THIS LANGUAGE SCHOOL ONLY TEACHES MALAY!
WE SEND TEACHERS RIGHT TO YOUR DOORSTEP, TOO!
Living in Kuala Lumpur is easy if you speak English. Nobody really cares if you can’t speak Malay, in fact, Malaysians don't expect foreigners to know any Malay at all. There are tonnes of expats who’ve been here for yongs and have been able to live without much difficulty BUT if you can utter even a few words in Malay, they LOVE it, feel pleasantly SURPRISED and FLATTERED. Some of our students say the locals light up, smile from ear to ear, give instant VIP treatment and discounts. Some literally danced when one of our students used her Malay (she only used some numbers in Malay) in a shop to save the shopkeeper's embarrasment for not being able to speak English. Don’t you love that feeling when you know you’ve made a local's day by using your Malay and get VIP treatment on top of that, not to mention the 'showing-off' opportunity to your visiting friends and relatives?
MALAY IS EASY! HERE ARE SOME FACTS......
CULTURAL EXPOSURE
When you are in a foreign country, it’s normal to experience cultural differences. The best way to understand any culture is by learning the language. From our experience in teaching foreigners, we understand your difficulties in adjusting to the Malaysian customs and traditions. In our classes, we don’t only teach Malay, but also listen to your enquiries about life in KL and share as much information as we can. (We also offer half-day Cultural Induction courses if committing to a language class takes too much time).
UNDERSTAND WHY WE SPEAK ENGLISH FUNNY
Do you find that Malaysians speak English funny? The grammar is all wrong, the pronunciation and intonation is like no other in this world? What about the 'lah' you keep hearing all the time? It's called MANGLISH. How do we end up speaking like that? Is there a way to understand what we are saying? Well, it so happens that Manglish is a combination of English spoken with Malay/Chinese grammar and intonation. If you learn the spoken Malay, you may just understand how it works!
WE SEND TEACHERS RIGHT TO YOUR DOORSTEP, TOO!
Living in Kuala Lumpur is easy if you speak English. Nobody really cares if you can’t speak Malay, in fact, Malaysians don't expect foreigners to know any Malay at all. There are tonnes of expats who’ve been here for yongs and have been able to live without much difficulty BUT if you can utter even a few words in Malay, they LOVE it, feel pleasantly SURPRISED and FLATTERED. Some of our students say the locals light up, smile from ear to ear, give instant VIP treatment and discounts. Some literally danced when one of our students used her Malay (she only used some numbers in Malay) in a shop to save the shopkeeper's embarrasment for not being able to speak English. Don’t you love that feeling when you know you’ve made a local's day by using your Malay and get VIP treatment on top of that, not to mention the 'showing-off' opportunity to your visiting friends and relatives?
MALAY IS EASY! HERE ARE SOME FACTS......
- Words do not have genders
- Verbs are not conjugated to change tenses
- To indicate tenses, just add a key word. There are only 3 tenses : past, present and future ( past perfect, present continuous tense - throw them out of the window!)
- Nouns are pluralised merely by repeating the same word
- Off springs of animals are only denoted by the word ‘anak’ (Kittens for cats? Puppies for dogs? Forget it!)
CULTURAL EXPOSURE
When you are in a foreign country, it’s normal to experience cultural differences. The best way to understand any culture is by learning the language. From our experience in teaching foreigners, we understand your difficulties in adjusting to the Malaysian customs and traditions. In our classes, we don’t only teach Malay, but also listen to your enquiries about life in KL and share as much information as we can. (We also offer half-day Cultural Induction courses if committing to a language class takes too much time).
UNDERSTAND WHY WE SPEAK ENGLISH FUNNY
Do you find that Malaysians speak English funny? The grammar is all wrong, the pronunciation and intonation is like no other in this world? What about the 'lah' you keep hearing all the time? It's called MANGLISH. How do we end up speaking like that? Is there a way to understand what we are saying? Well, it so happens that Manglish is a combination of English spoken with Malay/Chinese grammar and intonation. If you learn the spoken Malay, you may just understand how it works!