Essential Korean Vocabulary: Learn the Key Words and Phrases Needed to Speak Korean Fluently

(Paperback, 2nd ed.)

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Do you frequently come across Korean words and expressions that you don't quiteunderstand, and that prevent you from progressing to complete fluency in Korean

This book can help.With Essential Korean Vocabulary you will learn to speak Korean the way thatKoreans do by learning key words and expressions they use everyday in theirnatural contexts. You'll also learn closely-related vocabulary together, which willhelp you remember and use a wider vocabulary. Each word in this book is clearlyexplained and useful sentences are given to demonstrate how it's used. AuthorKyubyong Park also provides tips on Korean grammar and modern colloquialusage in South Korea, so you can learn to speak like a native speaker.

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"Classifying essential Korean words in terms of topics greatly facilitates students' systematic learning of Korean vocabulary. Students are expected to learn a wide variety of useful information regarding Korean grammar and culture, as well as vocabulary, through the abundant authentic examples and notes that are efficiently provided." --Professor Ho-min Sohn, Professor of East Asian Languages and Literatures in University of Hawaii at Manoa and author of Integrated Korean
"Now you can learn a variety of Korean adjectives easily! This book will be a great help for learners who want to improve their vocabulary." --Hyunsook Kim, Producer, Los Angeles Radio Korea
"It's a SUBJECT DICTIONARY broken down into 36 different themed sections. This makes it the IDEAL book to learn vocabulary to use in various situations and subject matters." --Key to Korean blog

Author Bio

Kyubyong Park worked for many years as an editor at an educational publishing company focusing on language learning. His expertise in language learning books results in an especially effective approach. He is the author of 500 Basic Korean Verbs and the coauthor of Korean for Beginners. He lives in Seoul.