My First 500 Korean Words Book 1: Learn 500 Essential Everyday Korean Words through Stories, with More Than 1000 Related Words and Expressions, Plus Review Exercises for Beginners (Free Online Audio Available)

This is a great book to learn Korean. It had games to help you memorize the words. I love this book it’s very helpful and I would recommend this book to everyone who wants to learn Korean.

I am mid-beginner and can read, write, and listen to simple stories. I can also respond in basic Korean. But I need to improve my vocab. This book seems like what I wanted for the method I am learning. It starts with basic grammar explanations (12 pages front to back) on conjuction, irregular verbs, counters, Korean and sino numbers (for telling time), modifiers, particles, present, tense, future, passive voices and more. Each day starts with an English story with unconjugated Korean words. Next, there is the 10 listed words defined with extra vocab and context. Then the last page for that day has a review section with the same story, but this time in full Korean. Ever 10 days there is a quiz with some pictures. In the back there are antonyms, answer key, and an index. There is also audio for the book at TTMIk audio. This book is very well put together. Sn: Continual exposure is more important than memorizing. This is how I have learned the Korean I know so far. So even if you can't remember anything at first, that's ok. I encourage to continually and consistently reread through after 50 days are up to gain more exposure and that is how you'll grow in the language. 화이팅!!!

Using the introduction section of this book, I am finally starting to understand a little Korean grammar. There are so many words, way more than 10 per day. First 10 words, and then variations on each word. I can't learn that many words in a day. However, I am very happy I bought it. I also bought another book from TTMIK and I like them both very much.

I really like the book so far it’s really helpful for beginners and I really recommend and it for all levels if your lacking on your your vocabulary

This is honestly the best language-learning textbook I ever found. It's great for self-learning. Now, you should know some basic Korean grammar and how to read Hangul. Other then that, it is great for beginners. The book is broken into 50 days, and each day it gives you 10 words. What makes the book amazing, is that you get a short story using the 10-words. That makes it super easy to memorize the words. Honestly, it's been a real struggle to get Korean words to stick in my head, and this book managed to make it easy. When I want to review a previous day's words, I just go back and read the story, and it all comes right back.

This book has been a really good resource for my daughter who is learning Korean. Thankful for TTMiK for their materials (along with other great teachers such as Korean Unnie on Y T).

Practice, practice, practice - learned that the hard way! I have been learning Korean on my own for a while and thought it would help. it seemed to frustrate me more than help. It reminded me of the first part of the TTMIK series (book 1 - working on 2), but with a different approach. Being as I was already going from a completley different direction, I put it on the side until I am farther and more confident in my Korean.IF you are already well into knowing Korean, it would be a great review for you.

This book has so much information inside. Not only does it give you 10 new words to study over a 50 day period it also gives you antonyms, verb conjugation, and a break down on the different politeness levels of speech. It also lists the different types of verbs used in the book (하다, irregular ㅂ, adverbs, etc) and the grammar points.You'll want to learn the Korean alphabet BEFORE reading this book because it doesn't go over it. If you already have some knowledge of the language then this should be a fun book to go through. I'm on day 18 and this is the most fun I've had reading a language textbook. Each "day" or lesson comes with the ten words being broken down by definition, phrases the words are used in, and antonyms. The new words are written in short paragraph in Korean and are followed by a crossword, word match, and fill in the blank.I highly recommend this book to anyone wanting to expand their Korean vocabulary. But please, please, please, learn how to read and write Hanguel first!