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Offered:

This course is offered in Term 1 (Feb - Apr) & Term 3 (Jul - Sep) each year.

Date & Time:

Our 2023 Term 3 Hebrew 103 course begins Thursday, 27 July 2023, 6:30-8:00 pm (NZ time), and runs for 8 consecutive weeks. The last day of the course is on Thursday, 14 September 2023. Time Zone equivalents for catching the live stream around the globe are given below:

Time Zone equivalents:

for live-streaming Zoom Sessions from New Zealand. If your Time Zone doesn't suit our live-streamed class, you can also access our courses by watching the live-recorded sessions that are posted to the course webpage each week, usually within 1-2 days.

  • Honolulu, Hawai’i: begins Wed 26 Jul 2023, 8:30-10:00 pm

  • US Pacific: begins Wed 26 Jul 2023, 11:30 pm-1:30 am

  • US Eastern: begins Thu 27 Jul 2023, 2:30-4:00 am

  • London, UK: begins Thu 27 Jul 2023, 7:30-9:00 am

  • Paris, France: begins Thu 27 Jul 2023, 8:30-10:00 am

  • New Delhi, India: begins Thu 27 Jul 2023, 12:00-1:30 pm

  • Bangkok, Thailand: begins Thu 27 Jul 2023, 1:30-3:00 pm

  • Singapore & Shanghai: begins Thu 27 Jul 2023, 2:30-4:00 pm

  • Tokyo, Japan: begins Thu 27 Jul 2023, 3:30-5:00 pm

  • Sydney, Australia: begins Thu 27 Jul 2023, 4:30-6:00 pm

Description:

  • The Introductory Hebrew 103 course builds upon the learning of the Hebrew script in Term 2, along with basic conversation, vocabulary and grammar, and continues to focus on reading, writing and speaking Hebrew. More emphasis will be placed on basic Hebrew grammar, increased vocabulary, and reading and writing skills. Both contemporary and traditional Hebrew songs will be learned.

Meet our Instructor

Hebrew instructor Benjamin Tobias

Our Hebrew classes are taught by our Israeli-Kiwi Instructor Benjamin Tobias. Benny was born in Israel and was raised as a fluent Hebrew speaker at Kibbutz Kinneret, located near the Sea of Galilee (Lake Kinneret) in the Jordan Valley. He also served as a Captain in the Israel Defence Forces (IDF). Benny moved to New Zealand in 1982, becoming a New Zealand citizen in 1984. He graduated from the University of Waikato with an LLB degree in 1994 and an LLM in 2007. For many years he worked for the New Zealand Transport Agency, both in planning and in a legal capacity. Benny is now partly retired, keeping himself busy with Ellys Physio and teaching Hebrew in his spare time. He is married and has 3 children and 3 grandchildren, who reside in New Zealand, Israel and Italy.

Who can take this course?

Prerequisites for this Course: completion of Hebrew 102, OR if you already have learned the Hebrew script, but have no background in Hebrew grammar, vocabulary or spoken Hebrew than you may be eligible to join his course.
Contact us

Location:

This class is a hybrid class with both in-person sessions in our classrooms and streamed live via Zoom.

All in-person classes are held at the EarthDiverse offices and classrooms located at 401 Anglesea Street, Hamilton Central, Hamilton (located just north of the Hamilton Central Bus Station) (entrance is located on the side of the building, see map). Those looking for parking for our evening classes can park just in front of the building in any of the available car parks. Daytime parking can be found in our dedicated car parks, or free 2-hour on-street daytime parking can be found just in front of Anglesea Street.
Location

Distance Learning:

This course has distance-learning options for those unable to attend the live zoom class. Students have three options for attending our courses once they have registered:

  • Attend in-person classes in our Hamilton classrooms at the regularly scheduled day and time.

  • Attend our live on-line classroom sessions via Zoom at the regular scheduled day and time.

  • Watch the live-recorded class sessions at your leisure, at a time, day and place more suited to your schedule.

Distance-Learning options:

Live Zoom sessions or Video-Recordings

  • In addition to our in-person classes in Hamilton, our courses offer distance learning options for those unable to attend classes in-person. Live-streamed Hamilton classes are available via free Zoom software for those living outside the Waikato. Live-streaming allows you to participate fully in your own learning, ask questions of the instructor and participate fully in the same way as if you were in the physical classroom.

  • Those unable to attend the scheduled date and time of the actual class sessions, or those who need to miss a class or two due to previous engagements or unexpected illness, can watch any or all of the live-recorded video sessions on their computers, laptops, tablets or mobile devices and study at their own pace and in their own time.

  • Detailed instructions on how to access our distance learning components will be sent after completing your registration. There are no additional fees for this service. However, distance learners will need access to a desktop or laptop computer with a good quality web-camera (tablet devices and mobile phones can also access our live-streamed classes), a built-in microphone (most modern laptops have built-in microphones) or a headset with a microphone. You will also need to download and install the free Zoom software on your computer or device. Those accessing the video recordings will be able to do so with a simple web browser on any device.

Pricing options:

All prices in New Zealand dollars and includes GST. Unwaged includes students, seniors and retirees.

Course curriculum:

Week by week new material will be posted throughout the duration of the course. Video recordings of each weekly session will be posted here after 1-2 days after each class.

    1. EarthDiverse Course Information

    2. EarthDiverse Zoom instructions

    1. Hebrew in 10 mins PDF

    2. Elementary Hebrew 1 PDF

    3. Elementary Hebrew 2 PDF

    4. Hebrew Alphabet Chart PDF

    5. Hebrew Vowels PDF

    6. Printed Script practice sheet PDF

    1. 20230727 T3.1 Hebrew 103 video

    1. 20230803 T3.2 Hebrew 103 PDF

    2. 20230803 T3.2 Hebrew 103 class notes

    3. 20230803 T3.2 Hebrew 103 video

    1. 20230810 T3.3 Hebrew in 10 mins OPT (also available under Course Materials above)

    2. 20230810 T3.3 Hebrew 103 video

    1. 20230817 T3.4 Hebrew 103 video

    2. 20230817 T3.4 Hebrew 103 PDF

About this course

  • Video and PDF content of class presentations or whiteboards notes are uploaded weekly after each live sessionendar
  • Begins Thu 27 Jul 2023
  • NZ time: Thursdays 6:30-8:00pm

Notes:

Those who cannot make the class meeting day and time via live Zoom sessions may consider accessing this course through the weekly recorded video sessions. Class videos are usually posted within 1-2 days of each live class session and are available for your own personal learning on a day and time of your choosing.

• This class has no assignments, quizzes, tests or exams. • All classes encourage questions and group discussion. • There are no refunds for missed class. • If, however, this course is cancelled due to insufficient enrolments please note that your registration fee will either be refunded in full or you may select to receive a course credit. Your choice!

Materials:

All materials are included in the course fees. These are developed by our instructors and distributed as PDF files as the course progresses.

You will only require a pen or pencil, a notebook for taking your own class notes, and a loose-leaf binder. Any notes that our instructor writes on our class digital notepad are posted to the class webpage on your dashboard as a PDF file so that you can print these out at home and add them to your own notebook.

Prerequisites :

Prerequisites for this Course: • completion of Hebrew 102 and a keen desire to continue learning Hebrew! OR • If you already have learned the Hebrew script, but have no background in Hebrew grammar, vocabulary or spoken Hebrew then you may be eligible to join his course.

Reviews:

5 star rating

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Naomi Johnson

you have thought of everything to assist people to join the Zoom, really helpful for people with little experience in Zoom!

you have thought of everything to assist people to join the Zoom, really helpful for people with little experience in Zoom!

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