Audio Blog #2 is LIVE (Also on Youtube)

The second Audio Blog is UP! Well, it's a pretty short one, but it was pretty fun to make. I just have to say though it has taken a LOT longer than I thought it would! I spoke a little louder this time and actually added subtitles, and so it does feel a lot more polished. As I'm typing this, a song is being edited into the short clip. FUN! 

It's not saying a lot, the short clip, but there are interesting bits here and there. Anyways, here's the video and the transcript. I hope you enjoy it!

Audio Blog #2 - Why I'll use Indonesian for the next one

Hello all! Welcome to another Ambassador Language Course audio podcast by Jason. This podcast is brought to you… by hard work, sweat, blood, and the nice cup of coffee I just had. Yum.

I mentioned that I was going to talk about the trouble with TOBEs on my 2^nd audio blog, and this one is NOT going to be about it. This one is just me explaining why I’ve decided to scrap the plan to record that topic in English.

After thinking about it over and over, I realized, it’s actually kind of mad to want to teach a basic concept of the English language, the concept of TOBEs to people who are struggling with the concept, while at the same time USING the different forms of TOBE as I speak. See how that would produce confusion instead of clarity?

Anyways, TOBE is actually something that really is a headache for most of Indonesian students.

For one thing: It doesn’t really exist in Indonesian. I mean, it actually does, since the Indonesian word “adalah” does, in certain conditions, operate as a TOBE. However, it’s actually possible to never ever use the word “adalah” when you speak Indonesian, and you’ll still be correct!

For example, let’s say you want to introduce yourself. You go up to an Indonesian and say, “Halo!” – You have to say “Halo” and not “Hello” if you want to reach Indonesian NATIVE SPEAKER pronunciation level. J And then instead of saying “Nama Saya Adalah Jason” (meaning “my name is Jason”), you can simply say “Nama saya Jason”, and it’s perfectly acceptable! In fact, if you used adalah, you’d have blown your cover, and now we know you’re a foreigner. Interesting, no?

Anyways, that little tutorial is coming up, as I’m finally able to carve out some time to actually do some writing and recording now that a class has ended.

Look forward to it, people! Peace!