Biblical Hebrew Forum

[Randall Buth <ButhFam AT compuserve.com>]

shalom vincent, 

are you trying to understand what I said or to misunderstand what 
I said?

>BH ulpan...?

Yes, as for methodology,
all languages are equally dead inside a classroom. 
(we should be using methologies that are maximally efficient).

>
>i'm dying to know which biblical dialect you use. 

sorry to hear you're not doing well.

>do your native speakers ...

all teachers of a second language are native speakers?

...
>i've always wanted to do fieldwork...! ;-)

good. 
because if you've internalized the nuts and bolts you will have all of our 
written texts to process while going through the natural process of (i +
1)-ing 
your way to a better and cleaner use of the language. You are familiar with

with Krashen's theories? You owe it to yourself, in any case, because you
might 
want to internalize a language or two in the future.
(NB: this does not replace analysis anymore than an English speaker can
ignore 
analysis. but analysis is a fun game that is parallel to acquiring the
language.
Also, you might want to learn something of the 'self-correction' processes 
that take place within natural language learning. [finally, error-free
production is 
not the goal but a fluency with imput, oral or written, as opposed to
playing 
the popular game 'name that binyan'.])

blessings

Randall Buth, PhD
Director, Biblical Hebrew Ulpan
www.BiblicalUlpan.org
Buth AT jerusalemschool.org
and Lecturer, 
Rothberg  International School
Hebrew University