🏛️Course Websites and Higher Education

• • Central Institute of Higher Tibetan Studies - this is a University in Varanasi that is recognized by the Indian government and it has pioneering programs in teacher education https://cihts.ac.in/admission_/ 

  • Columbia University Tibetan Language Course outline https://ealac.columbia.edu/program/language-programs/tibetan/tlp-course-outline/ 

  • Esukhia immersion Tibetan course materials overview

  • Esukhia's earlier  Teachers link has been replaced by a redirect to their teacher training page. If you can afford tutoring, many of the Tibetan teachers on iTalki and other language training platforms will be able to help you through the immersion Esukhia and other more advanced materials as you are ready. Read through their profiles and watch their videos to see if you can find a good fit for you. Their profiles show not only how much they charge per hour but also how long they have been teaching on the site, how many students they have, how many lessons they have taught, and most of them communicate in their videos in both English and Tibetan so you can gauge for yourself whether or not you would work well together. Time difference with India and Nepal will have some impact on how you would schedule your lessons.

  • Frances Garrett - Tibetan studies at University of Toronto https://francesgarrett.info/language-teaching/ 

  • Groupe de recherche interuniversitaire sur le Tibet et l'Himalaya https://www.grith.fss.ulaval.ca/fr 

  • INALCO https://www.inalco.fr/en/formations/distance-learning-language-diploma-tibetan 

  • Institut national des langues et civilisations orientales https://www.inalco.fr/langues/tibetain 

  • Institute of Buddhist Dialectics in Dharamshala (you can do a Geshe degree here, even as a layperson) https://instituteofbuddhistdialectics.org/educational-programs/ 

  • Journal of Tibetan Literature, Arts and Humanities https://yeshe.org/ 

  • Leanne Hinton, linguist who writes on revitalizing Native American languages https://lx.berkeley.edu/leanne-hinton

  • Laval University list of useful Tibetan learning sites: Outils linguistiques | Groupe de recherche interuniversitaire sur le Tibet et l’Himalaya (ulaval.ca) 

  • Learn Tibetan At Home - Tibetan teacher on facebook

  • Learn Tibetan - Russian blog website (just use a Google Translate browser extension if needed): https://learntibetian.wordpress.com/

  • Learn Tibetan Language resource list site: https://learntibetanlanguage.org/ 

  • LTZRP Foundations online course https://www.lrztp.org/foundations-in-tibetan-language-online-program/ 

  • Modern Tibetan Studies Program courses at Columbia https://mtsp.weai.columbia.edu/courses 

  • Podcasts on teaching Buddhism from the University of Toronto https://teachingbuddhism.net/ 

  • Rangjung Yeshe Institute Translator Training program https://ryi.org/programs/translator-training/eligibility 

  • Sarah College for Higher Tibetan Studies - they offer a beginner Tibetan program for foreign students and also a Bachelor degree in Tibetan Studies. https://sarah.instituteofbuddhistdialectics.org/ 

  • Shambala's guide to Tibetan language programs https://www.shambhala.com/a-guide-to-tibetan-language-programs/?srsltid=AfmBOoqftI6AtrlUIfVMh4R9Q0ueSEKB-bGKyIoVsr5VmbWOiqzl-hD5 

  • Sherab - I'm not sure what this is yet. It seems related to Esukhia but I'm not sure how just yet. They seem to have a lot of courses. https://sherab.org/courses 

  • Société française d'études du monde tibétain https://www.sfemt.fr/ 

  • Tibetan Basic Conversational Course - a video course from Heruka Institute, rather slow-moving but has some interesting context clues.
    Video playlist: https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLKa_CHD3-wY3I8HJIhWStWpugNOP1U7IY 

  • Tibetan for Russians in English from Wordsmith wisdom: https://youtube.com/playlist?list=PLeXn81KloPghxcOzOHZbEwKFHHf6Bpeft&si=faCT5y8WdpMTGdjQ 

  • Tibetan Language School - Nick Prior's site is very thorough and well organized, ideal for those interested in Linguistics. He also has lists of further resources. https://tibetanlanguage.school 

  • University of British Columbia Everyday Tibetan module is a good entry point with simple phrases for getting started: https://canvas.ubc.ca/courses/66596/modules These have vocabulary lists rather than interlinear notes.