FSI. Indonesian Newspaper Reader

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• Category: Library

✦ Synopsis

Издатель/Автор: Foreign Servise Institute
Год: 1968
Количество страниц: 277

Indonesian Newspaper Reader is planned for use as part of a basic course in Indonesian and as an introduction to reading. Designed to be used from the first day of class, the book does not assume any prior vocabulary knowledge. All vocabulary items am glossed on first occurrence except borrowed words whose meanings are obvious to speakers of English. Borrowed words which have been combined with-Indonesian prefixes or suffixes, those which have undergone radical change in the coursp of being 'Inda-nesianized* and those whose meanings differ from what the English reader might expect are listed as new vocabulary items.
The glossary at the end of the book follows the usual practice in readers of providing onl} those English equivalents which are appropriate to the specific c ntexts in which the items occur. The f ossary is arranged in straight alphabetical order^ a departure from custom in Indonesian dictionaries, where items are normally listed alphabetically, by 'root' form, all other forms based on the root being listed under it.
The reader consists of 250 selections of varying lengths. No real attempt has u sen made to grade the selections according to difficulty for the learner except that the initial selections are shorter and represent straight reporting of such uncomplicated events as arrivals and departures and ihus are fairly simple in structure. Notes, numbered in sequence from 1 to 32, have been interspersed with text at appropriate places in the early readings to explain conventions of style or usage.
A special problem in reading Indonesian newspapers is the extensive use of abbreviations for words, phrases and names of organizations. Coinage of new abbreviations and Me discarding or replacement of old ones is an active process, particularly in coverage of local «' . its. An attempt has been made in preparing this volume to limit the selection of local news items to those containing only more or less stable abbreviations.
Joseph M. Harter, linguist in charge of Indonesian instruction at FSI, made the selection of articles with the assistance of Indonesian language instructors Andang S. Poeraatmadja and Jijis Chadran. Mrs. Chadran typed the entire reader.

✦ Subjects

Языки и языкознание;Индонезийский и малайский языки