Peace Corps Bahasa Indonesian Language Course - 1

COURSE OVERVIEW
This Indonesian Language Training Book (Book 1 of 2) is developed in response to Peace Corps requirements of Indonesian language training program for their volunteers. This book is designed for basic to intermediate levels. The Indonesian Language Training Book comprises Book 1, Book 2 and Book 3 which took 120 intensive hours in six week time to complete.

With this book, learners are expected to acquire the competence required for daily communication and work-related communication. Diction and structure are presented in simple and more complex forms in order that learners might be able to apply words and structure more accurately. This book provides linguistic notes to facilitate with easier understanding of grammar. In addition, this book also includes cultural notes to help learners understand the cultural context of language use more easily.

PROGRAMS THAT USED THIS LANGUAGE
Indonesia: 1963-1965, 2010-present

PROGRAM SECTORS
Indonesia: English Education

Bahasa Indonesia is the official language of Indonesia. It is a standardized register of Malay, an Austronesian language that has been used as a lingua franca in the Indonesian archipelago for centuries. Most Indonesians also speak one of more than 700 indigenous languages. Indonesia is the fourth most populous nation in the world. Of its large population, the majority speak Indonesian, making it one of the most widely spoken languages in the world.

Most Indonesians, aside from speaking the national language, are often fluent in another regional language (examples include Javanese, Sundanese and Madurese), which are commonly used at home and within the local community. Most formal education, and nearly all national media and other forms of communication, are conducted in Indonesian.

In East Timor, which was an Indonesian province from 1975 to 1999, Indonesian is recognised by the constitution as one of the two working languages (the other being English), alongside the official languages of Tetum and Portuguese. The Indonesian name for the language is Bahasa Indonesia (literally "the language of Indonesia"). This term is occasionally found in English. Additionally, English speakers sometimes use "Malay-Indonesian" to refer collectively to the standardized language of Indonesia (Bahasa Indonesia) and the Malay of Malaysia, Brunei, and Singapore (Bahasa Melayu).

Indonesian Bahasa is spoken in: Indonesia

Indonesian Bahasa is also called: Badjaw, Badjo, Bajao, Bajau, Bajo, Bayo, Gaj, Luaan, Lutaos, Lutayaos, Orang Laut, Sama, Turije'ne'