Web-conferencing is here! Through the software CENTRA, you can...

• watch me write and draw on the screen
• watch me do Hebrew Tutor drills
• ask me questions
• try the drills yourself, from your machine, while I coach you through them

NOTE – The entire session is archived, and you can watch it later, as many times as you wish.

Also for those who choose this CENTRA option, as my time permits (I average 78 students at any one time), real-time private tutoring will be available, at the student's request.

To help cover the cost, students who wish to avail themselves of this wonderful opportunity will need to pay a one-time-per course fee of $75, for the 6 month duration of your course. Since all of you are at a different place in your course, the $75 fee will be pro-rated, on the following schedule (as little as $13 per month [What a bargain!]):

• > 5 mos. left in your course: $75
• 3-4 mos. left in your course: $50
• 1-2 mos. left in your course: $25

If you purchase any extensions, your CENTRA time will be extended at no cost.

There is no software to download, beyond a self-installing plug-in.

System requirements for CENTRA are quite basic:

• Windows 98 and up, Pentium 2 or better, 256 MB, 200 MB free disk space
• Internet connection: at least 56K dialup; broadband recommended
• Internet Explorer 6.x or higher
• 16 bit sound card, speakers, and mic.

A headset is probably best (around $25 at any office supply, computer store, or dept. store).

While this is not inexpensive, beyond the live office hours your CENTRA FEE also gets you:

• Archives of each Virtual Office Hours session. View the session as many time as you like
• View (as many times as you wish!) supplemental materials for the languages, such as:
  • animated Power Point presentations
  • "Walkthroughs," where I model for you my strategies for such things as:
    • parsing
    • using charts in the textbook
    • working through translation sections
    • working through the Practice Exams
    • working through Hebrew Tutor
    • reading practice, where I read aloud selected passages in Hebrew, and comment on the syntax and grammar. Translation is also provided
      

Again, let me say that I'm very excited about this opportunity! It provides a wonderful venue for us to create the synergy that only live interaction can afford.

Contact Alice Hathaway to sign up. Once she informs me that you've paid your sliding scale fee, I'll send you an email with instructions on how to access the CENTRA material.

Thanks again for turning to RTS Virtual for your language courses.

Let me know if you have any questions.

Joel Harlow, Ph.D.
Director of Online Biblical Language Study