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Teacher Profiles

Tenzin Dorje, a Tibetan born in India has been teaching Tibetan to westerners in both Nepal India for several years.  He holds an Acharaya degree from the Central Institute of Higher Tibetan Studies in Sarnath. Before teaching in Thosamling he served as editor of texts translated through the International Buddhist Academy as well as editor of several Tibetan newspapers. 

In addition to teaching at Thosamling, he participates as a member of translation and editoral teams on various projects.

Gen-la's experience and practical skills make him right for the job of giving students a solid grounding in the Tibetan colloquial langauge and literary grammar.

Our Conversation Partners

An integral part of the successful study of any language is having the opportunity to regularly practice it with a native speaker.  As part of its first and second year language programs, Thosamling Institute employs locally based Tibetans to undertake daily conversation classes with students. 

All the conversation partners employed by Thosamling speak the central Lhasa dialect of Tibetan clearly, have a good understanding of both the spoken and written language and are familiar with the Thosamling curriculum and teaching methods.  Many have years of experience and as a result are able to patiently and steadily guide students to meet the challenge of learning this difficult language.  Some may well become your good friends!

Scheduled conversation classes take place in convenient quiet locations around the Institute.  Conversation partners are also available to be hired for additional private classes.  This is highly recommended and it is no surprise that the students who have performed best in the past have made as much use of conversation partners as they could.