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Continuing Korean
Following Elementary Korean, Continuing Korean is the second volume in Ross King and Jaehoon Yeon's popular series of college-level Korean textbooks.
This volume is aimed at the student with one year of Korean language study under their belt, and particularly the student who has mastered the patterns and vocabulary introduced in King and Yeon's Elementary Korean, the first book in this series.
Each of the fifteen chapters in Continuing Korean introduces new language in context, through dialogues and reading passages featuring the Murphy family and the Kim family, followed by vocabulary, grammar points, and exercises—all designed to learn Korean as thoroughly as possible. Every five chapters there is a short review section to consolidate language learned so far. All dialogues, reading texts, vocabulary words, and example sentences are given in Korean Hangul and English. An accompanying free downloadable audio provides native-speaker recordings of dialogues, reading passages, and key words and phrases. Concise grammar notes in English, extensive glossaries, and an answer key make this book suitable for those studying alone, as well as for classroom use.
This volume is aimed at the student with one year of Korean language study under their belt, and particularly the student who has mastered the patterns and vocabulary introduced in King and Yeon's Elementary Korean, the first book in this series.
Each of the fifteen chapters in Continuing Korean introduces new language in context, through dialogues and reading passages featuring the Murphy family and the Kim family, followed by vocabulary, grammar points, and exercises—all designed to learn Korean as thoroughly as possible. Every five chapters there is a short review section to consolidate language learned so far. All dialogues, reading texts, vocabulary words, and example sentences are given in Korean Hangul and English. An accompanying free downloadable audio provides native-speaker recordings of dialogues, reading passages, and key words and phrases. Concise grammar notes in English, extensive glossaries, and an answer key make this book suitable for those studying alone, as well as for classroom use.
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452 pages, Kindle Edition
First published August 15, 2002
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Ross King
11 booksDr. Ross King is a Canadian academic. He is currently Professor of Korean Language and Literature in the Asian Studies Department at the University of British Columbia (Vancouver, B.C.). Dr. King describes his primary research interests as follows:
"History of language, writing and literary culture in the Sinographic cultural sphere, with a specific focus on medieval Korea and the interplay of cosmopolitan and vernacular in other regions of the Sinographic cosmopolis"
His research interests also include Korean historical linguistics & dialectology.
Dr. King received a B.A. in Linguistics (Japanese-Korean) and Political Science from Yale University (New Haven, Connecticut) in 1983. He earned both his M.A. in Linguistics (1986) & Ph.D. in Linguistics (1991) from Harvard University (Cambridge, Massachusetts).
"History of language, writing and literary culture in the Sinographic cultural sphere, with a specific focus on medieval Korea and the interplay of cosmopolitan and vernacular in other regions of the Sinographic cosmopolis"
His research interests also include Korean historical linguistics & dialectology.
Dr. King received a B.A. in Linguistics (Japanese-Korean) and Political Science from Yale University (New Haven, Connecticut) in 1983. He earned both his M.A. in Linguistics (1986) & Ph.D. in Linguistics (1991) from Harvard University (Cambridge, Massachusetts).
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September 10, 2011
This book is a valuable reference because it contains very detailed explanations of how to use certain language conventions; however, I wouldn't use this book as a primary learning tool. Instead, I prefer books that introduce language conventions with relevant examples like Nam-Kil Kim's Modern Korean: An Intermediate Reader.
April 4, 2021
Livro muito bom, da melhor série de livros de coreano que já li. Com explicações extensas, muitos exemplos e exercícios. As explicações não são facilmente encontradas em livros, são daquele tipo que você só tem acesso numa sala de aula. Super recomendo!
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