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Korean II, Comprehensive: Learn to Speak and Understand Korean with Pimsleur Language Programs

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Pimsleur's Korean II continues in the vein of their Korean I series of CD conversational lessons. The format enables the student to learn while driving, among other things, and permits as much repetition as necessary to get the vocabulary and pronunciation fairly correct, realizing that there are regional idioms in Korean as there are in other languages. Since this is Korean II, the conversations move appropriately faster and with greater complexity than they do in Korean I. This is all fine. The only real complaint I have about the series is that, at least in the lessons I've gone through so far, they employ a female speaker who talks as though she has something in her mouth. As a result, her pronunciation is not always clear, which hinders learning. All in all, however, it's a good series and worth the investment if one can not commit to a more thorough, structured approach.

I had been attempting to learn Korean for a while before I read about Pimsleur. I have now completed Pimsleur Korean Comprehensive I and II.

The courses are expensive, but very good value for money, they helped me in a way that no other course has. Pimsleur Korean engaged my interest, held my attention, and actually got me to SPEAK and LISTEN to Korean.

I have been astonished by the reception I have had with native speakers since using this course. When in a Korean restaurant I asked for the bill in Korean, and the waiter (a 2nd generation Korean) said in astonishment "your accent is better than mine!".

These courses have given me the confidence to speak Korean and try and communicate with Korean speakers that I simply did not have before.

I cannot recommend the Pimsleur Comprehensive Korean I and II courses highly enough; I would happily give them six stars out of five.