rachael9

Well, Thursday night and still no reply.  Did I ask for help in the wrong forum section? Where should I post the above?

Thanks

Hello Everybody. My username is Rachael9. I am an American lady of mature years.  I have always been good in English; but didn't do well in an attempt at French when young; tho ok in Latin.  I do not have a very good memory.  I want to visit Israel, and so thought I'd try to learn Hebrew.  I only just started at the children's level.  I find I learn better when I start new things at the kid level.  It is more structured, step by step, and doesn't assume previous knowledge.  I was beginning the Hebrew alefbeit.  I saw that, unlike English; Hebrew printing bears no resemblance to Hebrew writing.  So it was already hard to learn the sound.  Then I was supposed to learn the printing, and the totally different writing.  Plus the strange vowel system of dots and dashes.  Not to mention having to read and write backwards [for me;lol].  I feel like I'll never be able to learn all of these things.  I feel if I tried, I'd have to devote most of my time, and at my age, not a good idea.  Meanwhile, I  like to write poetry and stories in English, and feel that perhaps I should concentrate my efforts where my skill set is. So I felt that I needed some advice from people who know far more than I do about language learning, and about Hebrew.  So that took me to your site.  Let the wisdom begin. And thanks.