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Translation Class

by | 1 October 2022

Interactive, customised, and flexible lessons

སྒྱུར་རྩོམ་འཛིན་གྲྭ།

Translation Classes

Learn tranlsa­tion skills at a time that suits you from any loc­a­tion. Les­sons will be tailored to your goals, level, and interests

Fable Stories 

Our fable trans­la­tion class focuses on: 

  • Cul­tur­al norms
  • Reli­gious concepts
  • Vocab­u­lar­ies
  • Gram­mar points
  • Inter­est­ing phrases

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Buddhist Texts

Buddhist texts trans­la­tion class focuses on:

  • Philo­soph­ic­al back­ground of the textbook.
  • Gen­er­al back­ground of the textbook.
  • Spe­cial­ised terms of the textbook.
  • Gram­mar points
  • Inter­est­ing phrases
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History and Literature 

His­tory and Lit­er­at­ure Trans­la­tion Class focuses on:

  • Gen­er­al his­tor­ic­al back­ground of the texts
  • Import­ant his­tor­ic­al fig­ures of the time.
  • Spe­cial­ised terms of the textbook.
  • Gram­mar points
  • Inter­est­ing phrases

 

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Fable Stories

tailored to your level, time and goals.

Trans­lat­ing fables is one of the best ways to improve one’s lan­guage level at a basic level just as nat­ive speak­ers do as chil­dren.  Moreover, fables are found­a­tion­al to cul­tur­al norms, reli­gious beliefs, and mor­al codes. There­fore, with our fable trans­la­tion classes we intend to open the doors of Tibetan cul­ture to novice trans­lat­ors whilst guid­ing them on the path to trans­late longer and more com­plex Buddhist and his­tor­ic­al texts.

Details
  • COURSE FEE: £20 per hour
  • VENUE: Online (zoom)
  • LENGTH: Eight Ses­sions must be booked together
  • LEVELS: All
  • MINIMUM AGE: 13 years old
  • HOURS: 60 minutes of lan­guage les­sons per session

 

Check out the syllabus

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Apply now

Once you have filled the form, you will be redir­ec­ted 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.

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Buddhist Texts 

tailored to your level, time and goals.

This Buddhist text­book trans­la­tion class cov­ers vari­ous texts from pre­lim­in­ary texts (སྔོན་འགྲོ།) and mind train­ing texts (བློ་སྦྱོང་།), to basic philo­soph­ic­al texts (མཚན་ཉིད་རིག་པ།), verses of praise (བསྟོད་ཚོགས།), and bio­graph­ies of Buddhist lamas (རྣམ་ཐར།). Our text­books include care­fully selec­ted excerpts of these texts that fore­ground import­ant ideas and lan­guage top­ics. After tak­ing this course and cov­er­ing these dif­fer­ent aspects of the Buddhist tra­di­tion, stu­dents will be well equipped with an excel­lent found­a­tion of Buddhist thought as well as trans­la­tion skills.

Details
  • COURSE FEE: £300
  • VENUE: Online (zoom)
  • LENGTH: 15 weeks (22 hours of actu­al class plus 15-hour con­ver­sa­tion prac­tice with a nat­ive Tibetan teacher.)
  • LEVELS: All
  • MINIMUM AGE: 13 years old
  • HOURS: 90 minutes of lan­guage les­sons per session.
  • CLASS SIZE: Aver­age 8, max­im­um 15 stu­dents in each class.
  • TIMING: 6 to 7:30pm BST. 
Check out the syllabus

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Apply now

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.

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History and Literature 

tailored to your level, time and goals.

Our his­tory and lit­er­at­ure trans­la­tion class cov­ers a wide range of his­tor­ic­al and lit­er­at­ure text­books such as ancient Dun­huang manu­scripts, his­tor­ic­al text­books from the 12th cen­tury, and con­tem­por­ary nov­els, poems, and news art­icles. Text­books used in this class are care­fully abstrac­ted from the most cel­eb­rated text­books from the above cat­egor­ic­al fields. Stu­dents who take this class will be equipped with gen­er­al under­stand­ing of Tibetan his­tory and lit­er­at­ure on top of basic skills of trans­lat­ing Tibetan lit­er­ary works into Eng­lish. After this course stu­dents should be able to choose their own text and trans­late them into Eng­lish or others.

