The Heart of Tibetan Language, Volume II Exercise Book
About this ebook
All the lesson's exercises contain a section of grammar and conversation. The themes of the conversation sections are interwoven with intermediate grammar concepts (such as the conditional, reported speech, modal verbs, nominalizers, and so forth), which are required for employing a considerable degree of complexity in conversations
About the author
Upon her first encounter with His Holiness the XIV Dalai Lama in 2005,
Franziska Oertle dreamed of understanding his teachings in Tibetan. She left her teaching job in Switzerland and moved to Kathmandu, Nepal. There, Franziska began teaching colloquial Tibetan, while studying Buddhist Philosophy and Himalayan Languages at Rangjung Yeshe Institute.
While co-teaching with a Tibetan native-speaking colleague, her passion developed for the Tibetan way of explaining the language. She wrote her M.A. thesis on indigenous Tibetan grammar, and decided to write a 4-volume language textbook using that insider approach.
Over the past thirteen years, she has been teaching and developing Tibetan language curricula and programs at institutions throughout Nepal and India, as well as at the University of Virginia. She is currently designing and teaching Tibetan language courses both online and in person at The Sarnath International Nyingma Institute.
