Advanced I Yiddish
Tuition: $450 | YIVO members: $350**
Students: $225 (Must register with valid university email address)
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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.
Instructor: Sharon Bar-Kochva
Who should take this course?
This course is primarily for those who took Intermediate IV Yiddish in spring 2022. It is also appropriate for those who took Intermediate II Yiddish (Online) in the 2022 Summer Program.
What topics will this class cover?
This class will cover advanced Yiddish grammar such as relative sentences, perfective and imperfective verbs, and the subjunctive form. The class will put an emphasis on oral and written expression through in-class dialogues and creative writing exercises.
Course Materials:
This course will use Yiddish II: An Intermediate and Advanced Textbook by Mordkhe Schaechter (Purchase).
Sharon Bar-Kochva works as a Yiddish teacher and a librarian in the Paris Yiddish Center, where she is also head of the pedagogical team. She has been teaching Yiddish in various levels worldwide since 2004, both in academic and non-academic frameworks. She received her PhD from Inalco University in Paris on the topic of Pseudonymes of Yiddish and Hebrew writers.
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