Learning to read Hebrew
Mira Ariel
mariel at post.tau.ac.il
Thu Sep 30 14:36:24 UTC 2010
Hi,
I'm surprised to hear that Aya Katz learnt to read Hebrew using Biblical
texts. Growing up in Israel even before Aya, we leant to read and write from
Modern Hebrew texts, albeit, somewhat formal, written Hebrew. We never
started to read the Bible till we knew how to read (2nd grade), and at the
beginning, the Biblical text was a simplified one ("Bible for children").
So, no doubt one CAN learn Hebrew from Biblical texts, but we don't impose
it on all kids in Israel.
Best,
Mira
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Mira Ariel
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