learning the letters in the regular alphabet, we also had to learn the cursive script. The letters were so different that I decided to spend the whole week on learning them. And now, although I still write very slowly, I think I can recognize all the letters. In fact, this much writing knowledge is already good enough for me, because I want to focus on reading and speaking more.
Also, this week in our meetings, we learned how to greet and say how are you and etc.
Our language partner, Haya, has been very helpful, and she is very good at explaining things to us. I think we are lucky to have her. Also, it is really interesting to get to know Israel from her point of view, as she is an Arab and an Israeli citizen.
I also started working on Rosetta Stone, and I think it adds some to my Hebrew knowledge. I learn some grammer, and some new vocabulary from Rosetta Stone.