their pronunciations. While this is time-consuming, it is well worth the effort during the first month or so of the introductory class, to facilitate familiarity with the phonology of Hebrew, and enhance the increasing ease with which words can be read and pronounced. Of course, while this is going on, the student must begin to learn the meanings of words, and start building a basic vocabulary. It is a truism that Hebrew not only does not look like any Western language with which the student has