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| Shelli Plesser, Lecturer
- Contact Info:
| Office Location: | 234 Franklin Center | | Office Phone: | 919-684 6104 | | Email Address: |   | Teaching (Fall 2012):
- HEBREW 101.001, ELEMENTARY MODERN HEBREW
Synopsis
- Trent 039, TuTh 10:05 AM-11:20 AM
- (also cross-listed as JEWISHST 101.001)
- HEBREW 101.01D, ELEMENTARY MODERN HEBREW
Synopsis
- Trent 038A, WF 03:05 PM-03:55 PM
- (also cross-listed as JEWISHST 101.01D)
- HEBREW 203.01, INTERMED MODERN HEBREW
Synopsis
- Carr 136, MWF 01:40 PM-02:55 PM
- (also cross-listed as JEWISHST 203.01)
- Office Hours:
- monday and friday 12:00 - 13:00
or by Appt
- Education:
| BA | Tel-Aviv University | 1998 |
| M.A. | Boston University | 1991 |
| Certificate in Translation Studies | Beit Berl Institute | 1985 |
| Yiddish studies | Oxford University - England | 1982 |
- Specialties:
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Hebrew
- Research Interests:
Her interests are focused primarily on the
communicative performance of languages with a strong
adherence to the Chomskian-generative view of
language, language development, and language
acquisiton. She also is a strong supporter of the incorporation of cultural content in class linguistic as well as non-linguistic (music, movies, commercials etc).
Shelli is a native Hebrew speaker (she was
born and raised in Israel) and has been interested in
language acquisition as well as multilingualism for
many years. Before joining the Modern Hebrew
program at Duke, Shelli taught Modern Hebrew at Yale
University, and English as a Second Language in
Israel.
- Duties:
- coordinator of the Hebrew Language program at AMES
- Postdocs Mentored
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