Type: Audio podcast
Cost: $149.95 USD/lifetime access to 72 full lessons. (32 free "quick lessons" are also available)
Audience: Complete beginner +
Requirements: Listen online or download and use an mp3 player
Website: http://www.learningindonesian.com/
Post updated 21/2/2016
This was one of the first things I tried when I was just starting out. I haven't used the premium lessons; only the free ones which have a long podcast intro and are shorter. Evidently the premium lessons go into a lot more detail. The progression is good, at first they say everything in English but they blend in Indonesian more throughout the course, until in the later lessons it's all in Indonesian.
The program is run by a couple, Cici who originally from Indonesia and Shaun, who is American. They started this small business for Indonesian language learning because the big language companies don't invest much in Indonesian - better to focus on the money spinners like Spanish, Italian and Mandarin.
Being more of a visual learner myself, I find it hard to motivate myself to listen to podcasts but I must admit, I found I remembered a huge amount of what they covered. This was due in part to the free PDF study guides that they will email out to you, even if you just took the free lessons. It would be nice to skip the podcast intro, so I am likely to get into the premium.
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