In
this class students will be introduced to basic reading,
writing, and speaking Tibetan. This will include the full
Tibetan alphabet, including superscript and subjoined letters,
prefixes, suffixes, simple verbs and prepositions, as well
as some of the fundamental rules of pronunciation. Students
will learn to recognize Tibetan letters, do slow spelling
and reading, properly pronounce Tibetan words, and write
words in the standard U-Chen style.
The
course will be taught by Tsepak Rigzin, a scholar-in-residence
and official translator at the Institute. The author of
numerous books and articles on Tibetan Buddhism, he also
has extensive experience in written and oral translation.
A distinguished educator, he has held the highest positions
at various Tibetan educational institutions. He received
his traditional Buddhist training from the Institute of
Buddhist Dialectics, his M.A. and B.A. from Punjab University,
and his B.Ed. from Annamalai University, India. |
