Course Information
SemesterCourse Unit CodeCourse Unit TitleT+P+LCreditNumber of ECTS CreditsLast Updated Date
2HEB 302Basic Hebrew II1+4+03530.10.2025

 
Course Details
Language of Instruction English
Level of Course Unit Bachelor's Degree
Department / Program Lisans Dil Dersleri
Type of Program Formal Education
Type of Course Unit Elective
Course Delivery Method Online
Objectives of the Course The aim of the Basic Hebrew II course is to enable students to speak Modern Hebrew at a basic level, to read, understand and interpret texts written in their field, and to use the language efficiently in their future academic studies. In addition, it aims to improve students’ academic skills and provide them with a level of proficiency that allows them to benefit from Hebrew as an important resource language, particularly in Middle Eastern studies.
Course Content The content of the course consists of materials that cover the main grammatical aspects of the Hebrew language, explained in a concise and comprehensible way with the help of English and Turkish. The course includes graphology, phonology, morphology, syntax, and text-based learning. Hebrew verb structures, conjugations, lexical meanings of verb roots, usages, tenses, sentence structures, sentence analysis, sentence-building exercises, and prepositions form the core topics of the course.
Course Methods and Techniques The course employs lecture, question-answer sessions, dialogue practice, reading comprehension exercises, written text analyses, grammar drills, audio material studies, and short student presentations as teaching methods.
Prerequisites and co-requisities ( HEB 301 )
Course Coordinator None
Name of Lecturers Associate Prof.Dr. Eldar Hasanoğlu
Assistants None
Work Placement(s) No

Recommended or Required Reading
Resources Bresslau, Marcus Heinrich. 1917. A compendious Hebrew grammar. London: C. Lockwood and Son.
Parkhurst, John. 1813. [An Hebrew and English Lexicon, without points. ... To this work is prefixed A Methodical Hebrew Grammar without points ... also the Hebrew Grammar at one view. Copious MS. notes [by Sir W. Jones].].
Creager, Harold Luther, and Herbert Christian Alleman. 1927. beginners' Hebrew grammar. Boston: D.C. Heath and Co.
Cameron, Duncan, and Salis Daiches. 2007. A Hebrew grammar for beginners. [United Kingdom]: [Ponoma Press].
Adler, Michael. 1935. Student's Hebrew grammar, with exercises and vocabularies. London: D. Nutt.
Bickell, Gustav, and Samuel Ives Curtiss. 2018. Outlines of Hebrew Grammar.
Bissell, Edwin Cone. 2017. A Practical Introductory Hebrew Grammar.
Course Notes Students will be required to prepare short themed texts within the framework of the grammar topics covered and present them. In addition, they will be assigned materials from books, magazines, newspapers, and audio publications, which they will analyze as part of their coursework.
Documents Hebrew Grammar for Beginners
Assignments Ödevler
Exams Ara Sınav (1), Yarıyıl Sonu Sınavı (1)

Course Category
Social Sciences %0
Field %100

Planned Learning Activities and Teaching Methods
Activities are given in detail in the section of "Assessment Methods and Criteria" and "Workload Calculation"

Assessment Methods and Criteria
In-Term Studies Quantity Percentage
Mid-terms 1 % 30
Assignment 1 % 20
Attendance 1 % 10
Final examination 1 % 40
Total
4
% 100

 
ECTS Allocated Based on Student Workload
Activities Quantity Duration Total Work Load
Course Duration 14 5 70
Hours for off-the-c.r.stud 14 3 42
Assignments 11 3 33
Mid-terms 1 3 3
Final examination 1 3 3
Total Work Load   Number of ECTS Credits 5 151

 
Course Learning Outcomes: Upon the successful completion of this course, students will be able to:
NoLearning Outcomes
1 Student who complete the course: will acquire basic Hebrew skills in speaking, reading, writing, understanding and comprehension.
2 Students gain the ability to benefit from basic sources related to their field of study and to use and interpret these Hebrew sources in their researchs.
3 In addition, students who learn Basic Hebrew gain the ability to decipher and interpret Biblical Hebrew and the other sources written in late antiquity with the help of a dictionary.
4 Have the linguistic ability to follow the Hebrew press and broadcast to make researches in the Middle East Studies.

 
Weekly Detailed Course Contents
WeekTopicsStudy MaterialsMaterials
1 Patterns of Hebrew Verbs: Seven Beenyaneem 1. Pattern Pa'al Gila Freedman Cohen & Carmia Shoval, Easing Into Modern Hebrew Grammar 2 Vol set
2 Patterns of Hebrew Verbs: Seven Patterns 2. Pattern Pi'el Gila Freedman Cohen and Carmia Shoval, Easing Into Modern Hebrew Grammar 2 Vol set
3 Patterns of Hebrew Verbs: Seven Patterns 2. Pattern Hitpa'el Gila Freedman Cohen and Carmia Shoval, Easing Into Modern Hebrew Grammar 2 Vol set
4 Patterns of Hebrew Verbs: Seven Patterns 2. Pattern Hif'il Gila Freedman Cohen and Carmia Shoval, Easing Into Modern Hebrew Grammar 2 Vol set
5 Patterns of Hebrew Verbs: Seven Patterns 5. Pattern Nif'al Gila Freedman Cohen and Carmia Shoval, Easing Into Modern Hebrew Grammar 2 Vol set
6 Patterns of Hebrew Verbs: Seven Patterns 6. Pattern Po'al Gila Freedman Cohen and Carmia Shoval, Easing Into Modern Hebrew Grammar 2 Vol set
7 Patterns of Hebrew Verbs: Seven Patterns 7. Pattern Hof'al Gila Freedman Cohen and Carmia Shoval, Easing Into Modern Hebrew Grammar 2 Vol set
8 Midterm Exam and Homework Presentations
9 Verb Patterns and Their Meanings: Texts 1.Sefer Mishpatim I; 2. Gila Freedman Cohen and Carmia Shoval, Easing Into Modern Hebrew Grammar 2 Vol set
10 How are Hebrew Sentences Built? A. B Davidson, Introductory Hebrew Grammar Syntax
11 Making Positive-Negative and Questioning Sentences Heinrich Friedrich Wilhelm Gesenius, Emil Kautzsch, Arthur Ernest Cowley, Gesenius' Hebrew Grammar.
12 Hebrew Prepositions Edna Amir Coffin, Shmuel Bolozky, A Reference Grammar of Modern Hebrew (Reference Grammars)
13 1. Verb Sentences 2. Nominal Sentences 1. A. B Davidson, Introductory Hebrew grammar syntax; 2. Gila Freedman Cohen and Carmia Shoval, Easing Into Modern Hebrew Grammar 2 Vol set
14 Final Exam

 
Sustainable Development Goals
Contribution of Learning Outcomes to Programme Outcomes
P1 P2 P3 P4 P5 P6 P7 P8 P9
All 5 5 5 4 4 5 5 5 5
C1
C2
C3
C4

  Contribution: 1: Very Slight 2:Slight 3:Moderate 4:Significant 5:Very Significant

  
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