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

Amazing book, it’s been super helpful for my Korean classes!!! Was deliver in perfect conditions and super fast!

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?

Book came in perfect timing for my class.

Great book, very structured introduction to get you started with Korean.

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.

This book was bent near the spine

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.

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 buy Just 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

*Material em inglês*, se você tem um nível intermediário de inglês acredito que consiga usar o material sem muita dificuldade. O textbook é menor que o Workbook ( livro de exercícios opcional ), tem explicações completas de gramática e os áudio tu acessa online. É colorido e com ilustrações para facilitar o aprendizado. Tem atividades para fazer nele mesmo, mas para reforçar é interessante comprar o livro de exercícios 👍🏻

Es muy buen libro para aprender, incluso si quieres empezar desde cero. Mi esposo y yo ya habíamos empezado a estudiar coreano unos meses atrás, y el libro ha dejado muchas cosas aún más claras. Está muy bien hecho.

I really like it! The answer key does cost 10 dollars online though, but my friend shared hers with me. I'm doing fine without the answer key.

Comparando con la segunda edición, que es la primera que compré y no hace mucho, valoro positivamente que hayan actualizado los audios y ahora se oyen bastante mejor aunque una desventaja es que ya no hay un audio exclusivo para el vocabulario de cada lección. Además, la apariencia global del libro es más actual por el uso del color. Han reorganizado las lecciones y ahora son siete en lugar de ocho. Como sólo había llegado a estudiar hasta la segunda lección de la edición anterior, no sé decir si esto es positivo o negativo. Un inconveniente es que, a día de hoy, no veo la manera de descargar los archivos de audio de esta tercera edición y te obliga a escucharlos on-line. Por lo demás, mantengo lo que dije en la segunda edición: es el libro de coreano que mejor se ajusta a mi modo de estudio y el que mejor me parece de todos los que he visto.

I would prefer a pdf/ebook version instead but this worked fine.