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| Warp3 Senior Member United States forum_posts.asp?TID= Joined 5533 days ago 1419 posts - 1766 votes  Speaks: English* Studies: Spanish, Korean, Japanese | Message 17 of 30 24 June 2010 at 2:11am | IP Logged | ||
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If you like the style of the Let's Speak Korean series (which has actually been the primary source of my Korean studies lately, along with using Anki to ensure I remember what I learn), then the Survival Korean and Survival Korean: Basic Grammar books (both by Stephen Revere from LSK) are very similar in style. (Both are available from hanbooks.com which is based in California.) My only real complaint with them is that they are a bit short, but they have include CDs with native speaker audio which is nice.
Also, I haven't really delved into them myself yet (though I have downloaded them), but Monash University in Australia has their Korean course material (textbooks and audio) available for download on their website: http://www.arts.monash.edu.au/korean/klec/textbooks.php 1 person has voted this message useful | |||
| The Real CZ Senior Member United States Joined 5647 days ago 1069 posts - 1495 votes Speaks: English* Studies: Japanese, Korean | Message 18 of 30 25 June 2010 at 3:42am | IP Logged | ||
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I used to use KoreanClass101 and it's good. They just focus on the beginner levels far too much. Talk To Me In Korean has former members of KC101, so that's obviously of high quality (and free to boot.)
I also like Yonsei's Korean Grammar For International Learners. They cover a lot of stuff not covered in textbooks. 1 person has voted this message useful | |||
| cidereri Triglot Newbie Korea, South Joined 5263 days ago 3 posts - 3 votes Speaks: Korean, English*, Mandarin Studies: Japanese | Message 19 of 30 26 June 2010 at 6:50am | IP Logged | ||
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Have you ever heard of the Integrated Korean series? I'm a native speaker and I flipped through my friend's beginner book and the book seems very straightforward. I believe the books are available on Amazon.
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| sozo_2020 Diglot Newbie Egypt Joined 5389 days ago 22 posts - 23 votes Speaks: Arabic (Egyptian)*, English Studies: German, Korean | Message 20 of 30 26 June 2010 at 4:02pm | IP Logged | ||
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http://korean.sogang.ac.kr/ Hope it helps......
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| exscribere Diglot Senior Member IndiaRegistered users can see my Skype Name Joined 5277 days ago 104 posts - 126 votes Speaks: English*, Danish Studies: Mandarin, French, Korean, Hindi | Message 21 of 30 27 June 2010 at 12:07am | IP Logged | ||
They just updated these, too - there's a 2nd edition that allegedly corrects some of the mistakes and updates the language a bit. You can also get the audio for these off the University of Hawai'i website for free. :) 1 person has voted this message useful | |||
| The Real CZ Senior Member United States Joined 5647 days ago 1069 posts - 1495 votes Speaks: English* Studies: Japanese, Korean | Message 22 of 30 27 June 2010 at 6:32am | IP Logged | ||
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I only have two minor gripes about Integrated Korean.
1) A lot of the sample sentences given to you are left untranslated. Depending on how fast you go through textbooks will determine if this is a problem or not. I tend to go through things as fast as possible, learn the grammar and essential vocab, but if you go at a slower pace, then this won't be a problem (since you'll most likely know all of the vocab.) 2) If you do the exercises, there's no answer key. The series (I only used the first two beginner books) are of high quality and I would recommend them. Edited by The Real CZ on 27 June 2010 at 6:33am 1 person has voted this message useful | |||
| Po-ru Diglot Senior Member United States Joined 5478 days ago 173 posts - 235 votes Speaks: English*, Japanese Studies: Korean, Spanish, Norwegian, Mandarin, French | Message 23 of 30 29 June 2010 at 6:21pm | IP Logged | ||
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Which do you guys recommend more so? Integrated Korean or Elementary Korean?
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| The Real CZ Senior Member United States Joined 5647 days ago 1069 posts - 1495 votes Speaks: English* Studies: Japanese, Korean | Message 24 of 30 29 June 2010 at 10:46pm | IP Logged | ||
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It really depends on your learning style, as the books are fairly similar for the most part but have minor differences. I liked Elementary Korean more since they also focus on spoken Korean forms more than Integrated Korean did. Though, what Elementary Korean does in its 1st four chapters, Integrated Korean does it in its intro chapter.
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