Advanced Modern Hebrew will enable students to develop further their reading, writing and oral fluency and skills. The following areas will be covered in the module:

Reading comprehension including newspapers, academic and non-academic texts.
 Writing skills.
 Class discussions of a variety of topics and extra-curricular sessions.
 Listening comprehension – students will listen to audio recordings and will watch Israeli television
• programmes, films and documentaries.

This module is equivalent to Ulpan level 4. The textbooks used will be ‘Ivrit me-Alef ad Tav’ level4/5, and ‘Tachbir le-Mitkadmim’. Students will be expected to use a Hebrew/English English/Hebrew dictionary as well as verb tables. They will be encouraged to use the facilities of the UCL Language Centre.

This module foregrounds the relationship between language and literary and non-literary texts, and considers language use from particular perspectives. Students will be encouraged to think about the difference between written and spoken language in a detailed and systematic way, and to analyse different text types from a linguistic perspective, paying attention to grammatical, lexical and phonological features.

The module will introduce students to approaches from within stylistics and discourse analysis, and will examine the ways in which specific linguistic choices create variations in style and meaning. The questions of what makes a text, and what makes a text ‘cohesive’, will be explored, and the language associated with different discourse types such as politics, advertising and humour, will be examined.

 

Students will become familiar with key concepts, facts, and trends regarding higher education, including: university revenue sources and the drivers of...

Students will become familiar with key concepts, facts, and trends regarding higher education, including: university revenue sources and the drivers of expenditures, efforts to improve socio-economic gaps in participation and attainment, the many roles of financial aid, higher education and the labour market, and the debate about higher education accountability.