Hebrew 6 (HEBR20008)

Intended learning outcomes

Students who successfully complete this subject should be able to:

• Understand a greater level of formal spoken Hebrew that is of moderate complexity on a variety of topics that are related to Hebrew speaking communities, including particular topics of their choosing
• Enhance and increase their linguistic competence by frequent practise of the Hebrew language in tandem with regular study of linguistic structures
• Express themselves accurately on a range of issues in formal and informal settings and develop their spoken, written and comprehension skills
• 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
• Use a far greater scope and range of vocabulary relating to contemporary Israeli and Hebrew culture and be familiar with particular and specialised terms and vocabulary associated with important literary, linguistic and cultural aspects of Israeli and Jewish society
• Deploy more complex linguistic structures to speak and write about events in the past from different perspectives and express opinions, ambitions and intentions
• Interpret and analyse texts and genres of a moderate level of complexity.