Unlock the Korean Language: Master 1,500 Essential Korean Words and Phrases with a Picture Dictionary

jennifer markham: This was really worth purchasing. I really love this picture dictionary.

Australia on Nov 05, 2023

Ly: Learning korean, beginner level and this book is fantastic, well made, nice visual 😊

Canada on Sep 26, 2023

AleDurand: Excelente libro para aprender o repasar lo básico.

Mexico on Jul 26, 2023

Fernanda Lopes: O livro é muito maravilhoso amei,capa dura e as instruções são excelentes super recomendo

Brazil on Jun 28, 2023

Afonso Dias MartinsAfonso Dias Martins: Bom entendimento, leitura prazerosa, interativo, sequencialmente bem delineado, linguagem acessível. A apresentação visual (figuras) e o formato manual realmente facilita o aprendizado e a memorização. Servirá de suporte para a minha formação em Taekwondo - milenar arte marcial coreana.

Brazil on May 23, 2023

Amazon Customer: This book was recommended by my Korean teacher and it has been a great investment on my Korean language journey!! I love the pictures and all the information in this book!

United States on Mar 20, 2023

CA: I use this in my private Korean lessons. Love it!

United States on Feb 05, 2023

Vivi q: Great but if you are a beginner beware that romanization varies from other books. Like some teachers or YouTube instructors say, don’t rely on the romanization. For this book it applies as well it gets me confused since I am working with so many different sources. But this book is great for vocabulary and I don’t pay much emphasis on the romanization. I still recommend this book, has great vocabulary by topics.

United States on Apr 17, 2022

JiQ: Great little book but it is a little confusing to read & practise speaking (without listening to the sound files along with it) because it doesn’t explain the sound change rules that exist in Hangeul.

The sound files demonstrate these sound changes but the romanised script, while indicating correct spelling, doesn’t.

In No.1 ‘Nice to meet you!’, for the word ‘what’ 뭐 요, (ex 8), the initial sound is closer to ‘mwo’ because of the vowel 워 not ‘meo’ as the text suggests.

In Ex. 15 & 16: for the Hangeul word 입니다 (meaning ‘to be’) the spelling is “IP-nida”, but the pronunciation is more like “IM-nida”.

If you already know the sound change/pronunciation rules, it’s not an issue but if you don’t, it’s confusing. So, I think it would be good for these sound change rules to be pointed out as you go so you understand that the written form of a word is different to the spoken form.

In English we all need to know that the initial sound of the double consonants ‘kn’ is pronounced ‘n’ not ‘k’. The sound change rules that exist in Hangeul need to be understood too. (Sound change rules only...

United States on Jun 09, 2020

SallySally: I got this book to practice and learn some basic Korean vocabulary because of friends. Having visited South Korea, I loved the food (especially) and culture, which has some similarities to my culture.

I love that this book is written by someone who lives and works in Korea at an international school. As someone who worked abroad teaching 100% ESL classrooms and now works with ELD students in the States, I know the importance of making things as visual, interesting and applicable as possible.

Learning a new language is hard, but those three things above help make it rewarding. I also love how Korean borrows from English (see my food image), so don’t let that alarm you; it’s not lazy translating!

What I Love:
*Introduction teaches you some basics of the Korean alphabet, vowels, consonants, romanization, and grammar.
* Page spreads are by topic with plenty of images and visuals
* “Additional Vocabulary” section gives more words for you to learn
* There is a section on each spread where you can practice phrases/sentences related to that topic.
* All items have a colored picture, the hangeul (Korean characters), romanization and the English...

United States on Oct 13, 2018