Department of
Hebrew and
Semitic Studies
Hebrew 102
Syllabus,� January
2007
Welcome
to Hebrew 102! We hope you enjoyed the winter break and are ready to
continue
in our adventure of uncovering the secrets of the Hebrew language and
culture.
Texts:
1. Encounters in Modern Hebrew Level 1
(used in Hebrew 101)
2. Encounters in Modern Hebrew Level 2
3. Hoveret
for Hebrew 102 at Bob's Copy Shop
4. The New Dictionary by Yisrael
Lazar (recommended) or any other dictionary.
NO
used books are allowed
General:
1. Attendance in all classes is mandatory. Every
5 absences will result in a loss of a grade.
2. Tardiness is very disruptive; every 3 will be
counted as an absence.
3. All assignments should be prepared before
coming to class.
4. Students are expected to be in command of all
the assigned vocabulary and grammatical material studied
to date.
5. Use of the flash-card method is recommended
for studying vocabulary.
6. A cumulative quiz will be given on MONDAY.
The quizzes cover all the grammatical material studied to date and all
the vocabulary.
7.Your books will be checked to see the
completion of daily assignments.
8.Your instructor will be available for individual
assistance during office hours in room 1356 Van Hise Hall
or by appointment, telephone 262-2967 or 262-3204.
Bilha Mirkin:
Thursday 12:00 - 12:50
p.m.
Haya Yuchtman:
Tuesday 3:20 - 4:20
p.m.�
Assignments:
1.Homework is assigned daily. You are required
to complete the assignments. Be comfortable with the new vocabulary and be ready to read the
dialogues with reasonable fluency. (Let your teacher know
if for some reason it is not
so.)
2.Written Assignments. See instructions p.VI in your Hoveret
3.Weekly oral assignments. See lab
Instructions on p.IV in your Hoveret.
4. Israeli Culture Days.� See
instructions on p.V
in your Hoveret.
There
is audio material of the dialogues in the textbook which can be
downloaded from
the following website:
http://imp.lss.wisc.edu/lss/mediacat/he/1/030/index.html
When
you click on a lesson to listen, you will be asked for the user name
and
password.� The user name is he101 and the
password is encounters.
If
you prefer, cassette tapes of the material are available in the LSS
Learning
Lab (259 Van Hise). You can listen to the
tapes at
the lab or check them out from the lab.
Exam
Schedule:
Written
exams:
1.
Quizzes on Mondays. No makeup quizzes for any reason.
2.
Midterm march 6 (counts as 2 quizzes)
3.
Final Quiz - Last day of class.
Grading:
Mandatory:
1.
Attendance.
2.
Preparation of daily assignments. (5 unprepared assignments will
result
in a loss of a grade.)
3.
Oral participation in class.
4.
Israeli Culture presentation.
5. Folder
in good standing. Keep in a 2-pocket folder: (1.) all corrected
quizzes;
(2.) all corrected
dialogues; (3.) Israeli culture report.
The
grading in this course is based on the following:
1.
Grades of quizzes and midterm.
2.
Grades of written assignments.
3.
Grade of oral competency.
SPECIAL
WEIGHT IS GIVEN TO YOUR LEVEL OF COMPETENCE AND ACCOMPLISHMENT IN THE
LATER
STAGES OF THE COURSE.
We
wish you a successful and enjoyable semester.
Bilha Mirkin
Haya Yuchtman
If you have trouble accessing this page, contact: Chris Dargis (
cadargis@wisc.edu)
Latest revision date: 12/15/2006 (cad)