About the Author: Haneef Abdullah
The author has been teaching 4 languages to many non-native speakers for more than 15 years till date. He is able to teach the English language to Chinese and Indonesian nationals, or to teach the Mandarin language to English native speakers. These accumulated experiences actually enabled him to identify the needs of students from non-native-speaking backgrounds and allow the founder to directly and immediately address and tackle these learning obstacles at the very early stage of learning, making the rest of the training more appealing, simple, easier and more ready for students to learn, eventually helping them to become competent users of a particular language.
The author himself held an Honors Degree with the famous National University of Singapore (NUS) in 1996. He was a Quantity Surveyor by Profession but has now committed himself fully to teach 4 languages to non-native speakers. These 4 languages are: Cantonese, Mandarin, English and bahasa Indonesia.
This is more than just a handy Indonesian phrasebook, with additional information on the culture and also tips to be easily accepted by local Indonesians. Includes video links in the book for enhanced learning.
Any seasonal traveler to Indonesia will tell you that having the ability to speak the Indonesian language and knowing its culture will make a huge difference in a person’s travel experience in Indonesia, be it on a business trip or a leisure holiday visit. Knowing the very essentials of the language will get you around easily, accomplishing daily activities, from relating to the people, travelling from point to point, paying for the right product at the right price, checking-in and out of hotels, dinning-in and getting much more out of your visit. That is the reason for this book which is designed for all travelers to Indonesia. The focus here is not only on effective communication, but also on simple grammar understanding, proper sentence construction, generating the right word for the right context, cultural exposure, and even tips to get the Indonesians to accept and embrace you better. It is organized to be easy, simple, concise, comprehensive and useful and yet not information dumping. Throughout the learning process, knowledge learnt will be accumulative, so you get to acquire the necessary skills to speak the language better and more effective with every chapter of learning. Every chapter has a good mix of theory and practical, and contain common phrases that can be used immediately. Learners can immediately start to speak and communicate with the locals without having to first complete learning the whole book.
Learn Indonesian Language Phrase Book covers:
1.Hundreds of useful Indonesian words and phrases
2.200 most common words in Indonesian
3.100 most common verbs, adjectives and nouns
4.Arranged by topic and situation for easy use and reference
5.Grammar and pronunciation guide
6.Cultural exposure and tips to be easily accepted by locals
7.Complete guide to the affixation system with clear explanation
8.Make learning simple, easy and fun with selected video clips
9.Material is arranged in a step-by-step manner.
10.Books are compact (in size) but comprehensive (in information)
11.Instructions are easy to follow and understand
12.Books can be used for self-improving or in a class learning environment
13.Good mixture of theory and practical
14.With the learning system of Language Made Easy Series, learners will learn the most important part of the language in a systematical manner, so they can apply the knowledge almost immediately
