novice level hebrew classes

Ulpan Or Curriculum

Morah Makedah uses the Ulpan Or iHebrew curriculum to teach conversational Hebrew, which is a fully equipped digital language immersion curriculum, designed to help students begin speaking Hebrew right away.  Students would engage with the program through self-paced tutoring with tutoring support from Morah Makedah.  Check out the tutoring page here.

I. Novice Low Class :

The Novice Low Level is for those who read and write Hebrew but have low comprehension and/or cannot speak well or at all. The Novice Low curriculum encompasses the following content in an integrative and coherent way, which is used in an interactive way to allow students to make significant progress in Hebrew while enjoying the process. 

Novice Low Goals:

The objectives are to teach students:

  • Vocabulary – guide students to acquiring 350 new words, starting with pronouns and gradually building toward a conversation on day-to-day subjects.
  • Master foundational concepts and dialogues - acquaintances, family, traveling, food, directions.
  • Master Numbers between 1-100, Israeli money and coins
  • Build a grammar base - Combining 4 helping verbs (want, need, can, love) with infinitive verbs in the Pa’al (simple present tense) building (3 groups)

The Ulpan Or curriculum is based on a storyline that follows 2 characters, Orly (an Israeli student) and Yoel (an “Oleh Hadash”/new immigrant from Canada). Both lead the students from their random first meeting and throughout their growing knowledge of the Hebrew language, which grows as they experiment with different situations and places in Israel.

As a student makes his/her way through the book, the texts become longer and more complex and are based on grammatical structures that are learned alongside the text. All the units contain parts of Israeli songs, which enrich and well-suit the student’s Hebrew level.

Once students learn how to identify and read their alef bet, we will move into the Novice Low curriculum.   

The curriculum is divided into 10 units which build the different skills (listening comprehension, speaking, reading, and writing) layer by layer.

II. Novice Mid Class:

This level curriculum encompasses the following content in an integrative and coherent way, which is used in an interactive way to allow students to make significant progress in Hebrew while enjoying the process.

  1. 10 units from “Kita Alef” ebook
  2. Infinitives and present tense - Pa’al (3 groups)
  3. 10 Israeli songs

The curriculum is based on various humorous texts which depict people in funny or extreme situations. The student will meet family members, friends, teachers and students, principals and staff members. In addition, the student will encounter Inbar, who will appear in several units. Inbar will tell her story gradually throughout the books, thus allowing students to tell their own stories.

 

Novice Mid Goals:

To lead the student to the following achievements:

  1. Acquire an active vocabulary of 500 new words: pronouns, nouns, and adjectives- all related to core contents.
  2. Master foundational concepts and basic dialogs related to: Acquaintance, family, figures and characters, adjectives and history.
  3. Master Binyan Pa’al- infinitives and present tense.

The curriculum is divided into 10 units which build the different skills (listening comprehension, speaking, reading, and writing) layer by layer.  Must have completed Novice Low level or test out.

III.  Novice High Class:

This curriculum encompasses the following content in an integrative and coherent way, which is used in an interactive way to allow students to make significant progress in Hebrew while enjoying the process.

  1. Ten units of text based on dialogues and situations between young teenagers
  2. Infinitives and present tense of 4 Binyanim (verb buildings): Piel, Hif’il, Hit’pael, Nifa’al
  3. Ten Israeli songs
  4. Ten E-Tone® articles/Virtual tours

The curriculum embarks on a journey following a boy and a girl who arrive in Israel for a Bar/Bat Mitzvah trip. Through their adventures, the student will learn a rich vocabulary and expressions that are relevant to everyday life in Israel. Seeing Israel through the videos which accompany the texts allows the student to learn basic grammar and structure while experiencing Israel in a fun way.

Novice High Goals:

To lead the student to the following accomplishments:

  1. Learn infinitives and present conjugations of 4 different Binyanim (verb buildings) and basic knowledge of time phrases.
  2. Speak freely in Hebrew while using everyday phrases.
  3. Experience Israeli culture via people, landscape and songs- all contribute to a rich learning experience.

The curriculum is divided into 10 units which build the different skills (listening comprehension, speaking, reading, and writing) layer by layer.  Must have completed the Novice Mid level or test out.