ulpann.
/ulˈpan/ An intensive course in the Hebrew language, originally for immigrants to the modern state of Israel; a centre providing such a course; also in extended use.
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ulpan1973
1950 Israel Govt. Yearbk. 119/1 The intensive Hebrew language courses (Ulpanim) are attended by lawyers, engineers, teachers, newspapermen..and senior officials.
1973 Jewish Chron. 19 Jan. 7/1 The erection of temporary classrooms and religious ulpanim.
1975 Times 27 May 2/3 The courses, run by the extramural department of the University of Wales, are a development of the Ulpan method of language teaching.
1977 New Yorker 9 May 42/3 You should go downtown..where they got regular language factories... They even got an ulpan, like in Israel.
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