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Title: In-Flight Hebrew by Living Language ISBN: 0609810693 Publisher: Living Language Pub. Date: 17 July, 2001 Format: Audio CD Volumes: 1 List Price(USD): $13.95 |
Average Customer Rating: 1
Rating: 1
Summary: Feh! This is awful!
Comment: I am so grateful that I didn't wait until I was on a plane on my way to Israel to listen to this. If you are looking for the fast track to learning Hebrew by listening, you need to get the Pimsleur Quick & Easy Hebrew CD set - it is so superior, it shouldn't even be in the same category with this CD.
Even though I've been studying Hebrew for almost a month, I couldn't understand what the people on this CD were saying. For a beginning CD, they speak way too fast and they don't repeat anything.
At the beginning of lesson one, the narrator says that you "can" follow along with the book "if you want"... without the book, it's impossible to understand what is going on - they talk way too fast, probably an attempt to fit all of this on one CD.
There may be some people who are naturally gifted in acquiring new languages just by listening (and such people are rare) who might actually pick something up from this CD.
The narrator says a word or phrase in English and then a "native speaker" says the Hebrew counterpart in super-sonic speed. Unlike English, most languages, including Hebrew, have feminine and masculine forms of nouns... and Hebrew has masculine & feminine verbs as well. The book shows both the feminine and masculine forms of the words being said, but with minimal exception, only one form is pronounced on the CD.
The words in the book are transliterated for English speaking readers, but there is no Hebrew written out so that someone new to Israel could recognize something printed on a sign. Granted, most signs in Israel, especially in tourist areas, are in Hebrew and English.
Having already studied Hebrew for a few weeks, this CD is still impossible to utilize - I can't imagine the cursing that must go on on airplanes as people pop this CD into their CD player or laptop computer when they are at 30,000 feet, en route to Israel.
The beginning of the CD also makes a cocky statement - that after listening to the entire CD, you will be able to speak and understand basic Hebrew. If languages were so easy to acquire, everyone would be learning new languages every week.
For someone who is visually impaired and wanting to learn via audio, this is not the way to go - the printed book is truly essential to follow along.
If you want to learn Hebrew for personal enrichment, Bible study, or to communicate with family in Israel, I highly recommend Pimsleur, "Alef-Bet for Adults," and "Hugo Language Course: Hebrew In Three Months", all available on here at Amazon.com.
Even though the Pimsleur course was not intended to be absorbed during one flight, taking the Pimsleur course with you on your flight will be much more prudent than this "In-Flight Hebrew" CD. Obviously, if you start studying before your flight, you'll be that much better off.
Buying advice in a nutshell: don't!
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Title: Hebrew by Pimsleur ISBN: 0671790854 Publisher: Pimsleur Intl Inc Pub. Date: 01 November, 2001 List Price(USD): $19.95 |
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