Complete Malay Beginner to Intermediate Book and Audio Course: Learn to read, write, speak and understand a new language with Teach Yourself

I love the structure of this course. Each chapter contains a few lessons, and each lesson is broken down into bite-size portions. As it says in the book, you can learn something useful in 1 minute, or 10 minutes. The audio accompaniment is different from other courses I've come across. It's very different from the usual "listen and repeat" with lots of pauses. Many of the lessons in the book have a conversation passage about a page long, with a vocabulary. The audio has the conversation without breaks and explanations. Personally I find it a very different and much faster way to learn. Many of the audio chapters end with an "Over to you" section where there ARE breaks, and also questions and variations on the conversation where you must respond in both English and in Malay which aids both comprehension and recall. The only criticism I would have of the book is that there is no summary of affixes (although they are explained throughout the text). This is the best language course I've come across.(out of 4 languages spread over about 8-10 different online courses and books). Top notch!

Pretty good. Goes through the usual scenarios simply and effectively. Would have liked to have had the CD included to get maximum benefit. Boyfriend is Malaysian and he helps a lot. Book arrived quickly and before time allocated. Secure packaging.

Una fregatura, è impossibile sia ascoltare l'audio on line che scaricarlo per un ascolto off line. Ovviamente, in un testo per autodidatti principianti, l'audio è indispensabile e questo è un furto! Sono veramente delusa, credo che restituirò il libro che, tra l'altro, è stampato in modo economico, senza cura nella grafica che risulta piatta e demotivante e senza ausilio di immagini. Ho felicemente utilizzato Teach Yourself Hindi (con audio cassette, all'epoca) all'università e non mi aspettavo un tale deludente divario di qualità.

Book and Cds were quickly dispatched and well packaged, arriving before the estimated delivery time in perfect condition. The product itself is excellent. After just a week, I had a basic grasp of the language, understanding, and being able to pronounce a basic vocabulary. The book teaches basic phrases, but in a way that helps you to understand, instead of simply being a phrasebook. Excellent product to help beginners to speak, understand, and write Bahasa Melayu.

Arrived quickly, just what I wanted, very effective learning tool using CDs. (The Teach Yourself “online” audio is useless so these CDs are really necessary)