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| MeganJoan Pro Member Australia Joined 5220 days ago 9 posts - 10 votes Speaks: English* Studies: Indonesian, French Personal Language Map | Message 1 of 30 03 December 2011 at 12:15am | IP Logged | |||||
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So, I will be attending a language school in January to start learning Indonesian. I'm
not allowed to "self teach" before I attend for fear we will learn incorrect things/get into bad habits. I essentially just want to learn some basic vocab before I go. I'm thinking I will mostly likely buy Rosetta Stone Indonesian to do for a couple of months. I know most people here dislike RS but I only want vocab and an intro to the language. Also, it will only cost me $150 for 3 months (and will be a tax deductible expense). Another huge selling point for me, as silly as it sounds, is that I spend a lot more time on my iPad than my laptop, and I can do RS through there. Also, it means I can pick it up for 20 mins on my lunch break, etc. All that said if anyone knows of any other suitable programs please let me know, but it seems to be rather slim pickings for Indonesian with the same convenience. 1 person has voted this message useful | ||||||
| tractor Tetraglot Senior Member Norway Joined 5451 days ago 1349 posts - 2292 votes  Speaks: Norwegian*, English, Spanish, Catalan Studies: French, German, Latin | Message 3 of 30 03 December 2011 at 3:29am | IP Logged | |||||
I think they have given you an incredibly stupid piece of advice.
I have never tried to learn Indonesian, but I would be surprised if RS Indonesian is better than any of these: Linguaphone Indonesian Teach Yourself Indonesian Colloquial Indonesian 3 persons have voted this message useful | ||||||
| MeganJoan Pro Member Australia Joined 5220 days ago 9 posts - 10 votes Speaks: English* Studies: Indonesian, French Personal Language Map | Message 4 of 30 03 December 2011 at 3:34am | IP Logged | |||||
It is not stupid advice in this circumstance. I'm not able to give you the specifics, but I assure you that it's completely justified for the situation. I'll look into these other programs for Indonesian and compare them for what I need (mostly just basic vocab). Thanks. 1 person has voted this message useful | ||||||
| LatinoBoy84 Bilingual Triglot Senior Member United States Joined 5573 days ago 443 posts - 603 votes Speaks: English*, Spanish*, French Studies: Russian, Portuguese, Latvian | Message 5 of 30 03 December 2011 at 3:42am | IP Logged | |||||
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How good is your French? Assimil has a course as well.
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| MeganJoan Pro Member Australia Joined 5220 days ago 9 posts - 10 votes Speaks: English* Studies: Indonesian, French Personal Language Map | Message 6 of 30 03 December 2011 at 4:10am | IP Logged | |||||
Not good enough, unfortunately,otherwise I'd definitely be using that because I do like Assimil. 1 person has voted this message useful | ||||||
| LatinoBoy84 Bilingual Triglot Senior Member United States Joined 5573 days ago 443 posts - 603 votes Speaks: English*, Spanish*, French Studies: Russian, Portuguese, Latvian | Message 7 of 30 03 December 2011 at 4:16am | IP Logged | |||||
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How about a podcast?
http://indonesianpod.com/ http://www.indonesianpod101.com/ 1 person has voted this message useful | ||||||
| tractor Tetraglot Senior Member Norway Joined 5451 days ago 1349 posts - 2292 votes Speaks: Norwegian*, English, Spanish, Catalan Studies: French, German, Latin | Message 8 of 30 03 December 2011 at 4:20am | IP Logged | |||||
If you use any of the programs mentioned, be it Rosetta Stone, Linguaphone, Teach Yourself, Colloquial or Assimil, you're actually self-teaching. It is a stupid piece of advice, and you seem willing to ignore it, but not admit that you do so. Edited by tractor on 03 December 2011 at 4:24am 4 persons have voted this message useful |
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