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한국어 1
Korean Level 1 Textbook, 2nd Edition (Revised and Enlarged) Korean and English
306 pages, Paperback
First published September 1, 2000
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June 23, 2014
I used this book to go back and review my Korean after taking a long break. While it was nice that I was able to review and drill the grammatical patterns that were covered in this book, I believe that it would be a hard book to use to learn Korean.
On the positive side, the book seemed to be based around trying to use Korean and the appropriate grammatical phrases in situations that people living in Korea might experience. For the most part, the vocabulary was all right, and there were some good sections that focused on how some prominent words and rejoinders. In addition to that, the book did a good job of trying to recycle and review previous grammatical patterns.
Despite these positive notes, a lot of the explanations were limited and I found myself referring to Korean Grammar in Use to double check the explanations of certain patterns. For the ㄴ/은/는데 pattern, the Seoul National University book only gave the explanation that it was used for showing background information. However, another use for this pattern is contrast. During the practice exercises, both the meanings of background and contrasts were practiced.
In addition to weak explanation, there weren't a lot of exercises that required students to actively use the language for communicative purposes. There were a couple of open ended questions that forced the students to be creative and show that they know what they sentence and grammar means. For creative and non rote learning, that was about the extent of it in this book. I think the material in this book is a good foundation in language development to help master the patterns, but it lacks in practical use. Maybe the teachers that use this book have communicative activities they use in the classroom.
My last beef with this book was that none of the CDs were sold with the book. Maybe there is a website that I could go to, but I don't know if that exists. Even the bookstore that I bought these books from didn't appear to sell the CDs.
On the positive side, the book seemed to be based around trying to use Korean and the appropriate grammatical phrases in situations that people living in Korea might experience. For the most part, the vocabulary was all right, and there were some good sections that focused on how some prominent words and rejoinders. In addition to that, the book did a good job of trying to recycle and review previous grammatical patterns.
Despite these positive notes, a lot of the explanations were limited and I found myself referring to Korean Grammar in Use to double check the explanations of certain patterns. For the ㄴ/은/는데 pattern, the Seoul National University book only gave the explanation that it was used for showing background information. However, another use for this pattern is contrast. During the practice exercises, both the meanings of background and contrasts were practiced.
In addition to weak explanation, there weren't a lot of exercises that required students to actively use the language for communicative purposes. There were a couple of open ended questions that forced the students to be creative and show that they know what they sentence and grammar means. For creative and non rote learning, that was about the extent of it in this book. I think the material in this book is a good foundation in language development to help master the patterns, but it lacks in practical use. Maybe the teachers that use this book have communicative activities they use in the classroom.
My last beef with this book was that none of the CDs were sold with the book. Maybe there is a website that I could go to, but I don't know if that exists. Even the bookstore that I bought these books from didn't appear to sell the CDs.
January 21, 2019
i want to learn korean language.
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