ulpan

1 9.9

A school offering intensive Hebrew lessons that use only Hebrew

noun
/ʊlˈpɑn/

: ulpan

I started my ulpan today: three hours of straight Hebrew.

Examples

I started my ulpan today: three hours of straight Hebrew.
(I live in Jerusalem and am studying Hebrew at the ulpan in Ma'adon HaOlim on Alkalai Street.)

Fiction book (1998)
On Wednesday, I continue on to ulpan.

Fiction book (1998)
I kept writing in Spanish while, at the same time, I immersed myself in an Ulpan to learn Hebrew.

Fiction book (1999)
He also studied at the Ulpan, taking his foundational aleph-bet skills quickly to the level of conversational Hebrew.

Blog text (32)
He also studied at the ulpan, taking his foundational aleph-bet skills quickly to the level of conversational Hebrew.
On Wednesday, I continue on to ulpan.

Synonyms

language school

vsulpan

3 2.0

A place where people learn a foreign language

offers intensive immersive study aimed at quick learning of one language

How Intensive

ulpan

1 9.9

language school

3 2.0

language lesson

2 1.6

Surface Forms

ulpan singular

ulpans plural

Etymology

Ulpan comes from modern Hebrew, where the word means 'studio' or 'teaching place', and it was used in Israel for special schools set up for new immigrants. So an ulpan is a short, intensive language school where you learn quickly by living and speaking the language.