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New app offers 24/7 Hebrew lessons for immigrants
By Itzhak Rabihiya
Having struggled themselves with the outdated teaching methods in state-run ulpan courses, Francisco Manrinaro and Adam Cohen decide to provide an online technology based app to help immigrants master the language quickly - Itamar Eichner reports on Ynet news.
Two recent immigrants to
Francisco Marinaro and Adam Cohen met at an immigrant absorption center in Ra'anana, a town north of Tel Aviv, and decided to join forces to find a solution that would help new immigrants gain a quick and easy command of the language. "We developed this solution because we wanted anyone who immigrates to
"I realized there had to be a technology-based method that makes lessons available 24 hours a day. I wanted a solution that could be used by immigrants before they actually arrived in
The app the two developed uses interactive video clips with questions that must be answered as well as speech, grammar and vocabulary exercises all monitored clearly on a panel so as to keep track of the student's progress.
The company prepared a subscription-based business model which costs just a few dollars a month and includes online support. The app currently teachers Hebrew to Spanish speakers but will soon support English, French and Russian as well. The WZO is extending its support to the project.
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