Details
  • COURSE FEE: £300.
  • VENUE: Online (zoom)
  • LENGTH: 15 weeks (30 hours of actu­al class plus 15-hour con­ver­sa­tion prac­tice with a nat­ive Tibetan teacher) 
  • LEVELS: All
  • MINIMUM AGE: 13 years old
  • HOURS: 90 minutes of lan­guage les­sons per session.
  • CLASS SIZE: Aver­age 8, max­im­um 15 stu­dents in each class.
  • TIMING: 7 to 8:30pm BST. 
Check out the syllabus

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Apply now

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.

For general enquiries

get in touch with us!

Digital Workshops

by | 18 July 2022

Digital Workshops

Bridging cultural gaps

Our digit­al work­shops touch on a range of top­ics includ­ing trans­la­tion, west­ern philo­sophy, Tibetan his­tory, lan­guage, and Buddhism.
Its aims are simple: to show­case cur­rent research, share know­ledge and ideas, con­nect those inter­ested in high­er edu­ca­tion and aca­demia and bridge dif­fer­ent cultures.

Upcoming Digital Workshops

All classes are free, but regis­tra­tion is required to attend. Places are offered on a first come first serve basis. Please note some work­shops will be held in Tibetan with no trans­lat­or present. To register fill the form below.

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Previous digital workshops

We have recor­ded our pre­vi­ous Digit­al Work­shops. Click the link and re-watch the videos.

Introduction to English Literary Studies

This ses­sion intro­duces par­ti­cipants to the study of Eng­lish lit­er­at­ure through a vari­ety of works from Old Eng­lish wan­der­ers’ songs to con­tem­por­ary poems. We will explore inter­pret­ive approaches to texts and prac­tice close read­ing tech­niques whilst think­ing about lit­er­ary form in its wider intel­lec­tu­al and his­tor­ic­al con­texts. …
21 Dec 2020
3:00 pm — 5:00 pm
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An introduction to Western philosophy and logic

By focus­ing on a pas­sage from Plato’s Euthy­phro, I will intro­duce the Socrat­ic meth­ods of dia­logue and argu­ment with which West­ern philo­sophy begins. In par­tic­u­lar, Socrates asks wheth­er piety is what is loved by the gods, or wheth­er the gods love that which is pious. We will then take a closer look at the logic­al form of […] …
17 Dec 2020
3:00 pm — 5:00 pm
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A Brief Introduction to the Gaden Phodrang Government

This work­shop will start with an invest­ig­a­tion into the his­tor­ic­al back­ground upon which the Gaden Phodrang Gov­ern­ment was foun­ded and its pros­per­ous devel­op­ment in the mid 17th cen­tury. We will then look at the priest-pat­ron rela­tion­ship it estab­lished with the Man­chu emper­ors of the Qing dyn­asty, a pro­cess that began in the early 18th cen­tury. […] …
15 Dec 2020
3:00 pm — 5:00 pm
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Translation Class

This inter­act­ive class explores the approach and prac­tice of trans­lat­ing clas­sic­al Tibetan lit­er­at­ure. Tak­ing into con­sid­er­a­tion the spheres of aca­demia and Buddhist prac­tice trans­mis­sion, we will address the themes of trans­lat­ing, the role of the trans­lat­or, and meth­ods of trans­la­tion. In addi­tion to allot­ting time for inquir­ies and dis­cus­sion, space is most import­antly offered for […] …
14 Dec 2020
3:00 pm — 5:00 pm
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Summer school

by | 15 July 2022

Tibetan Language Summer School

Our Tibetan Lan­guage Sum­mer School is being delivered online for 2022. Inform­a­tion about future courses will be announced in due course.

We run courses for four levels: begin­ner; pre-inter­me­di­ate; inter­me­di­ate; and advance.

