BBC News Indonesia

What it actually is

BBC's Indonesian service writes in careful standard Indonesian and keeps articles short, which makes it the gentlest on-ramp to reading real news — easier than the domestic press while still fully authentic. Most stories carry a subtitled video, so you get reading and listening from the same item. The register is formal journalistic Indonesian, quite far from how people speak, so pair it with conversational material.

What it covers

• Reading
• Listening
• Vocabulary

Listed for

• Indonesian

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