Hebrew Curriculum

Maimonides Upper School

Building confidence, capability, and connection through language

We want students to develop facilities in all language acquisitions, including reading, writing, speaking, and understanding both written and oral Hebrew. Our Hebrew program is taught through the immersion process (ivrit b'ivrit) where the instructor actively speaks Hebrew to encourage students to do the same. Speaking Hebrew confidently enables students to deepen their connection to Israel while communicating with Jews worldwide.

Maimonides Upper School uses the Ulpan Or curriculum for Hebrew education. The program teaches modern Hebrew, using popular Israeli songs, humorous dialogs, commonly used Israeli phrases, videos, newspaper articles (E-Tone), and more.

Ulpan Or Curriculum

The Ulpan Or curriculum matches the required ACTFL levels. Each level in the curriculum is divided into 10 units which build the different skills (listening comprehension, speaking, reading and writing) layer by layer.

Ulpan Or Levels Based on ACTFL Guidelines

Beginner

Students who are taking their first steps toward studying Hebrew, who can speak and understand some isolated words. They are often not familiar with the alphabet, sometimes can recognize some letters, but read without understanding.
Students who can use words, simple phrases and occasional sentences. They understand simple questions/statements at a slow pace and frequently need to hear things again. They can be understood by someone accustomed to a language learner and are familiar with some basic verbs.
Students’ vocabulary includes words and phrases on familiar topics. They can provide basic information and can combine words and create sentences to conduct basic conversation at a slow pace. They can understand simple questions/statements slowly, and sometimes need to hear things again. These students are familiar with basic grammatical structures and can use simple verbs in the infinitive form and present tense.

Intermediate

The student’s vocabulary includes a variety of words and phrases related to a range of familiar topics. They can combine words and phrases to create longer, somewhat complex original sentences. They can pick up and converse on familiar topics at a somewhat slower pace. Students can correctly use and conjugate most verbs in the infinitive form and present tenses.
The student’s vocabulary includes words and expressions from a wide range of topics. These are students who can begin to use expanded vocabulary within a topic. They can create original sentences using connecting words and pick up and participate in a longer, more complex conversation. They can correctly use and conjugate most verbs in the infinitive form, present and past tenses.
Students’ whose vocabulary includes words and expressions from a wide range of topics and can use expanded vocabulary within a topic and discuss abstract concepts, thoughts, opinions, feelings and emotions. They use connected sentences to narrate, describe or explain and usually can correctly use and conjugate most verbs in the infinitive form, present, past and future tenses.

Advanced

Students with an extended vocabulary can communicate ideas on a wide range of topics and can communicate clear and organized statements at a paragraph length. They follow the main story and most supporting details across major time frames while beginning to understand formal speech at natural pace as found in the media, while relying on visual cues. They can correctly use and conjugate verbs in the infinitive form, all tenses and gerunds.
Students with an extended vocabulary can communicate ideas on a wide range of topics and follow the flow of ideas from different viewpoints. They can understand formal speech at a natural pace as found in the media, while relying on some visual cues and can use culturally appropriate idiomatic expressions. They usually have good knowledge of advanced level grammar of the regular form of verbs in all tenses.
Students with an extended vocabulary can communicate ideas on a wide range of topics and follow the flow of ideas from different viewpoints. They understand formal speech at a natural pace as found in the media and usually have an in-depth understanding of advanced level grammar, including irregular forms of verbs in all tenses.

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Hebrew Curriculum

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Ulpan Or Curriculum

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