Integrated Korean: Beginning 1 (English and Korean Edition)

Korean Edition by Young-Mee Cho (Author), Hyo Sang Lee (Author), Carol Schulz (Author),

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The Beginning Level texts and workbooks are the first of a four- level series (Beginning 1 and 2, Intermediate 1 and 2, Advanced Intermediate, and Advanced) developed collaboratively by leading classroom teachers and linguists of Korean. All series volumes have been developed in accordance with performance-based principles and methodology-learner-centeredness, contextualization, use of authentic materials, function/task-orientedness, balance between skill getting and skill using, and integration of speaking, listening, reading, writing, and culture. Grammar points are systematically introduced with simple but adequate explanations and abundant examples, exercises, and drills. Each situation/topic-based lesson of the main texts consists of two or three model dialogues, narration, new words and expressions, pronunciation notes, vocabulary notes, culture, grammar, task/function, and English translation of dialogues. The workbooks provide students with extensive skill-using activities based on the skills learned from the main texts. Integrated Korean is a project of the Korean Language Education and Research Center (KLEAR) with the support of the Korea Foundation. In addition to the four-level textbooks and workbooks, forthcoming volumes include instructor's manuals, Chinese Character Studies, Korean Composition, Selected Readings in Korean, Readings in Modern Korean Literature, Korean Language in Culture and Society, and A Dictionary of Korean Grammar and Usage.

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The accompanying set of 7 audio CDs are available from UH Press for $195. Individual audio files for this volume are also accessible on the web at hawaii.edu/uhpress/realaudio/klear/beg1/

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Publisher ‏ : ‎ Univ of Hawaii Pr (June 1, 2000)
Language ‏ : ‎ English, Korean
Paperback ‏ : ‎ 352 pages
ISBN-10 ‏ : ‎ 0824823427
ISBN-13 ‏ : ‎ 978-0824823429
Item Weight ‏ : ‎ 1.37 pounds
Dimensions ‏ : ‎ 6.75 x 1 x 9.75 inches

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Ovg

The book I ordered is practically new.

Reviewed in the United States 🇺🇸 on July 25, 2022

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Only the first page that lets you practice writing Hangul is written on. Not a problem though at all though. Thanks, the book is in great condition!

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Meredith

okay for self study

Reviewed in the United States 🇺🇸 on February 26, 2022

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The biggest real issue I have with this is that I'm a grown-up and this book is written for students. So there's a lot of school related vocabulary I don't give a damn about, lol! The grammar is decent, though, and the exercises are pretty good. There are some good charts of basic verb conjugations and counters that I have bookmarked and use as a reference, and I still use the glossary. Eventually I might get another book in this series for the grammar practice, but right now I need to expand my vocabulary beyond the classroom.

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Ciara

Not for true beginners

Reviewed in the United States 🇺🇸 on May 22, 2022

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If you’re a true beginner who just learned 한글 this book isn’t for you, it doesn’t go into detail about particles and grammar and this book is entirely focused on school, so it’s not really gonna help you with basic everyday conversation

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Angie Jo

Really wonderful language books

Reviewed in the United States 🇺🇸 on August 3, 2015

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I'm really honestly 100% surprised with how much I was able to get out of this course level (leaving the same review for Beginning 2 since I've completed both books). I struggled with teaching myself Korean for about 10 months with other books and programs until I took a friends advice to just purchase these same college textbooks she used for Korean and learn right from the books. I wish I had done it sooner! The University of Hawaii has really impressed me with their set of Korean language books. The vocabulary and grammar are introduced and explained so clearly I rarely ever had to pick up my dictionary (though the grammar was a little more difficult to grasp than the vocab I still managed). Though I don't recommend using the textbooks alone for self-study I can say if you're going to take that route, start speaking from the very minute you open these books! I made the mistake of not asking around my friends (who speak Korean) to practice with me because now I've gone into the Intermediate levels without having any speaking practice, all I can do is read and translate (fairly well, but I would probably be much better if I could verbally speak it fluidly as well) so I'm still struggling but its not too bad! The lessons may seem a little cheesy but I think they are put together so well I really honestly had fun learning from these books at my own pace. I highly recommend making an account on Memrise and adding the Integrated Korean lessons to your account to study the vocabulary, that's what I did and I've been able to master around 800 vocabulary words from Beginning 1 & 2 with the help of Memrise! Its definitely worth a try. I really not only love how each lesson is organized but also the Appendix has all the listed grammar rules throughout the book making it really easy to find if you forget them! All in all Integrated Korean is a wonderful set of books to purchase and 100% worth every penny in my opinion regardless of whether you're purchasing them for an actual Korean course or just teaching yourself!

