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Learning the alphabet
Keyboards
Learning aids: grammar, tutorials
Dictionaries
Easy newspapers
Courses – free or for a fee
Qualifications
Vocabulary lists
Ulpanim
Media
Wikipedia pages
Music
Forums
Israel - Society & Culture
Various resources – they didn’t quite fit into another category


Introduction

This is a catalogue site of on-line resources for learning modern Hebrew. The background behind this project can be found hereIf you want to find out more about my experience learning Hebrew, click here.

An interesting New York Times article talks about the advent of modern Hebrew.

If you have any suggestions I could add, mail me at modern.hebrew@ecott. ch.
(remove the space in the address)

N.B.  All off-site links open in new windows


Learning the alphabet

Starting with Aleph – inexpensive programme to download
Cartoon Hebrew
Hebrew alphabet read aloud - with an American accent
Niqud
Handwriting - writing cursive script

Keyboards

Virtual keyboard
Transliterated keyboard
Keyboard layouts
Hebrew fonts
Cursive fonts
Yoav cursive fonts
Wazu fonts
Installing Hebrew on Windows Vista

Learning aids: grammar, tutorials

First steps in Hebrew
Gloss
Mr Hebrew
Aleph Bet on the Net

Hebrew video clips - University of Texas
Flashcards - U. of Texas
Tutorials - U. of Texas
Hebrew at U. of Texas
Games to practise Hebrew - U. of Texas
Various resources from Washington U. in St Louis
Ivrit bkalut - Hebrew is easy
Hebrew 4 Christians (not strictly modern Hebrew, but too good to leave out)
Audio-Visual archive - CARLA U. of Minnesota
Israeli Hebrew - U. of Florida
DMOZ - a whole range of resources
English - Hebrew tense comparisons
Uof Wisconsin audio resources
Hevenu Shalom Aleikhem

Dictionaries

Morfix dictionary – good and with niqud
Hebrew Verbs – most common verbs in all their forms
LingvoSoft English-Hebrew Dictionary
Short list of various dictionaries

Verb dictionary
Picture dictionary

Easy newspapers, stories, etc.

Hebrew Today
Sha'ar Lamatkhil
Grandpa Ilan's stories

Courses: free or for a fee

FSI Language Courses - Hebrew
Foundation Stone
Learn Hebrew Pod
Hebrew Podcasts
Milingua
Hebrew Online (apparently expensive: "Modern Hebrew is 756€ + 58€ (headphones, books and stuff).")
Hebrew technology podcast

Qualifications

British school exams
GCSE
GCE
School of Oriental & African Studies
University of South Africa
Hebrew College

Vocabulary lists

BYKI
Learn Hebrew
Numbers
Notions d'hébreu (en français)
Kit de survie du touriste en Israël (en français)
Hebrew phrases

Vocabulaire en images avec prononciation (en français)
Slang /colloquial expressions
Hebrew is easy - grammar summary
Handy Hebrew phrases
Hebrew for Me
Milingua
Morim  – various resources: word lists, reading texts, short videos
Hebrew Today
www.linguanaut.com/english_hebrew
www.travlang.com/languages/cgi-bin/langchoice.cgi
Idioms

Ulpanim

Hebrew Ulpan - on line
Nefesh B'Nefesh
Ulpan Or
Spiro Ark
Haifa University Summer Ulpan

Media

Nana10 evening news
Y-net TV station's catch-up programmes
Mako
103 FM
Kol San Diego
GalGalatz
Israeli radio stations
Hebrew radio stations
SBS from Australia
BeTipul download

Media toolbar

Wikipedia pages

Hebrew language
Hebrew alphabet
Hebrew spelling
Mater lectionis (use of certain consonants to represent vowels
Newspapers published in Israel
Israeli media
Wikiversity: Hebrew

Music

Kikar-Israel
Hebrew Songs
Hebrew lyrics

Forums

Unilang
How to learn any language - advice forum

Israel  Society & culture

Weather forecast in Israel
Israel Science & Technology
Israel in the Eurovision Song Contest
Israeli basketball
Israel's Basketball Super League
Israeli football
Israeli cinema
About Israel
Hand in Hand schools

Various resources – they didn’t quite fit into another category

Language Learning Advisor
Virtual tours of Israel
http://www.jr.co.il/hotsites/j-hebrew.htm
http://www.dmoz.org/Science/Social_Sciences/Linguistics/Languages/Natural/Afro-Asiatic/Hebrew/
http://www.learnhebrew.org.il/
http://www.israelprograms.org/JewishAgency/English/Aliyah/Israel+Programs
www.morim.com/summary.htm
Israel Catalogue
Jewish Software
http://www.w3.org/International/tutorials/bidi-xhtml/
http://www.a-zara.com/
Hebrew Today
The Jewish Eye
Bibliography of Hebrew books
Fakatzit
Hebrew language detective
The Language Chronicle
Word Frequency Database

Open University of Israel






© Martin Ecott 2008