Malay is spoken in Malaysia, Singapore, Brunei and parts of Thailand. Teach Yourself Malay is a self-access course for the independent adult learner of Malay as a foreign language. Lively dialogues (recorded by Malay speakers on the accompanying double CD) in authentic Malay introduce the language, which is then explained in simple English, as it is not assumed that the student has learned a foreign language before. Exercises - written, audio, and pictorial - are used to reinforce learning. At the end of the book there are a 'taking it further' section, a key to the exercises and Malay-English and English-Malay vocabulary lists. The book (0340 907533) and CD (0340 907541) are also available separately.

Table of Contents

Introduction and pronunclation; 1. - Welcome to Malaysia - greetings/introductions/origins; 2. - At the airport - yes/no questions/possession; 3. - Getting to know you - personal information/nationalities and languages/basic questions; 4. - Working and studying - talking about jobs and studies/ capabilities; 5. - Family and home - talking about family members/location/numbers; 6. - Tourist information - Asking for information/existence and location/more numbers/telling the time/ days of the week; 7. - Invitations - making, accepting and declining invitations/ reasons/ months; 8. - Asking the way - Asking for and understanding directions/location; 9. - Changing money - Higher numbers/ expressing distance, height and weight; 10. - Transport - buying tickets/ getting around/time expressions; 11. - Checking in - Getting accommodation/asking about services/saying what you usually do; 12. - Clothes/Souvenir shopping - Expressing size, colour, and what things are made of; 13. - Eating out - How to order food from street vendors and in restaurants; 14. - At the supermarket - Shopping for food/understanding a recipe; 15. - Hobbies and free time - Expressing likes, dislikes/saying how long you have been doing something/ hobbies and sports; 16. - At the doctor's - Body words/ saying how you feel/ talking about Illnesses; 17. - A phone call - What to say on the phone/ talking about the weather/ a look at very informal; Malay and slang; Taking it further; Index.

About the Author

Christopher Byrnes is an experienced author and teacher of various languages, including EFL. Tam Lye Suan is a Straits-born Malay speaker, with 25 years' writing, editorial and translating experience.