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 designed 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.
Colloquial Indonesian
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9 of 9 people found the following review helpful
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Format:Paperback
Although the basic pedagogical approach of the course is perfectly adequate, the course appears to have been carelessly edited. For example, exercises in earlier lessons contain grammatical features and vocabulary which are not introduced until later in the course, if at all (the glossary at the back of the book is also far from complete). This means that the course is not quite as self-contained as it claims and would need to be used in conjunction with a reference grammar and dictionary.
1 of 7 people found the following review helpful
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Format:Audio Cassette
This book is one of the best language books i have ever come across. with clear and concise examples of how to speak and write indonesian effectively i am more than confident to speak the language with the natives,when i visit Jakarta. The writer is undoubtedly professional and has a great gift to teach, to show outsiders how to speak indonesian well.
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3.3 out of 5 stars
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14 of 14 people found the following review helpful
3.0 out of 5 stars
No attempt to control vocabulary
25 April 2000
By Philip Reed
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Format:Paperback
I have to be fair and admit that I haven't spent the time with this book/tape set to do it justice. However, I found this book incredibly frustrating. That's because it seems no effort was made to present vocabulary in an orderly, controlled manner. They might use a word in Lesson 2 but not bother to list it as new vocabulary until Lesson 4. A dictionary is an absolute must to do any of the exercises. Also, not all the taped exercises are transcribed in the book, or at least it's not 100% clear how they correspond, so I keep finding words in those that I don't quite understand and can't look up. It's a so-so book/tape combo, but only so-so. I love to dabble in languages, and I've definitely seen better.
12 of 12 people found the following review helpful
3.0 out of 5 stars
A good basic introduction with a few flaws...
11 Jan 1999
By A Customer
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Format:Audio Cassette
While I did find that this book was comprehensive in its introduction of useful, relevent vocabulary, and had a good audio companion, I found that some of the exercizes in the book lacked answer keys, making it occasionally frustrating. I would generally recommend it, but I would also recommend purchasing a companion volume that covers Indonesian grammar, and/or a good dictionary with a section devoted to it.
8 of 8 people found the following review helpful
3.0 out of 5 stars
Good excercices, bad structure
20 Feb 2004
By Richard V.F. Almasi
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Format:Paperback
Lets start with whats good about this package;
You get two tapes,so there is enough listening material.
The grammar is clearly explained without difficulty.
The material covers good areas suited for a beginner.
The are many excercises to give you a thorough understanding of the grammar and sentense building.
You get two tapes,so there is enough listening material.
The grammar is clearly explained without difficulty.
The material covers good areas suited for a beginner.
The are many excercises to give you a thorough understanding of the grammar and sentense building.
Ok so why not 5 stars?
First of all; to my great irritation, when you come to certain dialogues at the middle/end of the chapter there are words and expressions which are not covered in the current chapter - it is explained in usually the following chapter.
Some words may occur in a dialogue, when searching through the chapter and previous ones and not finding it - you try to use the glossary at the end of the book, but there is nothing there. The so-called glossary is of very little use.
Another problem has to do with the pronounciation of 'e', which sometimes is pronounced like oe, sometimes 'e' as in pet.
In many other books on indonesian, words where 'e' is pronounced have markings such as a '`' above it (in most respectable dictionarys this is also used).
But in this one its not, with listening excercises its no problem but there are at least two extra dialogues in each chapter without listening tools so you don't know how to pronouce those words correctly.
But I consider these problems to be minor ones.
As long as you get an indonesian-english dictionary to find words and get the correct pronounciation of 'e', this course is very useful, mainly because of its very extensive excerices and tapes.
Just remember to get a dictionary where the different pronounciations of 'e' is clearly market out.
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