Today teaching Hebrew as a second language is a challenging issue.  To a great extent the world today is dominated by English, and students are in need of special motivation to study other languages. The instructors of Hebrew often report decreasing number of students, programs closed, and positions cancelled. In the Internet world, while on-line dictionaries, grammatical descriptions, or automatic translations are a matter of a click on the key-board, foreign language teachers strive to offer interesting and efficient courses in order to involve students in the time-consuming endeavor of learning a new language.

The field of Hebrew teaching is in search of methodological standards. Often there is no real coordination between different institutions concerning the scope of the instructed material or academic goals.  Notwithstanding differences in level, background, and specialization of students, the field is in need of considerable unification, launching innovative and advanced methods.

The International Center's continuing workshops on University Teaching of Hebrew language are designed to meet the interests of instructors of Hebrew as a second language in colleges and universities and to provide theoretical knowledge and practical tools relevant for their teaching.

Our workshop usually takes place in Israel (or online) during summer and includes meetings with scholars, lectures, class observations, and discussions.

The Hebrew Language Teaching Workshop program was launched by our center several decades ago. For the past decade we touched upon the variety of extremely relevant for our times topics, such as: