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Software for Learning Korean

If you want to learn Korean, we recommend:

Rosetta Stone V2: Korean, Level 1

Rosetta Stone
Released: 2007-08-28
CD-ROM (PC)
Windows Vista/Windows XP

Rosetta Stone V2: Korean, Level 1
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  • Rosetta Stone helps you understand everyday language through our proficiency-based listening and reading activities
  • Find the words you need when you need them Connecting new language directly to real-life images means the words spring to mind when you're in everyday contexts
  • Learn to communicate by quickly combining words and phrases into complete sentences and dialogue
Product Description:
Korean Level 1 starts at the very beginning. You progress from words and phrases to complete sentences. Basic content and structures help you engage the world around you, culminating in practical language for getting around town. At any time you can practice writing or speaking what you've learned until you get it right.

Rosetta Stone: Korean Explorer

Fairfield Language Technologies
CD-ROM (PC)
Windows NT/Windows 98/Windows Me/Windows 95

Rosetta Stone: Korean Explorer
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Now you can learn a new language with the award-winning method used by the U.S. State Department to train diplomats. Proven effective by NASA astronauts, Peace Corps volunteers, and millions of students worldwide, the Rosetta Stone Language Library teaches new languages faster and easier than ever before.

We all learn our childhood language by associating new words and phrases with the world around us. The Rosetta Stone method replicates this process by presenting vivid, real-life images to convey the meaning of each new phrase. Instead of translating, memorizing, and studying rules of grammar, you actually learn to think in the new language. Vocabulary and grammar are integrated systematically, leading to everyday proficiency. It's the natural way to learn.

The Rosetta Stone Explorer contains 22 lessons for beginning learners with nearly 900 real-life images and phrases spoken by native speakers. It develops all key language skills--listening comprehension, reading, speaking, and writing--while its systematic structure teaches vocabulary and grammar naturally, without lists and drills. Includes previews, exercises, and tests for every lesson, with automated tutorials throughout the program. (Ages 6 and older)



Learn Korean Web Sites

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Books for Learning Korean

Here are some books about learning to speak Korean:

Basic Korean: Learn to Speak and Understand Korean with Pimsleur Language Programs (Simon & Schuster's Pimsleur)

By Pimsleur

Pimsleur
Audio CD

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This Basic program contains 5 hours of audio-only, effective language learning with real-life spoken practice sessions.

HEAR IT, LEARN IT, SPEAK IT®

What is the Pimsleur® difference?

The Pimsleur Method provides the most effective language-learning program ever developed. The Pimsleur Method gives you quick command of Korean structure without tedious drills. Learning to speak Korean can actually be enjoyable and rewarding.

The key reason most people struggle with new languages is that they aren't given proper instruction, only bits and pieces of a language. Other language programs sell only pieces -- dictionaries; grammar books and instructions; lists of hundreds or thousands of words and definitions; audios containing useless drills. They leave it to you to assemble these pieces as you try to speak. Pimsleur enables you to spend your time learning to speak the language rather than just studying its parts.

When you were learning English, could you speak before you knew how to conjugate verbs? Of course you could. That same learning process is what Pimsleur replicates. Pimsleur presents the whole language as one integrated piece so you can succeed.

With Pimsleur you get:

  • Grammar and vocabulary taught together in everyday conversation,
  • Interactive audio-only instruction that teaches spoken language organically,
  • The flexibility to learn anytime, anywhere,
  • 30-minute lessons designed to optimize the amount of language you can learn in one sitting.

Millions of people have used Pimsleur to gain real conversational skills in new languages quickly and easily, wherever and whenever -- without textbooks, written exercises, or drills.

The 10 lessons in the Basic Korean are the same as the first 10 lessons in the Pimsleur Comprehensive Korean Level 1.

The 10 lessons in Basic Korean are also the first 10 lessons in the 16 lesson Conversational Korean edition.

Pimsleur learners progress from either the Basic or the Conversational to the Comprehensive Level 1, and not from Basic to Conversational edition.

Roadmap to Korean

By Richard Harris

Hollym International Corporation
Released: 2003-11-03
Paperback (350 pages)

Roadmap to Korean
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Roadmap to Korean is the most complete and thorough introduction to the Korean language of its kind. A sweeping journey through thousands of years of history, the book is an essential study guide for students of the language, from novices just beginning their studies to the most advanced learner. Roadmap to Korean is essential reading for anyone seeking to understand the country and its people on a more intimate level. By revealing fascinating insights through easy-to-follow examples and stories, the book is also a unique look into the more than 70 million people who speak the language around the world today.

Conversational Korean: Learn to Speak and Understand Korean with Pimsleur Language Programs (Instant Conversation)

By Pimsleur

Pimsleur
Audio CD

Conversational Korean: Learn to Speak and Understand Korean with Pimsleur Language Programs (Instant Conversation)
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Product Description:
This Conversational program contains 8 hours of interactive audio-only instruction, effective language learning with real-life spoken practice sessions.

HEAR IT, LEARN IT, SPEAK IT®

What is the Pimsleur® difference?

