Learning Outcomes

Upon successful completion, students will have the knowledge and skills to:

1. Pronounce all Tibetan consonants, vowels and the changes that occur when letters are stacked.
2. Recognise the Tibetan Uchen script, and construct words and sentences from its syllabary.
3. Use an active vocabulary of around 400 words.
4. Identify and use basic colloquial sentence structures in order to conduct everyday conversations and to read simple Tibetan texts.
5. Communicate in basic speech and writing about the people they meet, their families, the quantity and quality of things and people they encounter, and when and where people are travelling.
6. Demonstrate a basic understanding of Tibetan cultural and religious norms.

Other Information

On successful completion of this course, students will have the knowledge and skills to engage at an?Introductory?level of Tibetan. 

 

Students with native speaker proficiency (may include cognate languages and dialects) must review the language proficiency assessment site?and contact the CAP Student Centre for appropriate enrolment advice. Students with previous “language experience or exposure” are required to undertake a language proficiency assessment to ensure enrolment at the most appropriate level. 

 

Relevant past experience includes: 

Previous study of the language (both formal and informal, for example but not limited to, at school, or, home, or through online activities, etc.) 

Being exposed to the language in childhood via a family member or friend 

Travel or living in a country where the language is spoken 

The language being spoken in your home (even if you do not speak it yourself) 

 

Students who are not sure if they need to undertake a language proficiency assessment should seek advice from the course or language convenor. Students who intentionally misrepresent their language proficiency level may be investigated under the Academic Integrity Rule 2021?as having failed to comply with assessment directions and having sought unfair advantage. This may result in a penalty such as reduced grades or failure of the course. 

 

Students are not permitted to enrol in a language course below one that they have already successfully completed, except with permission of the language and/or course convenor. 

Indicative Assessment

1. Participation (10) [LO 1,2,3,4,5,6]
2. Weekly Homework (40) [LO 1,2,3,4,5,6]
3. Take-home Test (20) [LO 1,3,4,5,6]
4. Final Assignment (30) [LO 1,2,3,4,5,6]

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Workload

The total workload for the subject is 130 hours over 12 weeks of class and the examination period.   

 

Each week students are expected to study for 6 hours as follows:    

1. 90 minutes in total, before each 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. 180 minutes in total, participating in two 90-minute online classes;   

3. 90 minutes in total, completing online follow-up exercises regarding listening, speaking, reading and writing skills and vocabulary.   

 

It is also expected that students should spend at least 4 hours of individual study practicing the week’s written and spoken language forms and vocabulary, and reviewing feedback on their work. 

Inherent Requirements

Not applicable

Requisite and Incompatibility

Prescribed Texts

Resources will be available to students via Wattle.

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