Tibetan 1
UndergraduateANU-TIBN10022025
Take a journey into the heart of the language of Tibet. Explore the ins and outs of the Tibetan Uchen script and use it to construct written words and sentences. Understand simple Tibetan texts. Pose queries in the language and answer questions.
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- Study method
- 100% online
- Assessments
- 100% online
- Entry requirements
- No ATAR needed, No prior study
- Duration
- 14 weeks
- Start dates
- 17 Feb 2025
- Loan available
- FEE-HELP available
Tibetan 1
About this subject
Upon successful completion of this subject, students should be able to:
- Engage with Tibetan at an introductory level
- Pronounce all Tibetan consonants, vowels and the changes that occur when letters are stacked
- Recognise the Tibetan Uchen script, and construct words and sentences from its syllabary
- Employ a working vocabulary of around 250 words by working through the first seven lessons of Introduction to the Tibetan Language
- Identify and use the basic colloquial sentence structures that will allow them to conduct everyday conversations and to read simple Tibetan texts
- Ask about people they meet, their families, the quantity and quality of things and people they encounter, and when and where people are travelling
- Consider the importance of family, travel and surroundings to people who inhabit the high mountains of Tibet.
- The Consonants and Vowels
- Building Syllables
- I am from Tibet
- Is that your sister?
- How many are there?
- Where did you go?
- He Played Football
- The River Behind the Mountain
- I'm Going to Lhasa
- Literary Verbs and Particles
- The Adverbial Particles
- Reading a Text
- The 6th Dalai Lama's Songs
- Dge 'dun chos 'phel's Journalism
- News in Tibetan
This subject introduces students to the Tibetan Language in both its spoken and literary forms. It includes:
- Development of conversational skills in Tibetan;
- Instruction in reading and writing the Uchen script as used for Tibetan;
- Explanation of the grammar of spoken and written Tibetan;
- Reading of graded texts in the Tibetan script.
- Weekly exercises (40%)
- Take-home test: over 48 hours in week 5 or 6 (20%)
- End of semester final assignment (30%)
- Online class participation (10%)
For textbook details check your university's handbook, website or learning management system (LMS).
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Entry requirements
No entry requirements
Additional requirements
- Other requirements - This is a subject for beginners. Students with prior knowledge of the language will be required to take a placement test. Students are not permitted to enrol in a subject that is lower than the level they achieve in the placement test, or a lower level than a subject they have already completed. Each week students are expected to study for five hours as follows: 1. 90 minutes, before online class, working on the written and audio materials for the week, and, memorising the written and spoken forms of that week’s vocabulary 2. 90 minutes, participate in one 90 minute online class 3. 90 minutes, completing online follow-up exercises regarding listening, speaking, reading and writing skills and vocabulary 4. 30 minutes, completing weekly assessment and quiz. It is also expected that students should spend at least 5 hours of individual study practicing the week’s written and spoken language forms and vocabulary and reviewing feedback on their work.
To successfully engage in this subject students will need the following:
- Laptop or computer
- Computer camera (either inbuilt or webcam)
- Headset with microphone
- Mozilla Firefox or Google Chrome browser
- Reliable internet access
- Access to a scanner or smartphone.
Study load
- 0.125 EFTSL
- This is in the range of 10 to 12 hours of study each week.
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