Advanced I Yiddish (Sunday Afternoon)

Class starts Sep 8 2:00pm-3:30pm

Tuition: $480 | YIVO members: $375**
Students: $240 (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: Sonia Dratwa-Pinkusowitz

Who should take this course?
This course is appropriate for those who have completed Intermediate IV Yiddish or equivalent coursework.

What topics will this class cover?
We will continue to review and develop the reading, writing, listening, and speaking skills acquired in Intermediate IV Yiddish. Grammar will include such topics as verb tenses, present participles used as adjectives or adverbs, prepositions, and syntax. We will read selected texts (song, poetry, and short stories) to enrich students' vocabulary and understanding of idiomatic expressions. Students will be expected to prepare short oral presentations of a few minutes on a variety of subjects in order to practice the language skills they have acquired.

Is knowledge of the Yiddish alphabet required?
Yes, knowledge of the Yiddish alphabet is required.

Course Materials:
All course materials will be provided digitally on Canvas.

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Sonia Dratwa-Pinkusowitz is an associate professor at the Institute of Jewish Studies, The Free University of Brussels (U.L.B.). She has taught Yiddish at the Hebrew University of Jerusalem, Columbia University, and YIVO where she was responsible for the creation of the Yiddish Teachers Resource Center. While living in N.Y., Sonia conducted a teacher training program as part of YIVO’s Summer Program. She is the founder of the Yiddish intensive summer course “Yiddish on the Continent,” held in alternate years in Brussels, Paris, and Berlin. Sonia regularly teaches in the Ot Azoy program organized annually by the Jewish Music Institute in London.

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