Free Courses

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Online courses

by | 15 July 2022

Interactive, customised, and flexible lessons

དྲྭ་ཐོག་འཛིན་གྲྭ།

Virtual Tibetan Language classes

Learn Tibetan at a time that suits you from any loc­a­tion. Les­sons will be tailored to your goals, level, and interests

Private Classes

✓ High qual­ity interactions

✓ Per­son­al­ised les­sons and assignments 

✓ Gives stu­dents an oppor­tun­ity to step up

 

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Weekend Classes

✓ Learn in your spare time

✓ Increase productivity 

✓ Meet stu­dents with sim­il­ar interests

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Evening Classes

✓ Flex­ible for all learners 

✓ Meet stu­dents from dif­fer­ent backgrounds 

✓ Relaxed and enjoyable 

 

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Private  Classes

Tailored to your level, schedule, and goals.

Instruct­ors work indi­vidu­ally with each stu­dent to design a cur­riculum suited to their level. All of our tutors are highly exper­i­enced lan­guage teach­ers pro­fi­cient in diverse instruc­tion meth­ods. You will learn with a ded­ic­ated tutor who will instruct you and share learn­ing mater­i­als just as you would in a classroom. Loplao will provide all the required mater­i­als for this course.

Details
  • COURSE FEE: £20 per hour
  • VENUE: Online (zoom)
  • LENGTH: Eight Ses­sions must be booked together
  • LEVELS: All
  • MINIMUM AGE: 13 years old
  • HOURS: 60 minutes of lan­guage les­sons per session

 

Check out the syllabus
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.

 

Apply now

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.

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Weekend Classes

Tailored to your level, schedule, and goals.

This course is for people who are pas­sion­ate about learn­ing Tibetan lan­guage and trans­la­tion, but have full sched­ules dur­ing the work week. You will receive 90 minutes of week­end instruc­tion with sim­il­arly motiv­ated people around the world.

 This long term week­end class trains stu­dents in inter­me­di­ate Tibetan and trans­la­tion skills. 

The class starts on Sunday the 15th Octo­ber 2023 and fin­ishes on Sunday the 14th Janun­ary 2024. All the les­sons will be recor­ded and will made avail­able for stu­dents to watch later if any­one misses one or two classes. 

Details
  • COURSE FEE: £350
  • VENUE: Online (zoom)
  • LENGTH: 14 weeks (22 hours of class)
  • LEVELS: All
  • MINIMUM AGE: 13 years old
  • HOURS: 90 minutes of lan­guage les­sons per session.
  • CLASS SIZE: Aver­age 8, max­im­um 15 stu­dents in each class.
  • TIMING: 6 to 7:30pm BST. 
Check out the syllabus
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

 

Apply now

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.

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Evening classes

Tailored to your level, schedule, and goals.

If you are will­ing to spend two hours per week on Tibetan in the even­ing, this is the right course for you. Because the course runs for over three months, stu­dents devel­op a con­sist­ent lan­guage learn­ing prac­tice and work with class­mates to improve their Tibetan skills. Our exper­i­enced tutor designs classes that are fun and inter­est­ing, draw­ing on a vari­ety of learn­ing resources. Loplao will provide all the mater­i­als required for this course.

This even­ing class is for  Pre-inter­me­di­ate level students.

This class starts on Wed­nes­day the 19th of July 2023 and fin­ishes on Wed­nes­day the 25th  Octo­ber 2023. All the les­sons will be recor­ded and made avail­able for stu­dents to watch later if any­one misses one or two classes. 

 

Details
  • COURSE FEE: £350.
  • VENUE: Online (zoom)
  • LENGTH: 15 weeks (19.5 hours of actu­al class.) 
  • LEVELS: All
  • MINIMUM AGE: 13 years old
  • HOURS: 90 minutes of lan­guage les­sons per session.
  • CLASS SIZE: Aver­age 8, max­im­um 15 stu­dents in each class.
  • TIMING: 6 to 7:30pm BST. 
Check out the syllabus
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

 

Apply now

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.

For general enquiries

get in touch with us!

Video Lessons

by | 27 June 2022

Interactive, customised, and flexible lessons

Video lessons

Learn Tibetan at a time that suits you from any loc­a­tion. Les­sons will be tailored to your goals, level, and interests

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For general enquiries

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