Languages
Emory offers a variety of South Asian languages. The Middle Eastern and South Asian Studies(MESAS) Department offers Sanskrit and Hindi courses, along with a minor in Hindi. With the addition of new faculty, Asian Studies is also now proud to offer Tibetan language courses. Click on the links below for more information on these language offerings.Hindi
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Tibetan Fall 2009!
Tibetan 101 (TBT 101)
Hours: MTh 6:15pm-8:00pm
Instructor: Tsepak Rigzin
Location: Drepung Loseling Monastery, 1781 Dresden Drive NE, Atlanta, GA, 30319
This course is an introduction to spoken and literary Tibetan for students with little or no prior exposure to the language. The emphasis in the first semester will be on oral expression and comprehension, as well as on learning to accurately read and write the most common Tibetan script (dbu can). Students will also be introduced to aspects of Tibetan culture that impact social interaction, such as the use of honorific speech and particular gestures and body language. Classroom activities will include skits, dialogues, games, and songs to remind us that learning a foreign language is fun!
This regular 4-credit hour course will be taught two evenings a week at Emory’s affiliate institution, Drepung Loseling Monastery (www.drepung.org). The instructor will be Tsepak Rigzin, one of Atlanta’s most respected Tibetan scholars and translators. The main textbook will be Colloquial Tibetan: A Textbook of the Lhasa Dialect by Tsetan Chonjore. For questions about this course offering, please contact Emory University’s Tibetan Language Coordinator, Prof. Sara L. McClintock, at slmccli@emory.edu.