Korean Job Discussion Forums

[davecx82]

what's a good book to learn korean for a beginner? im korean, but it's quite limited (can ask and answer certain, basic questions).

ive done some research on amazon, but would like further feedback.

[Tundra_Creature]

I've been told that the Easy Korean series is pretty useful. I have a friend using it right now. I also have Lonely Planet's Korean Phrasebook which is nice for just quick stuff on the fly.

I have a Basic Korean class tomorrow. We're supposed to get our books then. I'll let you know the name of it and if it's any good.

[Moldy Rutabaga]

Richard Harris' Roadmap to Korean. Very detailed book with lots of grammatical explanations without beginning at too high a level.

Ken:>

[el_magico]

[T-dot]

Dont know about a good one, but I once knew a korean book that was bad at learning.

[giraffe]

http://ep.yimg.com/ca/I/hanbook_2066_97839197

This one is pretty good.. simple and explains grammar rules pretty well. They have Beginners korean 1 and 2. Its probably a good idea to have a bunch of different material to learn from. I wouldnt rely too much on grammar books though Its hard to self study and stay interested in language grammar and actually memorize everything. That kind of studying doesnt work, look at koreans and learning english. They just learn to memorize a bunch of words and grammar patterns that dont really help them. Or look at how most people learn spanish or french in highschool. These methods of teaching generally dont work and if it does work on the few that study extra hard its a really slow way of learning. Anyways Once you learn the korean writing system and the basics , its probably best to just immerse yourself in everything korean ie: watching korean tv , korean dramas , korean movies, find korean radio/news wheres you can read the korean script on the side in korean and with an english translation. Its more important for you to just get your brain used to listening to the language than it is to learn grammar rules. After a while you kinda just pick up vocabulary and grammar natually ( Its good to dive back into grammar books every now and then to strengthen your korean grammar knowledge. Just bad idea to try to memorize everything from the get go)

[emmuh]

[some waygug-in]

This is probably the best beginner book I've seen:

http://hanbooks.com/komaeaforbeb.html


There is also a green colored one which I think is more advanced, but I haven't looked inside it yet.

[maingman]

Korean made easy for beginners

Seung-Eun Oh
-Audio CD (free MP3 download)
Key Phrase Book

ISBN 9 788972 557975