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[bish]

I can read Hangeul but can't be arsed learning it from a book in Hangeul. I just want to learn some basic speaking quickly. Can anyone point me in a direction?

[blondieLass]

Before I came over I used the survivalphrases podcasts to learn some phrases

[Ruraljuror]

I really disagree, I find learning Korean via Hangul to be MUCH easier. You know how pretty much every word is pronounced without having to listen to it. I bought some books that I threw away because there was too much Romanization and not enough Hangul.

Give it a try. It's like everything else in the world: the more you do it, the better you will get at it. Eventually you'll be fast enough to be able to read along with captions on the TV screen or at the Noraebang.

[maddog]

[Hyeon Een]

Try http://www.koreanclass101.com. They have several different levels of lessons you can listen to for free.

[Draz]

[Steffie183]

[Scotticus]

At the risk of insulting you: it's the HEIGHT of laziness to not learn Hangeul. It's an alphabet... the characters correspond to sounds. It's not like learning Chinese where it takes stupid amounts of effort. Seriously, sit down and spend an hour or two and you'll have it down and it'll make learning Korean much easier.

[Intrepid]

I used the Barron's Korean course, romanized, and it was great. The emphasis is on instant use of whatever you know. As it's written in letters you can read quickly, you have an easier time with the drills.
Don't know if it's still available, but it was great for me.
I still read hangul fairly slowly, as my Korean is used almost entirely for spoken conversation.

[Intrepid]

Should we start a further thread about people who ask if you can "speak hangul"? That kills me.

[CasperTheFriendlyGhost]