The Pimsleur Method provides the most effective language-learning program ever developed. The Pimsleur Method gives you quick command of Korean structure without tedious drills. Learning to speak Korean can actually be enjoyable and rewarding.

The key reason most people struggle with new languages is that they aren't given proper instruction, only bits and pieces of a language. Other language programs sell only these pieces -- dictionaries; grammar books and instructions; lists of hundreds or thousands words and definitions; audios containing useless drills. They leave it to you to assemble these pieces as you try to speak. Pimsleur enables you to spend your time learning to speak the language rather than just studying its parts.

When you were learning English, could you speak before you knew how to conjugate verbs? Of course you could. That learning process is what Pimsleur replicates. Pimsleur presents the whole language as one integrated piece so you can succeed.

With Pimsleur you get:

  • Grammar and vocabulary taught together in everyday conversation,
  • Interactive audio-only instruction that teaches spoken language organically,
  • The flexibility to learn anytime, anywhere,
  • 30-minute lessons designed to optimize the amount of language you can learn in one sitting.

Millions of people have used Pimsleur to gain real conversational skills in new languages quickly and easily, wherever and whenever -- without textbooks, written exercises, or drills.

Conversational Korean includes the 10 lessons from Pimsleur's Basic Korean plus an additional 6 lessons.

The 16 lessons in Conversational Korean are the same first 16 lessons in the Pimsleur Comprehensive Korean Level 1.

Speaking Korean for Beginners

By National Institue of the Korean

Hollym Intl
Released: 2006-03-30
Perfect Paperback (208 pages)

Speaking Korean for Beginners
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Product Description:
This book has been compiled so that readers can study spoken Korean on their own, acquiring both fluency and accuracy by listening to the accompanying CD. Speaking Korean for Beginners, the most effective book for those just starting out with their study of the Korean language, incorporates useful expressions while providing key insights into Korean culture.

Korean II: Learn to Speak and Understand Korean with Pimsleur Language Programs (Pimsleur)

By Pimsleur

Pimsleur
Audio CD

Korean II: Learn to Speak and Understand Korean with Pimsleur Language Programs (Pimsleur)
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Product Description:
Comprehensive Korean II includes 30 additional lessons (16 hrs.), plus Readings, which build upon the language skills acquired in Level I. Increased spoken and reading language ability.

Level II will double your vocabulary and grammatical structures while increasing your spoken proficiency exponentially. Upon completion of a Level II, you will be able to:

* engage in fuller conversations involving yourself, your family, daily activities, interests and personal preferences,

* combine known elements into increasingly longer sentences and strings of sentences,

* create with language and function in informal situations,

* deal with concrete topics in the past, present, and future,

* meet social demands and limited job requirements,

* begin reading for meaning.

Note: In order for the Pimsleur Method to work correctly, you must first complete the Level I language program before proceeding to the Level II language program.

Korean: Learn to Speak and Understand Korean with Pimsleur Language Programs (Comprehensive)

By Pimsleur

Pimsleur
Audio CD

Korean: Learn to Speak and Understand Korean with Pimsleur Language Programs (Comprehensive)
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Product Description:
Comprehensive Korean includes 30 lessons of essential grammar and vocabulary -- 16 hours of real-life spoken practice sessions -- plus an introduction to reading.

Upon completion of this Level I program, you will have functional spoken proficiency with the most-frequently-used vocabulary and grammatical structures. You will be able to:

* initiate and maintain face-to-face conversations,

* deal with every day situations -- ask for information, directions, and give basic information about yourself and family,

* communicate basic information on informal topics and participate in casual conversations,

* avoid basic cultural errors and handle minimum courtesy and travel requirements,

* satisfy personal needs and limited social demands,

* establish rapport with strangers in foreign countries,

* begin reading and sounding out items with native-like pronunciation.

In-Flight Korean: Learn Before You Land (LL (R) In-Flight)

By Living Language

Living Language
Released: 2001-06-19
Audio CD (20 pages)

In-Flight Korean: Learn Before You Land (LL (R) In-Flight)
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Book Description:
Living Language In-Flight Korean is the perfect boarding pass to learning Korean before you land.

There's no better way to make use of all that spare time on a plane than to master the essentials of a language. This 60-minute program is the simplest way to learn just enough to get by in every situation essential to both the tourist and business traveler.

The program covers everything from greetings and polite expressions to asking directions, getting around, checking into a hotel, and going to a restaurant. There are even sections for meeting people and spending a night on the town.

Short lessons make In-Flight Korean easy to use, and a handy pocket-sized insert is included as a cheat sheet for use on the go.

Korean through English: Book I w/ CDs

By Sang-Oak Lee

Hollym International Corporation
Released: 2007-03-01
Perfect Paperback (141 pages)

Korean through English: Book I w/ CDs
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Product Description:
Designed by the Language Research Institute of Seoul National University, this textbook comprises three volumes, with 25 lessons in each volume. Each lesson is made up of Vocabulary, Pronunciation, Main Text, Grammar, and Exercise sections.
The content is easy and interesting as well as educational, and reflects the phonological and grammatical characteristics of Korean. It also introduces aspects of Korean culture in a natural and unaffected way. Above all, the books enable you to study alone, without the aid of a teacher or classroom environment.

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