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Hebrew 5 (HEBR30003)
Undergraduate level 3Points: 12.5Online
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About this subject
- Overview
- Eligibility and requirements
- Assessment
- Dates and times
- Further information
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Contact information
Semester 1
Email: dvir@unimelb.edu.au
Overview
Availability | Semester 1 - Online |
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Fees | Look up fees |
This subject focuses on advanced modern literary texts, including study of contemporary Hebrew writers in prose and poetry, modern conversational idiom, and newspaper and academic articles. Students further extend their competencies in writing, reading, speaking and listening by engaging with authentic texts and situations. In this subject, Students will engage with authentic texts that deal with past and present themes of increasing complexity and that are of significance to Israeli and Jewish Culture. Students also acquire advanced linguistic structures that allow them to express with greater complexity their own experiences, aspirations and views.
Intended learning outcomes
Students who successfully complete this subject will:
- have further enhanced and developed their oral and written competencies acquired previously;
- employ their skills in comprehending and interacting with complex literary and non-fiction texts in Hebrew;
- be able to form and express persuasive opinions through writing and orally about a range of key topics relevant to the study of Israeli and Jewish life and culture;
- interpret and analyse complex texts and genres occurring in a variety of audio-visual media;
- present complex ideas in class discussions using a board range linguistic form and vocabulary;
- have further developed their reading skills and understanding of advanced scientific and academic articles and essays, enriching their knowledge of the modern idiom written and spoken in Israel today;
- deploy a range of vocabulary relating to contemporary Israeli and Hebrew culture in their writing and be familiar with particular and specialised terms and relating to important literary, linguistic and cultural aspects of Hebrew.
Last updated: 11 April 2024
Eligibility and requirements
Prerequisites
Code | Name | Teaching period | Credit Points |
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HEBR20006 | Hebrew 4 | Semester 2 (Online) |
12.5 |
Corequisites
None
Non-allowed subjects
Code | Name | Teaching period | Credit Points |
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HEBR10011 | Hebrew 5 | Semester 1 (Online) |
12.5 |
HEBR20007 | Hebrew 5 | Semester 1 (Online) |
12.5 |
Inherent requirements (core participation requirements)
The University of Melbourne is committed to providing students with reasonable adjustments to assessment and participation under the Disability Standards for Education (2005), and the Assessment and Results Policy (MPF1326). Students are expected to meet the core participation requirements for their course. These can be viewed under Entry and Participation Requirements for the course outlines in the Handbook.
Further details on how to seek academic adjustments can be found on the Student Equity and Disability Support website: http://services.unimelb.edu.au/student-equity/home
Last updated: 11 April 2024
Assessment
Description | Timing | Percentage |
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5 essays
| During the teaching period | 35% |
Oral presentation
| During the teaching period | 5% |
A listening comprehension test | During the teaching period | 10% |
An oral exam
| During the examination period | 10% |
A written exam, equivalent to 2000 words
| During the examination period | 40% |
Hurdle requirement: Students must attend a minimum of 75% of classes in order to pass this subject. All pieces of written work must be submitted to pass this subject. | Throughout the teaching period | N/A |
Additional details
Note: Assessment submitted late without an approved extension will be penalised at 10% per day. After five working days late assessment will not be marked. In-class tasks missed without approval will not be marked.
Last updated: 11 April 2024
Dates & times
- Semester 1 - Online
Principal coordinator Dvir Abramovich Mode of delivery Online Contact hours 48 hours - 4 hours of language classes per week for 12 weeks Total time commitment 170 hours Teaching period 27 February 2023 to 28 May 2023 Last self-enrol date 10 March 2023 Census date 31 March 2023 Last date to withdraw without fail 5 May 2023 Assessment period ends 23 June 2023 Semester 1 contact information
Email: dvir@unimelb.edu.au
Time commitment details
170 hours
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Additional delivery details
Please note: Students will be required to sit a placement test conducted by the subject co-ordinator.
Enrolling students are required to have completed the listed pre-requisite subject or to have completed an approved equivalent.
Last updated: 11 April 2024
Further information
- Texts
Prescribed texts
Materials will be given in class
- Related Handbook entries
This subject contributes to the following:
Type Name Major Hebrew and Jewish Studies Specialisation (formal) Hebrew and Jewish Studies Specialisation (formal) Hebrew and Jewish Studies - Breadth options
This subject is available as breadth in the following courses:
- Bachelor of Arts
- Bachelor of Biomedicine
- Bachelor of Commerce
- Bachelor of Design
- Bachelor of Environments
- Bachelor of Fine Arts (Acting)
- Bachelor of Fine Arts (Animation)
- Bachelor of Fine Arts (Dance)
- Bachelor of Fine Arts (Film and Television)
- Bachelor of Fine Arts (Music Theatre)
- Bachelor of Fine Arts (Production)
- Bachelor of Fine Arts (Screenwriting)
- Bachelor of Fine Arts (Theatre)
- Bachelor of Fine Arts (Visual Art)
- Bachelor of Music
- Bachelor of Science
- Links to additional information
- Available through the Community Access Program
About the Community Access Program (CAP)
This subject is available through the Community Access Program (also called Single Subject Studies) which allows you to enrol in single subjects offered by the University of Melbourne, without the commitment required to complete a whole degree.
Entry requirements including prerequisites may apply. Please refer to the CAP applications page for further information.
- Available to Study Abroad and/or Study Exchange Students
This subject is available to students studying at the University from eligible overseas institutions on exchange and study abroad. Students are required to satisfy any listed requirements, such as pre- and co-requisites, for enrolment in the subject.
Last updated: 11 April 2024