Syllabus Hebrew 101– Fall 2007

http://lang.rice.edu/tbaron/

 

HEBREW 101 is a five credit course at the beginning level. The course covers elementary reading, writing and conversation. Some portions of instruction will be in Hebrew. Aspect of Israeli culture will be introduced and discussed.

   

Course Materials:

 

Textbook: Brandeis Modern Hebrew – Ringvald, Porath, Peleg shorr & Hascal.       

                  University Press of New England, 2005.(including CD)

 

Multimedia: The multimedia program will supplement the class work and the course textbook, and is available on the web at:

 

     1.   Hebrew e-Book for Beginners – Tiqva BarOn , Rice University 2003

           http://lang.rice.edu/baron/

 

2.  Modern Hebrew for Beginners – A Multimedia Program

Esther Raizen, University of Texas 2000.

           http://www.laits.utexas.edu/hebrew/index.html

 

     3.  Hevenu Shalom Aleikhem – a Multimedia Hebrew Learning Program

The Joint Authority for Jewish Zionist Education, Jerusalem 1997.

This Program is available on LRC site

 http://www.ruf.rice.edu/~lrc   

or at: http://www.stanford.edu/class/hebrew/media/index.html

 

Additional web base learning material will be referred to during the course. 

 

Assessment:           30%   Quizzes (5)

                                    30%   Proficiency Tests (2)

                                    20%   Homework

                                    10%   Oral Proficiency

10%   Project

 

Evaluation:

 

Evaluation is according to the following scale:

 

A+       97-100

B+     87-89.99

C+     77-79.99

D+     67-69.99

F          0-59.99

A         93-96  

B       83-86.99

C        73-76.99

D       63-66.99

 

A-        90-92.99

B-     80-82.99

C-      70-72.99

D-      60-62.99

 

 

 

Semester Time Table

 

Date

Monday

Wednesday

Friday

August            27 - 31

 

 

 

September        6 - 10

Labor Day

 

 

September      10 - 14

 

 

Quiz  1

September      17 - 21

 

 

 

September      24 - 28

 

 

Quiz  2

October            1 - 5

 

 

 

October           8 - 12

Test # 1 distributed

Test # 1 due

 

October          15 - 19

Midterm Recess

 

Quiz  3

October          22 - 26

 

 

 

October 29 – Nov.2       

 

 

Quiz  4

November        5 - 9

 

 

 

November       12 - 16

 

 

Quiz  5

November       19 - 23

 

 

Thanksgiving Recess

November       26 - 30

 

 

 

December         3 - 7

Test # 2 distributed

Web project on-line

 

Test # 2 Due

Project oral presentation

 

 

 

 

 

Attendance:

 

Attendance in classroom is important – unexcused absences can result in the drop of your final grade by one letter (e.g. A can become a B if 3 classes are missed). 

Classes are on Monday, Wednesday & Friday 10:00 – 10:50 at HUM 120

 

Disability:

 Any student with a documented disability needing academic adjustments or accommodations is requested to speak with me during the first two weeks of class.  All discussions will remain confidential.  Students with disabilities will need to also contact Disability Support Services in the Ley Student Center.

Contact Information:         Instructor:  Tiqva BarOn

                                                Office:     122 Razor Hall

                                                Tel:          713-348-2251

                                                E-mail:       tbaron@rice.edu