A new University of Colorado Boulder online language class is aiming to preserve an endangered language and create access to an important aspect of culture and identity.
Beginning Tibetan is the result of the work of Tenzin Tsepak, a teaching professor of Tibetan in the CAS, and Maggie Rosenau, an ALTEC lecturer of German and learning design expert.
Creating the Beginning Tibetan course was one of the goals supported by a 2020-2023 Undergraduate International Studies and Foreign Language Program grant from the U.S. Department of Education. The grant was awarded to a team from the Department of Geography and CAS, in partnership with ALTEC, as well as the departments of anthropology and religious studies.