Level Bet: Lower Intermediate

Courses at Level Bet consolidate and broaden your understanding of the grammatical structures and vocabulary you studied in Level Aleph. By the end of Level Bet, you’ll be familiar with the basic structure of the Hebrew language. 

Skills Covered

  • Comprehension: Listening to the news, recorded radio programs, and lectures in easy Hebrew
  • Conversation: Conversations, discussions, and short lectures based on the passages read and heard; informal meetings with Israelis, reported on afterwards in class
  • Reading: Passages from stories and texts adapted into easy Hebrew; short newspaper articles in easy Hebrew
  • Writing: Writing structured compositions and short passages on the topics studied
  • Grammatical skills: Syntactic consolidation and elaboration of basic structures, inflection of the strong verbs in the future tense, and frequent weak verbs

Bet Syllabus

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TrackSAT ACT Psychometric Test
(General or QE)
Business & English1310 28629
Business & Liberal Arts131028629
English & Liberal Arts102019516
Pre-Semester Program: “Encountering Jerusalem”
Spring
Practical Hebrew Beginners 4 credits
Israeli Society3 credits
Pre-Semester Program: “Encountering Jerusalem”
Autumn
Practical Hebrew Beginners4 credits
Modern Standard Arabic Beginners 5 credits
Jerusalem: A Journey Through Time and Space3 credits
Pre-Semester Program: “Encountering Jerusalem”
Autumn
Practical Hebrew Beginners4 credits
Modern Standard Arabic Beginners 5 credits
Jerusalem: A Journey Through Time and Space3 credits
Pre-Semester Program: “Encountering Jerusalem”
Spring
Practical Hebrew Beginners 4 credits
Israeli Society3 credits