Includes 18 audio CD discs (= 26 hours). This comprehensive audio CD course is a proficiency-oriented learning system, including beginning and intermediate levels, and has been developed by language experts and indigenous speakers, both male and female. The course consists of 26 recorded hours on audio CD's. All recordings are by indigenous Tibetan speakers. The glossary is both Tibetan-English, and English-Tibetan. The first few audio CD's are focused on the recognition and pronunciation of the Tibetan alphabet and its combinations in syllables and words. Beginning with unit four, vocabulary and grammatical patterns are introduced in the form of situational dialogues. Each dialogue is followed by extensive drills which repeat the vocabulary and grammatical patterns in different contexts. In this way the student learns not merely to mimic the phrase but to use the language creatively. The method acquaints students with the sounds and patterns of Tibetan speech, through repetitive interactive drills, enabling them to lean increasingly complex structures quickly, and in this way promotes rapid progress in speaking the Tibetan language. "Fluent Tibetan" is the best course available anywhere for learning the Tibetan language on your own.
