A Classical Tibetan Reader: Selections from Renowned Works with Custom

by Yael Bentor

A Classical Tibetan Reader answers a long-standing need for well chosen readings to accompany courses in classical Tibetan language. Professor Bentor has built her Tibetan reader out of time-tested selections from texts that she has worked with while teaching classical Tibetan over the past twenty years. She has assembled here a selection of Tibetan narratives, organized to introduce students of the language to complex material gradually, and to arm them with ample reference materials in the form of glossaries customized to individual readings.Instructors will find this reader an invaluable tool for preparing lesson plans and providing high-quality reading material to their students. Students, too, will find the selections contained in the reader engaging. Even novice readers of Tibetan will feel welcomed and encouraged, thanks to the author's astute judgment of student capacity.

341 pages, Kindle Edition

First published May 20, 2013

Reviews

[Denise · Rating 3 out of 5]

Seems a good intermediate Tibetan primer for language classes, but has little use outside of that. I thought it would be appropriate as an addition to an academic library, but as there are no complete English translations of the selections included in the book, I can't see many students using it.