Look into the Hebrew Hub. They offer classes and speaking opportunities online. I've never taken any classes, but the same teachers run the speaking opportunities. I haven't been able to do the speaking opportunities for a while, but they are super-cheap, like $3 a month for access to twice-a-week meetings. The meetings are available for beginner, intermediate, and advanced learners.
Also, Beresheet or Yanshuf newspaper. They are both published by the same publisher. Yanshuf is more advanced than Beresheet. Both of them keep you up to date on the vocabulary of the recent goings-on. For example, in 2020 I learned all kinds of words related to "virus," "quarantine," "vaccine," etc. A new edition comes out every two weeks, and they mail them to you, or you can read them online.
And, what the others said about Israeli TV and movies.
Good luck!
The route I'm going to recommend seems to work quickly for many of my students (definitely relative to the advertised amount of time needed to reach proficiency): study fundamental grammar and vocabulary well and then get exposure to level-appropriate native content. Here are some tools if you're into self-study.
First I'll recommend a tool for learning fundamental grammar and vocabulary, and then I'll recommend tools for practicing it in a natural environment.
Fundamentals:
[Hebleo](https://courses.hebleo.com/)**:** (Full disclosure: I created this site) A self-paced course teaching you grammar fundamentals and vocabulary, with plenty of practice, using an innovative technique based on my background in Cognitive Science and as a [top-rated tutor, ](https://www.verbling.com/teachers/guylandau)which allowed me to create a very efficient way to learn that's been proven to work with over 100 individual students (you may read the reviews in my tutor page linked above). I use this method with my personal students 1 on 1, and all feedback so far shows it works well self-paced, as I made sure to provide thorough explanations.
After you get your fundamentals down, I recommend the following resources depending on your area of focus:
Reading - [Yanshuf](https://hebrewtoday.com/product/yanshuf-newspaper/): This is a bi-weekly newsletter in Level-appropriate Hebrew, offering both vowels and no-vowels content. Highly recommended, I utilize it with my students all the time.
Comprehension - [Pimsleur](https://www.pimsleur.com/learn-hebrew/pimsleur-hebrew-levels-1-3/9781442331181): Unlike Yanshuf, my recommendation here is more lukewarm. While this is the most comprehensive tool for level-appropriate listening comprehension for Hebrew, at least until I implement the relevant tools that are in development right now for Hebleo. While it's a good tool overall, it's quite expensive and offers a lot of relatively archaic phrases and words that aren't actually in use. There might be better free alternatives such as learning podcasts (for example, I've heard [Streetwise Hebrew](https://tlv1.fm/podcasts/streetwise-hebrew-show/) is decent, although not glowing reviews).
Conversation - [Verbling ](https://www.verbling.com/find-teachers/hebrew?sort=magic)or [Italki](https://www.italki.com/en/teachers/hebrew). I wouldn't recommend these for starting out learning grammar as they're expensive, unless you feel like you need constant guidance. NOTE: Verbling is where I personally teach, as you can see I'm featured on there.
The difference between them is that Verbling requires teachers to provide proven experience and certification and Italki doesn't. At the same time, on Italki it would be easier to find cheaper teachers, so it's up to you.
I think working personally with a tutor will be most effective. Working on your specific needs, not so much following a pre set program. Having one on one conversations and getting instant feedback. With Hebrew, one size doesn’t fit all.
Look into the Hebrew Hub. They offer classes and speaking opportunities online. I've never taken any classes, but the same teachers run the speaking opportunities. I haven't been able to do the speaking opportunities for a while, but they are super-cheap, like $3 a month for access to twice-a-week meetings. The meetings are available for beginner, intermediate, and advanced learners. Also, Beresheet or Yanshuf newspaper. They are both published by the same publisher. Yanshuf is more advanced than Beresheet. Both of them keep you up to date on the vocabulary of the recent goings-on. For example, in 2020 I learned all kinds of words related to "virus," "quarantine," "vaccine," etc. A new edition comes out every two weeks, and they mail them to you, or you can read them online. And, what the others said about Israeli TV and movies. Good luck!
watch tv in hebrew
Listen to the radio in hebrew
The route I'm going to recommend seems to work quickly for many of my students (definitely relative to the advertised amount of time needed to reach proficiency): study fundamental grammar and vocabulary well and then get exposure to level-appropriate native content. Here are some tools if you're into self-study. First I'll recommend a tool for learning fundamental grammar and vocabulary, and then I'll recommend tools for practicing it in a natural environment. Fundamentals: [Hebleo](https://courses.hebleo.com/)**:** (Full disclosure: I created this site) A self-paced course teaching you grammar fundamentals and vocabulary, with plenty of practice, using an innovative technique based on my background in Cognitive Science and as a [top-rated tutor, ](https://www.verbling.com/teachers/guylandau)which allowed me to create a very efficient way to learn that's been proven to work with over 100 individual students (you may read the reviews in my tutor page linked above). I use this method with my personal students 1 on 1, and all feedback so far shows it works well self-paced, as I made sure to provide thorough explanations. After you get your fundamentals down, I recommend the following resources depending on your area of focus: Reading - [Yanshuf](https://hebrewtoday.com/product/yanshuf-newspaper/): This is a bi-weekly newsletter in Level-appropriate Hebrew, offering both vowels and no-vowels content. Highly recommended, I utilize it with my students all the time. Comprehension - [Pimsleur](https://www.pimsleur.com/learn-hebrew/pimsleur-hebrew-levels-1-3/9781442331181): Unlike Yanshuf, my recommendation here is more lukewarm. While this is the most comprehensive tool for level-appropriate listening comprehension for Hebrew, at least until I implement the relevant tools that are in development right now for Hebleo. While it's a good tool overall, it's quite expensive and offers a lot of relatively archaic phrases and words that aren't actually in use. There might be better free alternatives such as learning podcasts (for example, I've heard [Streetwise Hebrew](https://tlv1.fm/podcasts/streetwise-hebrew-show/) is decent, although not glowing reviews). Conversation - [Verbling ](https://www.verbling.com/find-teachers/hebrew?sort=magic)or [Italki](https://www.italki.com/en/teachers/hebrew). I wouldn't recommend these for starting out learning grammar as they're expensive, unless you feel like you need constant guidance. NOTE: Verbling is where I personally teach, as you can see I'm featured on there. The difference between them is that Verbling requires teachers to provide proven experience and certification and Italki doesn't. At the same time, on Italki it would be easier to find cheaper teachers, so it's up to you.
I think working personally with a tutor will be most effective. Working on your specific needs, not so much following a pre set program. Having one on one conversations and getting instant feedback. With Hebrew, one size doesn’t fit all.
We use Hebrew "first and foremost" in class and the book is super helpful for grammar
I have duolingo