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Shelli Plesser, Lecturer, Department of Asian & Middle Eastern Studies

Contact Info:

Office Location:	221 Trent Hall
Office Phone:	(919) 403-7860, (919) 660-4359
Email Address:

Teaching (Spring 2012):

• HEBREW 2.001, ELEMENTARY MODERN HEBREW Synopsis

  Trent 038B, TuTh 11:40 AM-12:55 PM

• HEBREW 64.01, INTERMED MODERN HEBREW Synopsis

  Franklin Center 016 A/B, MWF 11:55 AM-12:45 PM

• HEBREW 125S.01, ADVANCED MODERN HEBREW Synopsis

  SEE INSTRU, WF 01:15 PM-02:30 PM

  (also cross-listed as JEWISHST 125S.01)

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:

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. 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.

Postdocs Mentored

• none (2009/01-present)