Shalom!

This week I want to tell you all about a project that we are just starting in the north of Israel. Efrat (our new teacher) and I will be moving from the ‘big city’ to Kibbutz Sdeh Elihayu at the end of October, just after Sukot, for 6 weeks to teach on a project. The project involves teaching Hebrew to 20 exchange students from Australia. The students will be studying Hebrew for 4-5 hours a day, 4 days a week for 6 weeks as part of their exchange program and both Efrat and I are really excited about the prospect. I went to London on the Worldwide Ulpan project that Ulpan Aviv runs, almost 2 years ago and really loved that, although I think that this will be completely different. I’ll let you know. This week was a much quieter week on the student front, and so my time has mainly been taken with training Efrat for the project in the north and ironing out one or two things here at the Ulpan. It’s a bit like the calm before the storm as next week my timetable is jam packed with students which I am really excited about. On Wednesday, Nicolas, a Swiss student who is here for 3 months, graduated. Nicolas started at absolute, absolute beginner level with no previous knowledge of Hebrew whatsoever. His motivation has been a real inspiration and it was amazing today to see him reading and translating simple conversations from Hebrew into English and vice-versa. Well done! Until next week… Shabbat Shalom, Saray Pentzak Ulpan Aviv- Teacher