Language Plan
Overall Structure of Course:
- Reading, Writing, and Listening, each week (Speaking comes later)
- Each week I will watch a movie or documentary in Hebrew and write a written summary pointing out things I notice about how characters speak Hebrew. (To encompass Listening and Culture)
- Utilize Tools Online (Italkie, etc.)
Learning plan will be tentative and only out to week 3 to give the possibility of revision:
Week 1 (basics):
- Alphabet
- Learn each letter, how it sounds, how to write, Spelling of words in English, etc.
- Basic Verb structure
Week 2:
- Alphabet continued (practice writing and speaking *Repetition*)
- Aleph Bet song memorization
- More verb Structure
- Watch movie in Hebrew (One Day in September)
Week 3:
- Recite Aleph Bet Het Song
- Be able to write alphabet
- Begin researching prayers to learn
- Basic Words and phrases
- Watch Movie in Hebrew related to Jewish culture (Possibly the Pianist)
Organization of self directed learning plan and exchanges with community partners:
Each week I look to have goals and tasks in the four categories of learning Hebrew: Writing, Reading, Listening, and Speaking. Consequently, I will practice those skills in each category with a language partner. I will focus on repetition and hands on learning to try and solidify those skills and help with memorization. Each week I will also attempt to assess the skills I learned prior with my Language Learning Partner.
Individuals and organizations who could advance from my endeavors in learning Hebrew:
-Interfaith center, congregation beth ahabah, I Will eventually reach out to these synagogues and maybe even attend a service to try and conversate and use Hebrew in real time with people that speak it.
How I have been learning so far:
So far I have been trying to learn the Hebrew alphabet, which is harder than I had imagined. I have been doing this using repetition and the four components that I had mentioned earlier.
I have been Writing the letters over and over, practicing the differences in writing the letters like He and chet. Some of the differences are very minute so it is has been taking me awhile to learn.
I have been Speaking the letters, making the sounds of them over and over, reciting the aleph bet het song, and listening to them being said over and being able to read and identify which letter is which.
I attempted to learn verb structure because I had been told it was confusing and quickly saw it was really confusing. The structure is different than every language other than arameyic. I am putting verb structure on hold temporarily.
How I will investigate Hebrew and jewish culture more deeply:
I want to be able to understand prayers that I heard growing up. I also want to be able to conversate with people in Hebrew while at synagogue if I want to. I even hope to go to Israel one day because that is something I have always wanted to do. Overall, I want to have the option to be more involved in Judaism.
What first prompted me:
I Grew up going to Sunday school mainly learning about history and always wanted to learn more about the language. I have family ties to Hebrew through being jewish on my dad’s side. My great grandpa was also a Jewish composer.
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