Living Language Korean, Complete Edition: Beginner through advanced course, including 3 coursebooks, 9 audio CDs, Korean reading & writing guide, and free online learning

by Living Language

Korean, Complete Edition  is a unique multimedia course that takes you from a beginner to an advanced level in one convenient package.
 
At the core of Korean, Complete Edition  is the Living Language Method™, based on linguistic science, proven techniques, and over 65 years of experience. Our method teaches you the whole language, so you can express yourself, not just recite memorized words or scripts.
 
Millions have learned with Living Language®. Now it’s your turn.
 

   • 4 46 lessons, additional review exercises, culture notes, and a grammar summary—plus a complete guide to reading and writing Korean
   •  9 Audio CDs*: Vocabulary, dialogues, audio exercises, and more—listen while using the books or use for review on the go
   •  Free Online Visit our Language Lab (www.livinglanguage.com/languagelab) for flashcards, games, and interactive quizzes for each lesson 

* Access to downloadable audio also available with purchase.


To learn more visit livinglanguage.com.
 
 

The Living Language Method™
 
Build a Foundation
Start speaking Korean immediately using essential words and phrases.
 
Progress with Confidence
Build on each lesson as you advance to full sentences, then actual conversations.
 
Retain what You’ve Learned
Special recall exercises move your new language from short-term to long-term memory.
 
Achieve Your Goals
Don’t just mimic or memorize. Develop practical language skills to speak in any situation.

304 pages, Paperback

First published March 26, 2013

Reviews

[Charlie · Rating 3 out of 5]

Having only finished book one of this series, I cannot review the entire course. However, I doubt I will want to continue with the other two books as the first one was not very inviting. What does this course offer? This course offers a large variety of vocabulary divided into different chapters that relates to one certain area of interest as most language courses do. Each chapter offers short dialogues, the new vocabulary and grammar exercises. Why do I think this course is not ideal? This course does not stick to one degree of politeness in Korean. Korean has many different levels of politeness and the dialogues are not consistent, the level may change in between sentences. To a certain degree this is normal in Korean, however the book fails to explain this aspect very well. Also, it offers a lot of phrases but does not dissect these phrases hence preventing you from using these phrases except for in the form given. I benefitted greatly from the first few chapters where a foundation is built, however even here I found the dialogues to be much too polite and not well explained. Therefore my review is mixed. It's probably still a very good course to learn Korean but I can greatly recommend the website Talktomeinkorean.com to augment the content of this course if not even replace it entirely.

[Liennetje · Rating 3 out of 5]

I'm a complete Korean beginner and I've been looking at different books for self-study. Compared to Billy Go, this book is quite difficult to follow. Also, in my opinion, approaching Romanization as a way to learn pronunciation isn't a good idea.

[Joseph · Rating 5 out of 5]

This is the best course for Korean.