Colloquial Indonesian: The Complete Course for Beginners (Colloquial Series) - Softcover

Atmosumarto, Sutanto

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0415091993 ISBN 13: 9780415091992

Publisher: Routledge, 1994

Synopsis

Colloquial Indonesian: The Complete Course for Beginners has been carefully developed by an experienced teacher to provide a step-by-step course to Indonesian as it is written and spoken today.

Combining a clear, practical and accessible style with a methodical and thorough treatment of the language, it equips learners with the essential skills needed to communicate confidently and effectively in Indonesian in a broad range of situations. No prior knowledge of the language is required.

Colloquial Indonesian is exceptional; each unit presents a wealth of grammatical points that are reinforced with a wide range of exercises for regular practice.

Key features include:

• A clear, user-friendly format designed to help learners progressively build up their speaking, listening, reading and writing skills
• Jargon-free, succinct and clearly structured explanations of grammar
• An extensive range of focused and dynamic supportive exercises
• Realistic and entertaining dialogues covering a broad variety of narrative situations
• Helpful cultural points explaining the customs and features of life in Indonesian
• An overview of the sounds of Indonesian

Balanced, comprehensive and rewarding, Colloquial Indonesian is an indispensable resource both for independent learners and students taking courses in Indonesian..

Audio material to accompany the course is available to download free in MP3 format from www.routledge.com/cw/colloquials. Recorded by native speakers, the audio material features the dialogues and texts from the book and will help develop your listening and pronunciation skills.

About this title

Synopsis

This is a practical course in modern written and spoken Indonesian. The lessons contain explanations of the grammar, a range of exercises and some authentic language material. Two 60-minute audio cassettes, recorded by native Indonesian speakers, are available to accompany the textbook. These aim to complement and reinforce the material covered in the text, and to assist the pronunciation and understanding of Indonesian.

Edition details

• Publisher: Routledge
• Publication date: 1994
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0415091993
• ISBN 13: 9780415091992
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 334