I found the Ulpan Gordon Hebrew book

Posted by Ms. Babble

November 17, 2008

I was cruzing around Amazon a few days ago and came across the (very distinctive) Hebrew study book they had all the Aleph level students use at Ulpan Gordon! It was one of those, “Hey! I know that book!” moments and made me smile from thinking about my months in the ulpan.

Hebrew from Scratch:

I was shocked to discover that they have two parts available but I’m not quite sure if higher classes at the ulpan are actually using part two.

They don’t have the “Search Inside” feature yet on Amazon to see what the pages look like, but if you’re a future Ulpan student and want a sneak peak, send me a message and I’ll see what I can do!

It’s really fun reading what other people are saying about the book since I was both amused and tortured with it in Israel. Apparently I wasn’t alone!

“While my family was in Jerusalem, some of our friends there were in an ulpan (Hebrew language school for new immigrants). They were using this book! So I was very excited to see it here! I have been using this book on my own and like it very much. I was glad to see that you can get CDs to go with it and will probably get those next! By Shimrit A. Hanes “ontheroadagain”

“There are no vowel marks throughout the book. Even for me, someone who has studied Ivrit for several years, and can read Torah which has no vowel marks, this book is a struggle on my own. While it is true to how modern Hebrew is written and spoken and used today, it doesn’t make it the best or easiest way to learn.” By Whimsy Taylor “artist and avid reader”

“Presenting vocabulary and phrases a person will actually use on a daily basis (along with trendy Israeli slang), this book is a great guide to learning contemporary Hebrew” By Langxpert

Even though I’m not in Ulpan Gordon right now, I’m trying to retain what I learned those three months I was there by studying now with the Rosetta Stone Hebrew course. Maybe if I knew the workbook also had a CD, I would be using that too. But they didn’t offer it at Ulpan Gordon and I simply continued on with Rosetta Stone afterward.

Anyway, it was nice moment to reminisce and a reminder for me to keep at it!

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