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"How to Communicate with Indonesians"  provides clear information, brief explanations, specific examples, and illustrative stories to create a kind of road map for navigating the complexities of Indonesian culture and communication practices.

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It is much easier to understand what is going on when you have some general guidelines at hand.

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This course provides such guidelines along with specific examples and explanations, walking you through a step-by-step process for understanding communication norms in Indonesia and applying them to your own specific communication situations. 

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The course includes short video sessions, a short list of practical words in Bahasa Indonesia along with a synopsis of the course content for easy reference. 

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Module 1 -  Lay of the Land

This module provides an introduction to communication norms in Indonesia including some historical context of what has shaped such norms, along with specific tools, techniques and guidelines explained in plain language.

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Module 2 - Compass Points for Navigating

Having painted a picture of some of the complexities involved in even the most basic types of communication in module 1, module 2 provides you with a simple framework for easily navigating these complexities.

 

Learning all of the countless customs that impact communication in Indonesian is daunting -if not impossible, task that becomes unnecessary when you understand the basic principles outlined in this module.

 

Module 3- Things to look out for

With the tools provided in module 2 can take you a very long way in being able to understand and be understood across cultural divides,

 

Module 3 goes over the most common specific communication norms and cultural customs that are widely shared throughout Indonesia, as well as some insight about how to lessen the impact of culture shock and the frustration it can cause. 

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