The basic thing to do when learning to read a language is to master its alphabet first. Learning a new language sort of removes the barriers between two different cultures.
Hebrew is the fourth language I’m learning. I’m not yet proficient in my third language but I can say I’m improving and being able to read and understand it comes in handy. I was a bilingual like most people I know but I didn’t want to stop there so I tried to learn new languages on my own.
I started learning the Aleph-Bet using free online tutorials. After getting quite familiar with them, I went on reading Hebrew words with vowel points. I first practiced reading Hebrew on the Click-and-Read-Free on Behrman House. This site is ideal for a beginner who wants to read Hebrew confidently. Having a good Hebrew dictionary is very helpful also. There are also some available Hebrew grammar and lexicon eBooks in the public domain that are useful.
Here are some of the useful sites I started with:
Journey To Hebrew 