Advanced Indonesian Reader

An outstanding advanced text intended to complement and supplement Indonesian language materials now available. The author takes the student through a series of original essays and previously published material on a variety of subjects, not merely explaining grammatical and vocabulary matters, but offering detailed discussions of nuances, alternative meanings, synonyms and antonyms. This unique vocabulary exploration device forms about one-third of the book, and makes the lessons powerful aids to efficient and in-depth language learning.

Interactive. Effective. And FUN! Start speaking Indonesian in minutes, and learn key vocabulary, phrases, and grammar in just minutes more with Learn Indonesian - Level 5: Advanced - a completely new way to learn Indonesian with ease! Learn Indonesian - Level 5: Advanced will arm you with Indonesian and cultural insight to utterly shock and amaze your Indonesian friends and family, teachers, and colleagues. What you get in Learn Indonesian - Level 5: Advanced: - 25 Audio Lesson Tracks in Indonesian - 25 Indonesian Lesson Notes: monologue transcripts with translation, vocabulary and sample sentences This book is the most powerful way to learn Indonesian. Guaranteed. You get the two most powerful components of our language learning system: the audio lessons and lesson notes. Why are the audio lessons so effective? - powerful and to the point - repeat after the professional teacher to practice proper pronunciation - cultural insight and insider-only tips from our teachers in each lesson - fun and relaxed approach to learning - effortlessly learn from bi-lingual and bi-cultural hosts as they guide you through the pitfalls and pleasures of Indonesia and Indonesian. Why are the lesson notes so effective? - improve listening comprehension and reading comprehension by reading the dialog transcript while listening to the conversation - grasp the exact meaning of phrases and expressions with natural translations - expand your word and phrase usage with the expansion section Discover or rediscover how fun learning a language can be with the future of language learning, and start speaking Indonesian instantly!

Interactive. Effective. And FUN! Start speaking Indonesian in minutes, and learn key vocabulary, phrases, and grammar in just minutes more with Learn Indonesian - Level 3: Beginner, a completely new way to learn Indonesian with ease! Learn Indonesian - Level 3: Beginner will arm you with Indonesian and cultural insight to utterly shock and amaze your Indonesian friends and family, teachers, and colleagues. What you get in Learn Indonesian - Level 3: Beginner - 230+ pages of Indonesian learning material - 25 Indonesian lessons: dialog transcripts with translation, vocabulary, sample sentences and a grammar section - 25 Audio Lesson Tracks - 25 Audio Review Tracks - 25 Audio Dialog Tracks This book is the most powerful way to learn Indonesian. Guaranteed. You get the two most powerful components of our language learning system: the audio lessons and lesson notes. Why are the audio lessons so effective? - 25 powerful and to the point lessons - syllable-by-syllable breakdown of each word and phrase so that you can say every word and phrase instantly - repeat after the professional teacher to practice proper pronunciation - cultural insight and insider-only tips from our teachers in each lesson - fun and relaxed approach to learning - effortlessly learn from bi-lingual and bi-cultural hosts as they guide you through the pitfalls and pleasures of the Indonesia and Indonesian. Why are the lesson notes so effective? - improve listening comprehension and reading comprehension by reading the dialog transcript while listening to the conversation - grasp the exact meaning of phrases and expressions with natural translations - expand your word and phrase usage with the expansion section - master and learn to use Indonesian grammar with the grammar section Discover or rediscover how fun learning a language can be with the future of language learning, and start speaking Indonesian instantly!

This two-volume series is ideal for learners who have acquired a basic knowledge of Bahasa Indonesia but wish to master its finer points. Selected and edited by well-known scholars of Indonesia, this series not only enables learners to read newspaper and books in Bahasa Indonesia but also to understand the colourful culture and lifestyle of the people of Nusantara. Essential Indonesian Reading- A Learner's Guide 1 provides 172 passages carefully chosen from Indonesian dailies. The instructive and often humourous passages introduce depict everyday situations that occur in different regions of Indonesia. Ample examples on the correct forms and usage of Bahasa Indonesia are given, providing a better appreciation of cultural nuances. These passages in the book highlight and explain the differences between Bahasa Melayu (Malay Language) and Bahasa Indonesia. Whether one is in Sumatra, Jakarta, Java or the outer islands, this book is an essential guide to help the vistor come to grips with the language and to communicate more effectively.

This diverse anthology of traditional tales from across the Indonesian archipelago includes short stories, origin myths, historical legends, poetry, diary entries, news reports and dialogues. Each of the 20 stories is presented in parallel English and Indonesian versions on facing pages, making this a great resource for intermediate language learners. Although written in the Indonesian national language, the stories hail from many different ethnic cultures and include a number of female characters who reveal the challenges faced by women in Indonesian society. In adopting this approach, the authors make the stories relevant and engaging for students, as well as provide fascinating windows onto the regional cultures found among these islands. The stories in this volume include: "Forbidden Love"--A story from West Kalimantan that tells of the tragic love between two first cousins who had to pay a hefty price for their love "Freshwater Dolphins of the Mahakam River"--A story in the form of blog reports from Borneo telling the legend of the freshwater dolphins in the Mahakam River and the challenges faced by the peoples of East Kalimantan "Pitung, the Hero of Batavia"--A story from Jakarta in which a Robin Hood-like figure who stole from the rich to pay the poor, played a heroic role in defending the poor against foreign-run gangs in colonial times And many more! Authors Katherine Davidsen and Yusep Cuandani are experienced language teachers who use these texts in their high school classes at international schools in Jakarta to fulfill the requirements for International Baccalaureate and Cambridge IGCSE curriculum courses in Indonesian language and culture. The stories are graded in terms of difficulty. Each one is accompanied by a set of discussion questions, a detailed vocabulary list, cultural notes keyed to the text and online native-speaker audio recordings. An extensive Indonesian-English glossary is provided at the back of the book.

This is a guidebook written for beginning to advanced Indonesian language learners. It will help you learn some of the most commonly used verbs in the Indonesian language. It is the most comprehensive resource available for learning and mastering Indonesian verbs. The verbs are arranged in tabular format in alphabetical order, which will make navigating through the program easier. Each verb is fully conjugated and presented in all forms. The book features sample sentences to demonstrate verb usage in context, as well as a grammar review. This indispensable guide will help you conjugate verbs with ease, enabling you to communicate in Indonesian with confidence

Selamat datang! Learn to read, write, and speak Indonesian! By completing the 12 lessons in Indonesian for Beginners, you will learn not only to understand, speak, read and write basic Indonesian, but also about many important aspects of Indonesia's amazingly diverse culture, people, and places. This book provides a gateway to understanding the Indonesian language and country, and helps you to apply what you learn in a way that is relevant, meaningful and fun. The course is structured around the concept of spending a year in Indonesia--experiencing different seasonal events which bring the learner on a journey. In this way, the cultural and background information becomes a natural part of the understanding of the Indonesian language and helps you to place what you learn into context within a full narrative about life in Indonesia. Each chapter contains the following elements: An introduction with images and captions Grammar points A word bank presenting key vocabulary One or more sample conversations Listening practice and readings An "Indonesian and me" section that uses Indonesian to talk about yourself Key questions and statements Drills and exercises Indonesian for Beginners includes reading, writing and speaking tasks based on authentic real-life materials. While aimed at learners taking a classroom course, it can also be used by anyone studying Indonesian in other ways--in a high school course or as a self-study book.