Virtual Tibetan Language classes

For Whom

Our private classes are for any­one who wishes to study Tibetan—regardless of their skill level or goals.

Contents

Private les­sons are tailored to each stu­dent’s needs and can vary widely in format. They will be entirely based on the student’s goals and par­tic­u­lar strengths and weak­nesses. Some stu­dents work with Buddhist philo­soph­ic­al texts and his­tor­ic­al doc­u­ments, while oth­ers begin with learn­ing the Tibetan alpha­bet. Tutors can also focus on col­lo­qui­al con­ver­sa­tion skills, Tibetan songs, or spe­cif­ic sub­jects and vocabulary.

Course Materials

Loplao will provide all class mater­i­als unless the stu­dent already has a spe­cif­ic text or resource they wish to use.

Trial Lessons 

You can book a 30-minute tri­al les­son with one of our tutors before your class to get a sense of our private classes.

Instructor

We have sev­er­al excel­lent nat­ive-speak­ing Tibetan lan­guage teach­ers, and you will be assigned to one of our tutors. We select our tutors with great care, and all of them have more than two years of exper­i­ence teach­ing Tibetan. If the stu­dent has a spe­cif­ic interest, we can recom­mend a tutor who is best equipped to address that need.

Once you have filled out the form, you will be dir­ec­ted to our PayP­al site. Upon pay­ment of the course fees (£160), we will con­tact you shortly with fur­ther details and the invoice. You do not need a PayP­al account to fin­ish the applic­a­tion. Oth­er means of pay­ment are provided in the next step.

BEGINNER COURSE

This course cov­ers the Tibetan alpha­bet, basic gram­mar, and essen­tial vocabulary.

By the end of this course stu­dents will be:

• famil­i­ar with the Tibetan alpha­bet and dif­fer­ent con­son­ant and vow­el combinations
• be able to read simple Tibetan words
• be able to pro­duce some simple Tibetan phrases

PRE-INTERMEDIATE COURSE

This course cov­ers simple gram­mar, essen­tial vocab­u­lary, and basic spoken Tibetan.

By the end of this course stu­dents will be:

• able to identi­fy and use simple gram­mat­ic­al structures
• pro­fi­cient with a Tibetan dictionary
• able to read quickly with cor­rect pronunciation
• able to read short stor­ies and media art­icles with simple grammar

 INTERMEDIATE COURSE

The inter­me­di­ate course is designed for those who have con­sid­er­able know­ledge of Tibetan lan­guage and grammar.

This course aims to:

• broaden lan­guage skills
• intro­duce stu­dents to a rich and act­ive vocabulary
• devel­op increas­ingly soph­ist­ic­ated read­ing trans­la­tion skills through enga­ging with a range of texts

ADVANCED COURSE

The advanced course is designed for those who can con­fid­ently speak and under­stand Tibetan, and who wish to improve their read­ing and writ­ing skills. The lan­guage of instruc­tion will be in Tibetan only.

Stu­dents on this course will:

• advance their read­ing and trans­la­tion skills through enga­ging with a range of texts and top­ics, includ­ing Buddhist texts, news­pa­pers, and con­tem­por­ary literature
• focus on the exten­ded writ­ing pro­cess, where they are encour­aged to plan and draft let­ters, blog posts, and simple essays in Tibetan

Once you have filled the form, you will be redir­ec­ted to our PayP­al site. Upon pay­ment of the course fees (£350), we will con­tact you shortly with fur­ther details and the invoice. You do not need a PayP­al account to fin­ish the applic­a­tion. Oth­er means of pay­ment are provided in the next step.