Tibetan Language Winter School from Oxford
Easytibetan (སློབ་སླའོ།) is proud to launch its first winter school. Due to Covid-19, it will be online from Oxford. This three-week intensive course consists of daily classes on Tibetan language. We offer three different levels: Beginners, Pre-intermediate and Intermediate. This course aims to build a foundation for accelerated language learning and understanding of Tibetan culture and Buddhist philosophy. For more details see below.
Beginners Course
3‑week class
INTENSIVE TIBETAN
LENGTH: 4th to 22nd January
LEVEL: Elementary
MINIMUM AGE: 15 years old
HOURS: 2‑hour lessons (two lessons per day)
SIZE: Average 10, maximum of 15 students.
TIMETABLE: Monday-Friday, morning and afternoon.
FEE: £250
Pre-intermediate Course
3‑week class
INTENSIVE TIBETAN
LENGTH: 4th to 22nd January
LEVEL: Pre-intermediate
MINIMUM AGE: 15 years old
HOURS: 2‑hour lessons (two lessons per day)
SIZE: Average 10, maximum of 15 students.
TIMETABLE: Monday-Friday, morning and afternoon.
FEE: £250
Intermediate Course
3‑week class
INTENSIVE TIBETAN
LENGTH: 4th to 22nd January
LEVEL: Intermediate
MINIMUM AGE: 15 years old
HOURS: 2‑hour lessons (two lessons per day)
SIZE: Average 10, maximum of 15 students.
TIMETABLE: Monday-Friday, morning and afternoon.
FEE: £250
Tibetan Language Summer School at Oxford
EasyTibetan organises two Intensive Tibetan Language Summer Schools, based in Oxford (July – August 2020). The course consists of daily lectures on Tibetan language and culture, ranging from Buddhism to Tibetan history and civilisation. With a particular focus on creating complete language and cultural immersion, this course aims to create a foundation for accelerated language learning.
Learning the Tibetan language enables one to access the vast canon of Buddhist literature preserved in Tibetan, with a unique range of texts many of which have been lost in their Indian originals. It also creates an entry point into understanding the Tibetan worldview, with its imbibed Buddhist sensibilities. Hence, this intensive course is ideal for academics or research students in Tibetan studies, particularly who are about to undertake ethnographic fieldwork. However, this course is designed for Buddhist practitioners as well.
We also welcome those who are simply interested in the Tibetan language and culture, or who want to learn some Tibetan before travelling to Tibetan speaking areas.
Online Tibetan Language Summer School at Oxford 2020
Beginners Course
3‑week class
INTENSIVE TIBETAN
VENUE: Online
LENGTH: Three Weeks (20 July to 7th August)
LEVEL: Elementary/Intermediate/introduction to Tibetan Buddhism
MINIMUM AGE: 15 years old
HOURS: 1‑hour lessons (two lessons per day )
SIZE: Average 10, maximum of 15 students.
TIMETABLE: Monday-Friday, morning and afternoon.
FEE: £250
Intermediate Course
3‑week class
INTENSIVE TIBETAN
VENUE: Online
LENGTH: Three Weeks (20 July to 7th August)
LEVEL: Elementary
MINIMUM AGE: 15 years old
HOURS: 1‑hour lessons (two lessons per day )
SIZE: Average 10, maximum of 15 students.
TIMETABLE: Monday-Friday, morning and afternoon.
FEE: £250
Tibetan Language Summer School at Oxford
2 week class
INTENSIVE TIBETAN
A unique chance to experience Tibetan culture through its language at Oxford University
VENUE: Faculty of Oriental Studies, Oxford University
LENGTH: Two Weeks (22 July to 2 August)
LEVEL: Elementary
MINIMUM AGE: 18 years old
HOURS: 2‑hour lessons (two lessons per day with an additional hour-long evening lesson on Buddhism and culture)
SIZE: Average 10, maximum 15 students.
TIMETABLE: Monday-Friday, morning and afternoon.
FEE: £375
What Our Students Say
Easytibetan ran a wonderful, intense learning experience and always went the extra mile to make sure that all students were accommodated as much as possible, in light of our different learning needs and abilities. The text we used is one of the best language-learning texts I’ve seen yet, and I highly recommend this course.
I was excited to learn of the summertime Tibetan language program at Oxford because I was ready to take my very basic ability to read Tibetan script to the next level and learn basic conversational language skills. The teacher was a very patient dedicated instructor; the course was well organized with drills in each of the areas of speaking, listening, reading, and writing; and I greatly enjoyed getting to know my very diverse classmates as well as engaging in the frequent cultural activities. My skills improved in concrete and lasting ways, and I had fun every single day.
The Tibetan Language Summer School’s Intensive Tibetan program gave us a unique opportunity to learn and experience the Tibetan language in a very appealing study environment at the University of Oxford with a Tibetan native speaker. The language classes were held in a friendly spirit with a small number of students and the teacher’s approach was very student-focused. The lectures held in the afternoons on various topics surrounding language, history, religion, literature, politics and even an introduction to meditation were informative, open to questions and nicely concluded the whole experience.
As a complete beginner, I found the Colloquial Tibetan Summer School a wonderful experience. The teacher was so generous in his teaching, and, with his patient encouragement, by the end of the fortnight I was beginning to decode this most bewildering of written languages. I fully recommend the course to anyone willing to ‘try hard’, and would myself happily return year after year.