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[nev]

I'm finding the Korean language pretty difficult to pick up and so was thinking of getting myself a teach yourself Korean book. Not to get fluent, but just to get a better overall understanding, and to be able to get points across. Has anybody used a book/tape and does anyone have any recommendations.

[just because]

I recommend 2 books.

1. Not a book but a free internet site. www.sogang.ac.kr.
I think every one has learned Korean has looked at this site at some point in their studies. I think its fantastic.

2. Bookwise I would go the Seoul University Book(new one, not the old one as its awful). It has heaps of practical examples and easy to follow pictures and excercises. Also a big thumbs up

[Son Deureo!]

There are lots of good recommendations here: http://www.eslcafe.com/forums/korea/viewtopic.php?t=10357&highlight=continuing+korean

... but the ones from me are of course the best.

[nev]

Thanks for that, I'll look into some of these.

[Gwangjuboy]

[Gwangjuboy]

Sorry, I have just found the English option! Still, I can't find any reference to learning Korean.

[just because]

[Gwangjuboy]

[tokki]

Give Ganada a try. The books are good. Lots of prectice, they always reinforce previous concepts, you get introduced to new vocab at an easy pace. I never felt overwhelmed when studying the book. The only weakness I find is that there isnt enough reading practice. But you can read other books like storybooks. My wife bought Pygmalion by George Bernard Shaw, it has the English one one side and the Korean on the other. I started reading the Korean, and to my surprise I can get about 60% of it before looking at the English translation. The vocab is my weakness though.

[Guest]

I recently downloaded and registered Declan Software. In my opinion, this has to be the best language learning program I've ever seen. The flashcards, hagyo, and reading-speaking korean are all awesome. you can download a demo to check it out.

[just because]

[tsgarp]

There's a good conversation dictionary. I forget the title but maybe someone else knows the one. It's small, orange and has 10,000 listings. I found it to be infinitely more useful when I was picking up the language 9 years ago. It has word meanings followed by a sentence in English followed by the Korean translation followed by the English phonetic equivalent. It cost me 8,000 won at the time. Cheap, small, useful.

[Joo Rip Gwa Rhhee]

Get the books and Tapes for Speaking Korea 1 & 2 by Francis Park. Read the books , make sure you get someone to explain what you don't understand . Then listen over and over.

Get a good walkman and listen to the tapes until you not only understand but also have memorized everything.