Title
Professor of Hebrew, and Director of the Hebrew Language Program
Near Eastern and Judaic Studies
Expertise
Hebrew language. Deals with topics of competency-based Curriculum for teaching modern Hebrew at the secondary and post-secondary levels, application and proficiency in foreign language at the different levels.
Profile
Consultant for Jewish day schools, temples, and Hebrew language programs at other universities and is an oral proficiency interviewer, trainer, and rater for the Hebrew Speaking Test developed by the ACTFL.
Degrees
Lesley College, Ph.D.
Hebrew College, M.A.
Hebrew University Jerusalem, B.A.
Contact
| Email: | ringvald@brandeis.edu |
| Phone: | 781-736-2979 |
| Office: | Abraham Shapiro Academic Complex, 326 |
Awards and Honors
keter Tora (2008)
Sidney Hillson Memorial Award, Hebrew College, "to an individual who has made a commitment to the furtherance of Jewish education" (1998)
National Endowment for Humanities Summer seminar (1994)
Courses Taught
| EL | 94a | Experiential Learning Practicum |
| HBRW | 20b | Intermediate Hebrew |
| HBRW | 34a | Intermediate Hebrew II: Aspects of Israeli Culture |
| HBRW | 41a | Advanced Intermediate Hebrew: Intensive Conversation |
| HBRW | 44b | Advanced Intermediate Hebrew: Israeli Culture and Media |
| HBRW | 121b | Let's converse in Hebrew, II |
| HBRW | 123b | Creative Reading and Writing in Hebrew II |
| HBRW | 141a | Advanced Hebrew Conversation |
| HBRW | 168a | Hebrew Language Teaching I |
| HBRW | 168b | Hebrew Language Teaching II |
| HBRW | 170a | Take I: Hebrew through Israeli Cinema |
| HBRW | 307a | Readings in Curriculum Theory and Development |
Scholarship