Complete Indonesian with Two Audio CDs: A Teach Yourself Guide

by Byrnes, Christopher; Nyimas, Eva

• ISBN13: 9780071737470
• ISBN10: 0071737472
• Edition: 2nd
• Format: Package
• Copyright: 2010-08-12
• Publisher: McGraw-Hill

Summary

It's easy to teach yourself Indonesian!Complete Indonesian with Two Audio CDs: A Teach Yourself Guideprovides you with a clear and comprehensive approach to Indonesian, so you can progress quickly from the basics to understanding, speaking, and writing Indonesian with confidence.Within each of the 24 thematic chapters, important language structures are introduced through life-like dialogues.You'll learn grammar in a gradual manner so you won't be overwhelmed by this tricky subject. Exercises accompany the texts and reinforce learning in listening, speaking, reading, and writing. This program also features current cultural information boxes that reflect recent changes in society.The accompanying audio CDs include audio exercises--performed by native speakers--that reinforce communicative skills.

Author Biography

Christopher Byrnes is a foreign languages graduate who went on to do a teaching qualification. He began his teaching career as a teacher of English as a Foreign Language and continued to study other languages while teaching all over the world.

Eva Nyimas is a native of Sumatra, Java, and can speak several native Indonesian languages as well as standard Indonesian, Malay and English. She has taught English and Indonesian to children and to adults and is dedicated to the spread of Indonesian language and culture throughout the world.

Table of Contents

greetings and personal introductions/getting to know people/talking about jobs and studies/family and home/at the tourist information office/discussing plans and intentions/asking the way/changing money/getting around/at the hotel/shopping/more shopping/at the restaurant/more on food/talking about hobbies and free time/talking about people/seeing a doctor/the weather and making plans/complaints and problems/signs and warnings/expressing opinions/letters and appointments/street language/grammar section/transcripts of the dialogues/key to the exercises/Indonesian-English vocabulary/English-Indonesian vocabulary