Colloquial Tibetan is Fun
Colloquial Tibetan Is Fun
I have taken colloquial Tibetan I this semester, thinking that it would complement my learning of Tibetan Buddhism. However, learning colloquial Tibetan in RYI proves to be just more than that, its great fun. To be honest, I had missed a lot of classes this semester, nevertheless the time when I was in the class were all about learning with fun.
The classes are managed in such a way that one
does not get monotonous by the similar way of teaching. For that, RYI divides
the course into three different ways; the master class, language partner class
and the boost class. The master class involves the learning of the grammar,
language partner class is about interaction with another Tibetan partner and boost
class is revisiting what you have learned. All these classes are conducted in a
different setting, for example the Language partner class is conducted in the
RYI restaurant, boost class in another room and so on. If I have to choose one
from among the three then the boost class will be the winner, particularly
because this class tests you in way that is fun and exciting. Different games
that have been introduced in this class create familiarity with the spellings.
Likewise, this class also involves making sentences from a given word,
reinforcing your grammatical structure. Hence, one gets familiar with language
more easily.
Learning
colloquial Tibetan, being a Nepali, may have one problem. There are some
letters that are similar to Nepali but are pronounced differently. One can get
confused especially, in the beginning. But no worries, since RYI’s teacher are
excellent in helping one to get over it.
~ Dhirendra from Nepal
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