Malay Immersion
The best and fastest way to learn the language is to visit live in Malaysia and attend a language school there. Having to practise your language skills daily will make you learn quickly. The following language school provides excellent courses: University Kebangsaam: caters to students from all over the world and provide beginners, intermediate and advanced courses, each course containing 100 hours of instruction. Each course costs RM1520 per person. Of course there are ways to immerse yourself even if you're not in the country. Immerse yourself in the language where you live by using the following suggestions: 1. Listen to the radio online each day and surround yoursely with the language. 2. Keep up with the news each day. If you're new to the language try using a dictionary to figure out the main headline every day. Overtime you'll really expand your vocabulary. 3. Use Google BahasaMelayu instead of English Google when searching on the net. 4. Listen to your favourite Malay songs learn the lyrics, and try singing them. When we sing in a foreign language we loose our accent. For example, Celine Dion sings beautifully in English with no trace of an accent, but if you hear her speak she has a very strong Quebec accent. Learning to sing popular-Malay-songs will build your vocabulary and improve your accent. For example, below is a music video of the famous Zainal Abidin's song "Puteri". Try learning the lyrics, figuring out their meaning, and then try singing along.
You can listen to clips of more songs by Zainal Abidin in the box below:
Help Others Live & LearnHave you learned to speak this fascinating language? How did you do it? Did you travel to the country or take a Malay immersion course abroad? If so, how did it go for you? Please e-mail us your findings using the form below.
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