Global Arc

The course "Israeli Media: News, Podcasts, Sitcoms, and More" (HEB 330) - taught entirely in Hebrew - focuses on various forms of Israeli media available through the internet. Discussion in class will focus on news outlets, on various shows and sitcoms, and on other forms of media (Podcasts, Vlogs, Social Media). The goal of the course is to compel students to interact with the Hebrew language (style and grammar) that is used today in Israeli media. Topics covered in the course will focus on current events, day-to-day issues and concerns of Israelis, and forms of entertainment.

An advanced Language and Culture course designed to develop proficiency in all skills of the language, and cultural issues, through class discussions of authentic materials, both text and other media. The objective of the course is to investigate the way playwrights and filmmakers engage and deal with the main socio-cultural rifts in Israel. Students will research, explore, and write on the topics of their choice.

An advanced language and culture course in Hebrew. Students will develop further proficiency in all skills through discussions, oral presentations of authentic materials and media. The objective is to investigate how playwrights and filmmakers deal with socio-cultural issues of coexistence. In addition to reading the plays, students will watch the DVDs with the performances from the unique bilingual theater in Jaffa. Lab work will be also assigned.

This course uses various forms of Israeli media, including television shows, web sites, blogs, and newspapers, to explore the ethical and moral dimensions of contemporary debates on cultural pluralism in Israel and tensions in Israeli society. Topics include relations between Jews and Arabs, rifts between Orthodox and secular Jews, and the challenges of accommodating and integrating into a single society immigrants who come from diverse backgrounds and lack a common immigrant experience. The course is intended for advanced speakers of Hebrew.

Israeli music is multi-faceted and complex. Israel represents an extreme case of a society of immigrants and refugees grouped together under pressures and traumas. This course explores how music, the most social and active of the arts, has acted as a powerful social and psychological agent.

This course explores in Hebrew the roots of Jewish and Israeli humor that reflects values and self image. Sources include Biblical, Hasidic and contemporary stories, films, TV series, web sites, songs, etc. Classes will be conducted in Hebrew.

Elementary Korean is designed for beginning students who intend to build a solid foundation for further study in the Korean language. The course provides four balanced language skills - listening, speaking, reading, and writing - needed for basic communication. It emphasizes the ability to use Korean appropriately and introduces students to useful information concerning culture and daily life in Korea.

A continuation of KOR 101. Continued development of proficiency in basic communication by balancing four language skills - listening, speaking, reading, and writing.

The first part of Intensive Korean is designed for heritage students who have already had considerable amount of exposure to the Korean language and culture but have not received any formal instruction before their arriving at Princeton. It covers the Elementary Korean material focusing on vocabulary building, grammar, reading and writing.

Intermediate Korean is designed for students who have learned the basics of the Korean language and want to improve their competence to a higher level. Complex sentences and grammar are covered while the basics are reviewed. Balancing four language skills -- listening, speaking, reading, and writing -- is emphasized.