Can indonesians speak english

The good news is that with Indonesians, practicing Bahasa Indonesia is fun! Also as you might have heard, as languages go learning Bahasa Indonesia is pretty easy, especially for day-to-day verbal communications. It uses the Latin alphabet and there are no tonal sounds like there are in e. Thai or Vietnamese, where word meaning depends on the tone used. The writer of the question above said she thought she might have a hard time learning languages generally, so let me say this too:.

As you get going in Indonesia, it will be about setting up and dealing with the practicalities: a place to live, getting around, ordering meals in restaurants and shopping for things.

In each of these situations, the locals are very prepared to speak English with you. These Indonesians are incentivized to know enough English to get by speaking to the foreigners with whom they do business, and after all that means not only native English speakers. It means most people who come to visit or stay a while in Bali for the amazing culture, beaches, and still-low cost of living in Bali.

On a practical, day-to-day level, a native English speaker coming with no Bahasa Indonesia will have far less of a communication problem than people who come with limited English skills.

Of course all this is not an argument against learning some Indonesian! That means the isolation one might have felt 20 or 30 years ago as an expat is really not a factor any more. Sweden Norway Finland Singapore Malaysia Philippines India South Korea Hong Kong Vietnam Indonesia Taiwan Japan Second, Indonesians do not speak English everyday.

Bahasa Indonesia is broadly used. Thus, Indonesians are not accustomed to English except those who are in international school. The number is not huge also.

TV programs are delivered in bahasa Indonesia. Indonesians also love to read books in bahasa Indonesia. There are very few people who are able to watch English movies without subtitle. Historically, Indonesia was colonized by the Dutch, unlike their neighbouring countries Malaysia, Brunei Darussalam, and Singapore which was colonized by the British or the Philipines by the Spain and United States of America. That made its neighboring countries got more advantages over Indonesia.

This thing alone have made Indonesia having a late start. Educational regulation made this situation even worse.