Teach Yourself Korean Complete Course Package (Book + 2 CDs) (TY: Complete Courses) 1st Edition

by Mark Vincent (Author), Jaehoon Yeon (Author)

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ISBN-13: 978-0071414364

ISBN-10: 0071414363

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From Danish to Spanish, Swahili to Brazilian Portuguese, the languages of the world are brought within the reach of any beginning student. Learners can use the Teach Yourself Language Courses at their own pace or as a supplement to formal courses. These complete courses are based on the very latest learning methods and designed to be enjoyable and user-friendly.

Prepared by experts in the language, each course begins with the basics and gradually promotes the student to a level of smooth and confident communication, including:

Up-to-date, graded interactive dialogues
Graded units of culture notes, grammar, and exercises
Step-by-step guide to pronunciation
Practical vocabulary
Regular and irregular verb tables
Plenty of practice exercises and answers
Bilingual glossary
The new editions also feature:
- Clear, uncluttered, and user-friendly layout
- Self-assessment quizzes to test progress
- Website suggestions to take language study further

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Publisher ‏ : ‎ McGraw-Hill; 1st edition (January 1, 2003)
Language ‏ : ‎ English
Paperback ‏ : ‎ 287 pages
ISBN-10 ‏ : ‎ 0071414363
ISBN-13 ‏ : ‎ 978-0071414364
Item Weight ‏ : ‎ 13.6 ounces
Dimensions ‏ : ‎ 6.5 x 1.63 x 9.5 inches

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Peter Moore

Good book, annoying use of romanization

Reviewed in the United States 🇺🇸 on August 30, 2019

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I've used other books in the Teach Yourself series (Cantonese, Russian and Hungarian) and am a fan of the method -- I like the dialogue-based approach, where key vocabulary and grammar are presented in short audio segments in every unit. I also like how the dialogues progress very quickly from basic, beginner-level conversations to more engaging, challenging material that's also useful in everyday/travel situations. The grammar and cultural explanations are to-the-point, and the exercises are useful for revising and solidifying knowledge of the vocab/grammar presented in each unit. All in all, I swear by the Teach Yourself books when I'm starting out with a new language and want to quickly cover the basics.

I have one gripe with this particular entry in the series, though: overuse of phonetic transcriptions over Hangul (Korean script). I wouldn't mind transcriptions as long as they were presented alongside the Hangul (this is the case for the two dialogues in every unit). But the authors decided to use transcriptions in all the grammar explanations and much of the exercises, which presented an unnecessary hurdle for someone like me who was already familiar with how Korean is written and pronounced. What's more, I found the transcriptions to be rather inconsistent, and reading them never gave me a clear idea of how to pronounce the word. Hangul is an elegant writing system designed specifically for writing Korean, so it's perfectly suited for representing the sounds of the Korean language. Not only that, it's easy to learn because of its simplicity. I think that learning to read and write Korean early on is essential for learning good pronunciation as well, because using transcriptions can lead learners astray, e.g. English speakers may be tempted to pronounce words the "English way."

All in all, it's a good book; I just wish the authors would have stuck to using Hangul throughout or at least present it in parallel with the phonetic transcriptions.

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M. Wilson

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Reviewed in the United States 🇺🇸 on November 3, 2006

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This book is well written and the CD's are decent, but they did not work well for me. I have no background in the Korean language. I wanted an elementary language course. I needed to train my ears and eyes to recognize specific words. I did not get much from repeating entire lines of dialogue. Frankly, the pace of the materials overwhelmed me. However, I do think that this product would be great for someone who is currently taking a Korean language class.

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Johnny C.

Pretty Good

Reviewed in the United States 🇺🇸 on April 6, 2007

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This book does a great job of explaining the language and simply gradually gives you information. Grammar isn't covered too heavily, but overall the book is well written. I advise that you learn hangul (covered in the beginning of the book) before you go on, because the romanizations are spelled differently in almost every chapter. Though they do help if you're having difficulty reading the hangul script.

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Charlene Bunting

Not what I was looking for

Reviewed in the United States 🇺🇸 on September 25, 2005

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I was looking for a Audio program that I could listen to in the car while commuting to wrok each day. This program is design to be listened to at the same time your reading the book. Regardless, I listened to the CDs without the book and noticed that a lot of the words I wished to learn (basics) were not covered. I ended up buying a reference dictionary and another audio program.

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S. Difuntorum

Three Stars

Reviewed in the United States 🇺🇸 on September 22, 2017

not easy for me

Reviewed in the United States 🇺🇸 on November 12, 2013

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There is not enough on the CD to go along with the text. I have started to lose interest in it.

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Bratinella

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Reviewed in the United States 🇺🇸 on March 20, 2014

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Helpful - this product arrived on time and is very very helpful.

If you want to learn Korean Language, this book can really help you.

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Bonghwa Reyes

Five Stars

Reviewed in the United States 🇺🇸 on September 26, 2014

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Great for the grandkids.

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C. Grant

Enough for a business trip to Seoul

Reviewed in the United Kingdom 🇬🇧 on July 29, 2007

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I thought this was an excellent book & CD set for learning enough Korean to get by after two or three weeks - saying hello, goodbye, ordering food and buying things in shops.

I learned how to read the Korean script - it was fun deciphering how pronounce business cards and words. I really liked the extra snippets on how to conduct business out there (their customs).

I think it could be improved though. My printing had some Korean script that was harder to read (the print was indistinct). The script introduction had the shapes but the sounds were in the descriptive text rather than alongside the symbols. I would have prefered early lessons to start with hello/goodbye, how to get someplace, etc. rather than splitting those over the early chapters.

Anyway, it did the trick for me in Seoul.

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Useful but uneven

Reviewed in Canada 🇨🇦 on July 25, 2017

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The people in the dialogues speak so haltingly and it sounds pretty stilted. The lessons on writing hangeul also don't follow the correct stroke order but are otherwise fine. Some of the grammatical concepts are also more advanced than needed. However, it's a good resource to come back to once you have a solid base and is useful as a quick refresher.

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