Tibetan Language Teaching

Together with colleagues and students, I have been building Tibetan Studies at the University of Toronto for two decades. Since 2003 our faculty and graduate students working in the area have been competitively awarded several million dollars in research funding, our doctoral students have graduated and moved on to teaching positions in Tibetan Studies, and our library has become the largest Tibetan collection in Canada. A key part of this work has involved developing new materials for the teaching of Tibetan language, including the following:

2017-2021. Conversations about Reading Tibetan. YouTube playlist in Classical Tibetan Language Lab YouTube channel, produced and uploaded by Frances Garrett. [Open Access]

2017. Life of Milarepa on NettleTibetan.ca. YouTube playlist in Classical Tibetan Language Lab YouTube channel, produced and uploaded by Frances Garrett. [Open Access]

2017. Nettle Tibetan. Two semester-long Classical Tibetan courses online with original textbook materials and newly developed software interface. Co-authored by Frances Garrett, Kunga Sherab, Edward Garrett, and Annie Heckman. [Open Access]

2010. Amdo Dialect. Resources for the study of Amdo Tibetan language. [Open Access]

Dr Sean Hillman talks about studying Tibetan language as part of his graduate training.