Modern Korean: An Intermediate Reader

by Michael Namkil Kim (Author)

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Modern Korean breaks new ground in the field of Korean studies by providing students at last with an intermediate-level language text. The volume emphasizes the development of reading proficiency, but the exercises reinforce skills learned through conversation practice. They use a communicative approach emphasizing student-student and student-teacher interactions in real-life scenarios.

Twenty-four lessons are divided into two groups of twelve lessons each. A single lesson consists of a main text, written in expository or descriptive prose that often incorporates a conversational style; a dialogue; a discussion of new word usage and structural patterns; substitution and grammar drills; exercises; and a vocabulary list. The second half of the book introduces Chinese characters found in each lesson.

Modern Korean may be used for classroom instruction or self-study. Main text topics cover a wide range of subjects including Korean history, geography, holidays, literature, customs, and people, allowing students to develop a better understanding of Korean society and culture while improving their language skills.

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Nam-Kil Kim is professor of East Asian languages and cultures and director of the Korean Studies Institute at the University of Southern California.

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Publisher ‏ : ‎ University of Hawaii Press (July 1, 2000)
Language ‏ : ‎ English
Paperback ‏ : ‎ 416 pages
ISBN-10 ‏ : ‎ 0824822226
ISBN-13 ‏ : ‎ 978-0824822224
Item Weight ‏ : ‎ 1.31 pounds
Dimensions ‏ : ‎ 6.14 x 0.84 x 9.21 inches

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lika

good!

Reviewed in the United States 🇺🇸 on November 27, 2021

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useful for self studying !

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Plotinus

Indispensable - Totally!

Reviewed in the United States 🇺🇸 on April 19, 2015

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This book is indispensable for those of us now at the intermediate and advanced levels of Korean study. It is very extensive, covers the kinds of things Koreans study about their own culture and customs in school, and is chock full of lessons, activities, vocabulary, and grammar. Wow! Amazing! I wish I had studied with this book earlier in my life!

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Joe Anderson

You need this book

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This book, every page of it!

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College text book, delivered as promised.

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Nicola

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Nice book, effectively helps

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slh

Same problems as many other texts to teach Korean

Reviewed in the United States 🇺🇸 on March 12, 2011

The book is entitled "Modern Korean," but the language style taught and used is not modern. It is mostly out of date, and not what you would hear in conversation at all.

I'm a little different from most students of Korean in that I have heard the language in my home for 25+ years. At times, I have had differing levels of fluency (more when I lived in Korea, less now that we've lived in the US for a long time). One of the biggest frustrations I have with every system of Korean I have tried to use to learn is an apparent lack of understanding of how English speaking minds work, and a good use of that understanding to teach how to construct the Korean sentences. There is always a big assumption that we will just understand when something is presented without an adequate explanation of why words and patterns are used the way they are. This book has the exact same shortcomings.

I understand much more Korean than I can speak. I was hoping with this book I would get better explanations for what I hear so that I can use the language much more. But I find the book lacking in that. What I do get are a lot of chuckles and and "We don't talk like that anymore," when I try to put it into practice. So perhaps for me, it gives me a conversation starter with people who can then teach me more modern versions of how the language is used, but with a name like "Modern Korean," I would have hoped that would not be the case.

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Great book for intermediate students (~ 2 years of study)

Reviewed in the United States 🇺🇸 on May 16, 2001

"Modern Korean: An Intermediate Reader" published: 2000, 327 pages + glossaries
Because the teaching of Korean to foreign speakers is still in its infancy, most of the available books and audio materials are designed for beginners. Beyond this stage, it can be difficult to find materials for intermediate students. Fortunately, "Modern Korean: an intermediate reader" bridges the gap in this area of Korean language pedagogy. Personally, having studied Korean for about 2 years, including a semester in Korea, I find this book to be at the level I needed. The readings include topics such as culture, customs, history, folk tales, and personal letters. They are followed by vocabulary lists and highlight new patterns in grammar. Additionally, the latter half of the book introduces "han-ja" (Chinese characters), which are helpful as they are still occassionally used in written Korean, particularly in newspaper headlines when the native Korean word would be longer, and also when abbreviating calendar dates. * * I would recommend this book to students who have had anywhere between a year and a half to two and a half years of Korean study. Although this book is comprehensive, study could also be supplemented by listening to Korean internet radio or other audio tapes, and reading light modern literature such as poems or short stories (although these can be hard to find). In sum, I find "Modern Korean" to be the ideal book for intermediate students of the Korean language.

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Yoon Lee

Good Intermediate Book

Reviewed in the United States 🇺🇸 on September 27, 2001

If you already have a basic understanding of the Korean language, then this book is the next step. It has readings pertaining to the Korean culture, along with vocabulary and grammar studies. I had been waiting for a long time for a book like this. Too bad there aren't many good Korean books out there like this one.

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