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I believe the only substantial course out there written for English speakers learning Tibetan is Manual Of Standard Tibetan: Language And Civilization.
If you're a US English speaker, the THDL simple phonetic Tibetan transcription is decent as a rough guide.
Nicolas Tournadre's book (he's one of the co-designers of this phonetic system) is probably the best Modern Standard Tibetan primer out there as well.
Unfortunately, the textbook resources for Tibetan, and the online resources for that matter, are quite horrendous. I have done some work to help develop a better textbook, but it is not yet ready to publish. As it stands, Manual of Standard Tibetan (MST) https://www.amazon.com/Manual-Standard-Tibetan-Language-Civilization/dp/1559391898 is going to be your best bet. If you can speak Mandarin though, there are a lot of free resources online targeted at helping Buddhists to learn Tibetan. The analytical (as used in the field of linguistics) nature of Mandarin is very useful when learning Tibetan.
The best textbook for Tibetan language is the Manual of Standard Tibetan by Tournadre. As someone who has spent a lot of time studying Tibetan, I have to say that it is a very difficult language to learn. The sounds, accent, and language use are tough.
The best way to learn is immersion of some sort, either a summer language institute at the University of Virginia or University of Wisconsin, or classes in Dharamsala, India.
There are other textbooks, but the Manual of Standard Tibetan is really the best. It has a cd with audio tracks, too.
Check out /r/Tibet. It's mostly politics, news, and culture, but there are a few of us with Tibetan abilities.
Good luck!