The Routledge Introductory Course in Modern Hebrew (PDF)

Please note that the website URL is now routledgehebrew.com

The Routledge Introductory Course in Modern Hebrew: Hebrew in Israel is an integrated language course designed specifically for classroom-based learners.

The course contains 90 lessons combining texts, grammar explanations, and exercises. This is supported by a Companion Website with audiovisual materials to guide the student through the key skills of reading, writing, speaking, and listening.

Features include:

• a wide range of compelling texts, from dialogues and simple narratives to newspaper articles and poetry


• vocabulary lists for each text


• a variety of exercises for every lesson including oral drills, listening comprehension, grammar exercises and writing practice


• a solid grammatical foundation presented in an accessible, user-friendly manner


• cultural notes to introduce students to Israeli society


• beautiful illustrations.

All the texts, wordlists, and verb conjugations are freely available in an audiovisual format on the Companion Website routledgehebrew.com which contains a wealth of additional resources including:

• answers to all of the exercises in the book


• interactive exercises


• audiovisual verb dictionary


• audiovisual lists of prepositions with their pronoun suffixes


• audiovisual reference charts of numbers, colors, the days of the week, etc.


• checklists and review lessons for each unit


• links to Israeli websites


• videos and music.

Hebrew in Israel provides everything that students and instructors need for an engaging and effective learning environment.