Ruth Adler Ben-Yehuda
Senior Lecturer in Judaic Studies:
Judaic Studies
Phone: (401)863 7563
Ruth_Adler_Ben_Yehuda@Brown.edu
Research interests include Hebrew language pedagogy, language learning and technology, music in teaching of foreign languages, the history of the Hebrew language, which includes other Semitic languages, and, of course, Judeo-Arabic (especially of the Jews in Yemen).
Biography
Ruth Adler Ben Yehuda holds a B.A. degree in Hebrew and Arabic Language and a M.A. degree in Hebrew Language from the Hebrew University of Jerusalem.
Before coming to Brown University in 1989, she served as Hebrew Instructor at Academic Rank in the Division of Hebrew Language Instruction, and Head Teacher at the Rothberg School for Overseas Studies of the Hebrew University. Her responsibilities also included supervising, training, and creating study materials for Hebrew teachers. She also served as Pedagogical Director in the Division of Adult Education in ORT ISRAEL. She supervised an adult education division consisting of thirty-five courses in various vocational fields; hired teachers; prepared and developed educational programs; updated course content; and guided students on how to fill their requirements as determined by the Israel Ministry of Education.
In addition to instructing beginning, intermediate, and advanced Hebrew language courses at Brown, Ruth is the Founder and Director of the Providence Ulpan,TAMAR, which is the first Hebrew Ulpan in Rhode Island; and the coordinator of Hebrew language instruction at the Jewish Community Day School of Rhode Island in Providence. Since June 2002, Ruth has been an active member of the Hebrew Board of the New National Middle East Language Resource Center, which was initiated by the U.S. Department of Education. Ruth has been selected by the Undergraduate Council of Students at Brown University for the 2005 Award for Excellence in Teaching.
Interests
Ruth's current project deals with daily life in Israeli urban environments in connection to national and cultural identity. The video materials use only authentic conversations/monologues, which, in combination with the interactive computer exercises, teachers will be able to use in the classroom mostly at novice and intermediate levels, but also at higher levels of proficiency. To be published in July,2008.
Degrees
B.A., M.A., Hebrew University of Jerusalem
Awards
Has been selected by the Undergraduate Council of Students at Brown University for the 2005 Award for Excellence in Teaching.
Has been nominated for the Undergraduate Council of Students Award for Excellence in Teaching at Brown for 2003.
Selected to serve on the Hebrew Board of the new National Middle East Language Resource Center which was initiated by the U.S. Department of Education.
Chosen as the outstanding teacher at the Hebrew University in Jerusalem for 1988.
Affiliations
memberships:
National Association of Professors of Hebrew (NAPH)
service:
Advisory Council for the Modern Division of the National Association of Professors of Hebrew (NAPH) Board.
Board member, National Middle East Language Resource Center (NMLRC)
Member, Center for Language Studies, Brown University (CLS)
Member, Language Resource Center (LRC)
Funded Research
Humanities Research Funds grant from the Vice President for Research, Brown University, $1500, 2007.
Humanities Research Funds grant from the Vice President for Research, Brown University, $1000, 2006.
Grant from the U.S. Department of Education issued by National Middle East Language Resource Center, 2006.
Curriculum Vitae
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