“I enjoyed the course very much. In fact this is what I was looking for. To work hard in improving my Hebrew to a higher level in a relaxed way. Nadav understood this very well. We worked hard, I learned a lot and I think I achieved progression. That will come out in the future.”
“When we aqrrived to start on Monday for a four day course, they were not looking out for us, and it took a lot of asking and bothering people to get an understanding of the technology and the structure of the course. This made us feel uncomfortable and wasted a lot of everyone's time. I realize that this is not your usual structure, but if you agree to provide it (and we are grateful you did), I think you should realize that there will be a need for some more intro. Also, I suggest that you put up hooks labeled "headphones"and encourage people to put them back there--the long cords really are problem. Maybe shorten the cords as well. By contrast, every teacher that worked with us during the one on one time was most helpful and attentive.”
“the tiyulim were a bit disappointing because i was hoping to be able to speak more and have more conversation during those activities, however it was more listening to history of the places we went - which was very interesting and exciting to be able to understand what was told in hebrew, but i was expecting more conversations. overall, i feel my vocabulary was incredibly increased and am better able to understand a greater amount.”
“I would have preferred to do self study at home and to use ALL of the time at Ulpan Or speaking or working one on one with a teacher. When I signed up for this Ulpan it was advertised as being one on one but it was not clear that only half the time is one on one.
There were several times when there was not enough time to correct the homework during the lesson.Overall, this was a great course!”
“Tomar was a great teacher. I was frustrated with the mechanical problems with the computer and the rushing around during the switch, so loosing time to learn when course so expensive”
“I am very happy with ulpan or, as evidenced by the fact that is signed up for a second session (This was always the plan.). The teachers and materials are wonderful, and the atmosphere is warm, friendly, and supportive. My teacher was excellent and creative at finding exercises to help me progress. The tiyul to the shuk was okay, but I would have preferred two meetings in a coffee shop - mostly because I find it too difficult at the moment to walk and do something while having a Hewbrew discussion. Maybe this is the point, but I feel like this might be worthwhile for higher level students who are not as distracted by the surrounding noise, activity, etc. Also, I have one additional recommendation. I wish that it were possible to have office hours that could be shared by teachers who are not with students at the moment to be available to engage in 10 minute conversations outside of the set three hours. If a teacher is available during these "office hours," then students could sign up to work on conversational skills a bit more each day with different teachers. To respect the time of your teachers, thsi could be limited to ten minutes a day. This is still a good amount of extra conversation. Thank you for your consideration.”
“in general, the method is great. since i have a lot of hebrew in my head, i don't fit a particular level. the reading and most of the verbs in my level came easily although i needed a lot of holes filled in. the neve tzedek and shavuot stories were perfect for me, while the the books seemed underwhelming. hila was REALLY TERRIFIC!!! my last day was a bit of a bummer because there were so many emails about my schedule that i got confused and lost a half hour in the end. not a good way to end my studies. i am looking forward to continuing my studies online and hope that access to higher levels will help me alot. todah!”
“My teacher's good humor and ability to adapt to my goals, rather than strictly following a conventionally structured approach, was the strongest part of my experience.”
“I loved learning with Adi. She helped me be more confident in speaking Hebrew as she was always encouraging.I really liked reading all the current events and listening to audio with a vocab list. I definitely improved my vocabulary through this program.”
“I really appreciated being able to choose the course that i wanted. i am sad that i was not so motivated to be here but i see how people can improve a lot quickly learning with your program. Many thanks to the patience of your teachers! They were all so nice”
