Speak Standard Malay: A Beginner's Guide

His updated beginner's guide provides 227 dialogue exercises to help you cope with day-to-day communication. The dialogue exercises cover situations such as meeting new acquaintances, identifying and describing objects, making appointments, dealing with practical details of travelling and settling down in a Malay-speaking world. The approach is structured so that basic phrases in the dialogue exercises help you understand the hidden meanings behind the words. The use of "polite" Malay in all conversations will give you the confidence to talk to anyone without causing offence. This new edition includes a new feature - notes to provide information on Malay culture and to explain the intricacies of the Malay language.