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D2 Chicago

Really Great Quality Text - May Be Too Difficult for Non-Native Speakers

Reviewed in the United States 🇺🇸 on November 8, 2019

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I have the first 5 books in the series - Beginner 1, Beginner 2, Intermediate 1, Intermediate 2, and Advanced Intermediate 1 - I started with Intermediate 1 because I am Korean and I speak to my parents in conversational Korean, but I wanted to get a better fundamental understanding to become more fluent in the Korean language. Intermediate 1 was way too hard for me so I went back with Beginner 1. These are really well made books - I've looked at others and these are just more comprehensive. However, they are difficult for non-native Korean speakers. I didn't like other types of books because I felt they were too basic. That being said, I don't think Beginner 1 is really for beginners, I think that you need to know your alphabet and get your basic reading ahead of time. I'm only doing this on my own, not as part of a curriculum, so someone that really is starting out with learning wouldn't be able to get through with these books because it would be too difficult. I also didn't get the accompanying workbooks, but upon searching the internet for some pictures of the workbook pages - I think that they might help in addition to the textbook, but I don't think I'll be getting them.

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Patrisha Atayde

No answer key

Reviewed in the United States 🇺🇸 on December 5, 2021

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I LOVE THIS BOOK! The only problem is there is no answer key, so I don’t know if my answers are correct.

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Shamz

It's a great book, but I wouldn't recommend it if you ...

Reviewed in the United Kingdom 🇬🇧 on December 18, 2017

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It's a great book, but I wouldn't recommend it if you are self-studying and don't have someone to help you. I used it to study with a tutor and that significantly helped me understand the grammar concepts inside a lot better. However if you're someone who can pick things up quickly, (I'm quite slow when it comes to understanding), then may it will be okay for you.

The book is split up into chapters that have 1 to 2 grammar concepts and they centre your learning of them around a broad topic for example: asking for directions, meeting up with friends, talking about your family. And since they centre the grammar learning on topics, the vocabulary box you get for each chapter is related to that. For example: school would have vocab such as notebook, classroom, teacher and so on. I do find it useful that they have one box to show you all you will come across in the chapter and the book does have mini exercises for you to practice. Although if you really want to concrete what you learnt then I'd recommend purchasing the workbook too since it helped me a lot.

It's a thorough book and laid out very nicely, including culture along the way. The explanations are okay but I personally think they could have been worded in a much simpler way, so that would be a negative. And also there are no answers- hence why it might be better to have this book if you know someone who can check to see you're correct.

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Hodgeheg

The book is excellent, but there is no answer key, and it doesn't include a CD (though audio files are available online)

Reviewed in the United Kingdom 🇬🇧 on June 3, 2014

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First off, this is an excellent textbook, which introduces grammar points methodically and clearly. Except in the introduction, no romanisation is used, forcing you to practice reading Hangeul, and there are quite a few exercises to complete to make the learning process interactive rather than just reading a list of rules.

However, as other reviewers have mentioned, this textbook is clearly aimed at students taking courses at school or university, which is apparent in the lack of CD (the audio files are available online, but how much would it have cost them to include them on a CD), the lack of an answer key, and the fact that a good number of the end-of-chapter exercises are classroom activities. I have followed the procedure to apply for access to the answer keys on the website (including sending a copy of my id in response to an automated email which seemed a bit overzealous/weird) but have not heard anything in response.

So, for what it is it is excellent, but with a bit of tweaking with self-study customers in mind, it would be perfect.

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Emily

Works super well with the workbook

Reviewed in the United Kingdom 🇬🇧 on May 31, 2018

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I LOVE this. Although I don’t listen to a lot of KPop, I enjoy watching K Drama so some simple words that are usually repeated in dramas I understand. This textbook (with the workbook) is AMAZING. I can read the Korean alphabet which helps me comprehend Korean words (may not understand as much). Very informative however, neither of them have answers to the activities which is probably the only disadvantage.

jacqueline Willis

Intresting

Reviewed in the United Kingdom 🇬🇧 on April 8, 2021

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Granddaughter is very happy with this book

S Hague

Comprehensive explanations.

Reviewed in the United Kingdom 🇬🇧 on December 1, 2017

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Reasonable delivery time scale. required for the class i'm teaching - a bit skewed towards university students with the content - early lessons are based around life on a university campus.

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