Hebrew Language Instruction (Fall 2005)

Focus On- How We Teach Hebrew Language

• Hebrew Reading Difficulties and Social Exclusion: A Path to Aggressive Behavior by: Scott J. Goldberg
• Foreign Language Learning Difficulties: Why They Happen and How to Help by: Robin L. Schwarz
• The Proficiency Approach: A Tool for Advancing the Hebrew Language Curriculum in our Schools by: Vardit Ringvald
• Teaching Hebrew as a Second/Foreign Language by: Aryeh Wohl
• Teaching Judaica Without Teaching Hebrew by: Martin Lockshin

From the Editor

• Looking In by: Shalom Berger

Features

• From the Classics: A Remnant of Tiktin by: Levi Cooper
• Getting the Discussion Started by: Herman Wouk
• Interview with David Eliach
• Discussion- Goals of Hebrew Instruction in School
• Review of New Educational Materials by: Eli Kohn
• A Plea for Purposes by: Jon A. Levisohn
• Communications: Letters to the Editor

Applications

• Tal Am: A Natural Approach to Hebrew Language Acquisition by: Tova Shimon with Stanley Peerless
• Teaching Hebrew in Early Childhood in the Diaspora: Reflections on the Nitzanim Program by: Nava Nevo
• NETA: Professionalizing the Teaching of Hebrew as a Second Language by: Naomi Stillman
• What Happened to ‘Hebrew’ at Hebrew School? by: Diana Yacobi with Lily Yacobi
• Why Can’t Jake Speak (or Read) Hebrew? by: Zev bar-Lev
• Teaching Tanakh Vocabulary Successfully to Learning Disabled Students by: Debbie Sondheim
• Is Hebrew a “Second Language” for our Children? by: Rahel Halabe