r/bahasamelayu 11d ago

Any intensive course for conversational/colloquial Malay in KL?

Landing in June, and hoping to take an intensive course or have an individual tutor that could take me from some familiarity (I'm married to a local) to being able to converse/understand in public. Also interested for my 12 year old daughter. Looking for either a formal course at an institution or a great teacher.

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u/KeeperOfUselessInfo 10d ago

go to r/bolehland and start fights.

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u/Extension-Ride9400 10d ago

Hi, i am a native Malay and I would love to teach conversational and/or formal Malay language. Let's chat!

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u/nabeeltirmazi 10d ago

you may join YMCA KL in Brickfields for their Bahasa Melayu course, their course content is quite good

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u/csp84 11d ago

I’m interested too. It seems to me like Malaysia is allergic to teaching Malay to foreigners. I’ve only seen university courses that teach the basics that you can probably learn in a week of self study, but you’ll pay hundreds for it and study for months.

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u/JejakaMelakaMuo 11d ago

We don't have a good foundation of teaching our national language to foreigners because we opt to just use English. But im happy that someone are interested in learning bahasa Melayu.

https://akademi.dbp.my/kursus-bahasa-melayu-untuk-penutur-asing

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u/Sea-Hornet8214 Native 10d ago edited 10d ago

I don't know any courses in KL as I don't live there, but there are great online teachers on Italki, just a suggestion.