Do you want to enjoy your stay in Indonesia? Do you speak the language? If not, we suggest you at some point understand some basic words and phrases in Indonesian so that you can communicate with the natives. When you learn the language even only for conversational use, you will be able to mingle and understand how Indonesians think and live their lives.

1. Here are some tips you can use to help you to learn Indonesian:
   Be excited for the first meeting
   It is important for you to ignite the spirit when you want to start to learn Indonesian for the first time. The enthusiasm you have will help you in maintaining consistent effort in learning the language. Therefore, you always have high motivation to improve your skill in Indonesian.
   
   
2. Take a full-time language study instead of part-time
   When you have known about your settlement in Indonesia for a specific length of time, you can directly assign yourself for a full-time language study. This program will provide you with many opportunities to learn and practice the language in the class. If you can have an everyday class for a minimum duration of one hour, this will expose you to use Indonesian on a daily basis.
   
   
3. Follow your interest
   It will be much easier if you can follow your interests while learning the language. Try to find what you fancy more or what you enjoy the most then try to incorporate your learning into it, and see the difference. It is commonly true that we usually enjoy what we like. If you like watching movies, you can start watching Indonesian movies and draw your attention more on the use of the language. Or if you like reading, you can try to read some books in Indonesian.
   
   
4. Try to give more challenge to yourself
   It is common to happen that your motivation is decreasing in the process of learning Indonesian. This might happen because of various reasons. For example, demanding work, limited time, tiredness, boredom, or boring lessons. You can initiate ideas to challenge yourself and to make learning more fun. You can make a routine schedule to practice your Indonesian by having conversation with Indonesians. For example, when you must go to the supermarket, you can prepare yourself at home for the words that you might use during the conversation so when you get the chance to speak you know how to say. Another challenge that you can make is to memorize some number of words in a week. Therefore, after you join the class, you will have the responsibility to memorize some words and use them to talk or write.
   
   
5. Go for traveling in Indonesia
   Indonesia is well-known as an archipelago country. There are approximately 17,000 islands in this country that you can explore. Book your schedule to have some refreshments during the weekend so you will get back to work feeling energized on Monday. The islands that you can explore are beautiful and sometimes their location is remote so you have to be prepared to do some tracking by foot. But, the scenery that you will see is breathtaking.
   Take advantage of free online resources
   Nowadays it is very easy to get free online resources for language learning. You can browse online and get many resources from various websites. If you have a limited budget for learning Indonesian, then you can maximize those free resources. And, whenever you have questions you can consult your Indonesian colleagues or friends to help you to understand the materials so that you will get elevated about your Indonesian language skill.
   
   
6. Grammar is not the main focus
   Being able to utilize correct grammar in speaking a language is a nice idea, but we should not put too much burden on it. Why is it so? Because if you focus too much on grammar, it can hinder you from gaining fluency in the language. So, it will be a nicer idea if you understand the grammar in your own capacity and then try to practice them while speaking. But, when you have to speak, try not to think too much whether you use correct grammar or not. Another tip is that you can ask your fellow Indonesians to correct your grammar directly when you speak, and you can note them down so that in the next situation you can speak with the correct grammar. The main point about learning a language is that you have to enjoy every moment of it and embrace the challenge and mistakes you make so that the result will be satisfying.
   
   Please make sure that your Indonesian language learning is consistent and enjoyable. This is important because there are a lot of aspects that you should consider while you learn. Even though your progress seems slow, you do not have to worry about it simply because every person has their own ability and speed in learning and acquiring a new language. So, just enjoy and have some fun!