Integrated Korean: Beginning 1, Third Edition (KLEAR Textbooks in Korean Language, 33)

This was a textbook my daughter needed for her beginning Korean class in college. They used it for the semester, and she said she loved the class.

I have read a lot of grammar books on a lot of languages and this is one of the better ones. The grammar of Korean, so different from European languages, is presented in little chunks along with short bursts of dialogue. Not very fun to read - I prefer little folk tales for greater interest - but you can absorb the language slowly this way. Example: no pronouns and no verb endings to help, you simple repeat the person's name over and over! Some of the reading is in large enought print but a lot is in tiny print, tough when you are dealing with a very different alphabet. Interestingly, unlike alphabets of languages whose speakers insist it is logical, the hangul (alphabet) actually is logical and straight forward, having been invented in 1440 by a king working with linguists. Other than alphabets invented by missionaries and the like, Korean may be the only such alphabet - maybe Cherokee, Vai and a few others?

I'm learning Korean in a college class right now and this was the book that was recommended. I think the first part as far as learning the alphabet would be difficult to figure out by yourself but after learning that in class, I've been able to go on past what we've learned and it's fairly easy. I also recommend combining the UHP junction online workbook that is suggested by the book to cement your Korean language learning. If they offer other levels, I plan on investing more in this company of language learning books.

Easy to use with there were a lot more English translations though

Very simple and helpful for learning sentence structure and culture, not just words and phrases

Update: they replaced the book. It took maybe 3 days to get the new book and they let me keep the first book until my new book came in. It was such a quick and easy process that I forgot it even happened. Great self study book please buyJust got it today. The pages aren’t glued in properly? It’s like they used postit note glue because everytime you turn the page it comes out of the book

This book was bent near the spine

The book came on time and in perfect condition. I got this for school alongside the workbook .They have all the pages and are clearly new. If you need this for school as well , you're at the right place.