Intermediate III Yiddish (Tuesday)
Tuition: $480 | YIVO members: $375**
Students: $240 (Must register with valid university email address)
This is a live, online course held weekly on Zoom. Enrollment will be capped at about 15 students. All course details (Zoom link, syllabus, handouts, assignments, etc.) will be posted to Canvas. Students will be granted access to the class on Canvas after registering for the class here on the YIVO website. This class will be conducted in Yiddish and English.
Instructor: Perl Teitelbaum
Who should take this course?
This course is appropriate for those who have completed Intermediate II Yiddish or equivalent coursework.
What topics will this class cover?
In this course, students will continue to build on the content and skills acquired in Intermediate Yiddish II. New content from chapters 17, 18, and 19 will include zoo animals, verbs of motion, separable verbal prefixes of location and motion, the holiday Purim, and clothing. Grammatical structures will formally introduce the past tense, verbs with zayn, irregular participles, modal verbs, negation of “must,” and the negative pronoun. In addition, the student friendly edition of Motl peyse dem khazns by Sholem Aleichem with audio will provide students with well supported reading practice for enjoyment and for learning grammar in a rich authentic context.
Is knowledge of the Yiddish alphabet required?
Yes, knowledge of the Yiddish alphabet is required.
Course Materials:
This course will use the textbook In eynem: The New Yiddish Textbook, Vol I & II by Asya Vaisman Schulman, Jordan Brown, Mikhl Yashinsky (Purchase). Motl peyse dem khazns by Sholem Aleichem may be purchased from the League for Yiddish along with audio (audio is highly recommended) (Purchase).
Additional resources will be provided by the teacher through Canvas.
Perl (Paula) Teitelbaum was born and raised in a Yiddish-speaking home in post-war Wroclaw, Poland, where she also attended a secular Yiddish day school. After immigrating to the United States in 1967, she became actively involved in New York City’s Yiddish-speaking circles. During her professional career, Perl has taught Yiddish as well as Spanish and English to Speakers of Other Languages in a variety of settings. Her experience of having acquired foreign languages in adolescence gives her a deep understanding of what her students’ learning process might be. She enjoys chatting, singing, and reading books in Yiddish with her grandchildren.
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