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Luceil Friedman

Luceil Friedman is the instructor for the six courses offered in Modern Hebrew. She received a Bachelor of Arts in Hebraic Studies from Douglass College, Rutgers University in 1971 and a Master of Arts in Hebrew Language and Literature from Indiana University in 1977.

Ms. Friedman studied Education at the Hebrew University, Jerusalem where the emphasis of her studies was teaching Hebrew as a modern foreign language to non native speakers. She has previously served as an Associate Instructor in the Department of Near Eastern Languages and Literatures at Indiana University, Bloomington, Indiana, and was a Hebrew specialist on the faculty of the New Jewish High School of Greater Boston. Ms Friedman has also served on the College Board SATII Hebrew Language Test Development Committee. She will serve as faculty advisor to the newly formed Carolina Students for Israel campus organization.

The current six course sequence is designed to facilitate students’ progress toward becoming articulate readers, writers, and speakers of Modern Hebrew. The courses are heavily grammar-based, a key that enables English speakers to comprehend and master the Hebrew language – a Semitic language based on a root system. By the end of the Elementary sequence, classes are conducted exclusively in Hebrew with the exception of ongoing explanations of grammatical structures and rules. By the end of the Intermediate level, students will have mastered all the requisite grammar skills necessary to read, write and speak. They will then advance to novels, essays, poetry, etc., while continuing to expand their vocabulary base. In addition to class work, students regularly listen to tapes designed to facilitate fluency and proper accent.

The program began in 2003-04 with 12 students enrolled. Over 40 students will be enrolled in Modern Hebrew language during the 2004-05 academic year.