Colloquial Hebrew: The Complete Course for Beginners (Colloquial Series) - Softcover

""'Colloquial Hebrew: A Complete Course for Beginners' is a fabulous edition to the realm of Hebrew Language pedagogy and self-study guides. It will be a boon to those engaged in the self-study of Hebrew as well as teachers wishing to introduce colloquial Hebrew to a traditional Hebrew language course." tackles all these issues, ensuring that you come away from the course speaking like a 'native' rather than like a grammarian.."" -Rochelle Caviness, The Jewish Eye ""Altogether an excellent contribution to the study of Hebrew." ." -Risa Domb, Director of the Centre for Modern Hebrew Studies, University of Cambridge

Colloquial Hebrew provides a step-by-step course in Hebrew as it is written and spoken today. Combining a user-friendly approach with a thorough treatment of the language, it equips learners with the essential skills needed to communicate confidently and effectively in Hebrew in a broad range of situations. No prior knowledge of the language is required.

Key features include:

· progressive coverage of speaking, listening, reading and writing skills

· structured, jargon-free explanations of grammar

· an extensive range of focused and stimulating exercises

· realistic and entertaining dialogues covering a broad variety of scenarios

· useful vocabulary lists throughout the text

· additional resources available at the back of the book, including a full answer key, a grammar summary and bilingual glossaries

Balanced, comprehensive and rewarding, Colloquial Hebrew will be an indispensable resource both for independent learners and students taking courses in Hebrew.

Audio material to accompany the course is available to download freely in MP3 format from www.routledge.com/cw/colloquials. Recorded by native speakers, the audio material features the dialogues and texts from the book and will help develop your listening and pronunciation skills.