Colloquial Korean - The Complete Course for Beginners

Oct 1, 2026

Colloquial Korean - The Complete Course for Beginners is a self-instructional elementary textbook for complete beginners visiting Korea for business or tourism, or taking evening classes. The book focuses on proficiency—using language to do practical tasks—so learners speak in the target language from the start. Lessons present vocabulary and grammar in a controlled, cumulative way with oral practice in real-life situations, supported by recordings, an Answer Key, bilingual glossary, and a Grammar index.

LanguageEnglish

CategoryExam

FormatPDF

Pages289

Reading Time12 h 8 min

AccessFree to download

Preface

Contents

Introduction: Korean sounds and Hangul

Lessons

Key to exercises

O KOREANThe conP rse for Beginners In-Seok Kim The Colloquial Series Series adviser:Gary King *Afrikaans*Albanian*Amharic Arabic(Levantine)*Arabic of EgyptArabic of the Gulfand Saudi ArabiaBasque*BretonBulgarian*Cambodian*Cantonese*Chinese *Croatian and Serbian*Czech*Danish*Dutch*Estonian*Finnish*French*German*GreekGujarati*Hebrew*Hindi*Hungarian*Icelandic*IndonesianItalian COLLOQUIAL CD-ROMsMultimedia Language CoursesAvailable in:Chinese,French,Portuguese and Spanish The following languages are available in the Colloquial series: *Japanese*Korean*Latvian*LithuanianMalay*Mongolian*NorwegianPanjabi*Persian*Polish*Portuguese *Portuguese of Brazil*Romanian*Russian*Scottish Gaelic*Slovak*SloveneSomali*Spanish *Spanish of Latin America*Swahili*Swedish*Tamil*Thai*Turkish*UkrainianUrdu*Vietnamese*Welsh Accompanying cassette(s)(*and CDs)are available for allthe above titles.They canbe ordered through your bookseller,or send payment with order to Routledge Ltd,ITPS,Cheriton House,North Way,Andover,Hants SP105BE,or to Routledge Inc,29 West 35th Street,New York NY 10001,USA. ColloquialKorean The Complete Coursefor Beginners In-Seok Kim First published 1996by Routledge11 New Fetter Lane,London EC4P 4EE Simultaneously published in the USA and Canada by Routledge 29 West 35th Street,New York,NY 10001 Reprinted in 1997,2000,2001,2003,2004 Routledge is an imprint of the Taylor &Francis Group C1996 In-Seok Kim Illustrations by Rebecca Moy Typeset in Times by Graphicraft Typesetters Ltd,Hong Kong Printed and bound in Great Britain by St Edmundsbury Press Ltd,Bury St Edmunds,Suffolk The author asserts the moral right to be identified as theauthor of this work. All rights reserved.No part of this book may be reprinted orreproduced or utilised in any form or by any electronic,mechanical,or other means,now known or hereafterinvented,including photocopying and recording,or in anyinformation storage or retrieval system,without permission inwriting from the publishers. British Library Cataloguing in Publication DataA catalogue record for this book is available from the British Library Library of Congress Cataloguing in Publication DataA catalog record for this book is available ISBN0-415-10804-7(Book) ISBN 0-415-10805-5(Cassettes) ISBN0-415-28691-3(CDs) ISBN0-415-30628-0(Book,cassettes and CDs course) Contents Preface AcknowledgmentsIntroduction:Korean sounds and Hangul x1 1Greetings2 HIntroducing friends3 早OIn an office4 召 27354350 Asking for directions5 0C| 豆? 62 Where are you going?6 0|zO|早 4?What is this?7 召人 7386 Going out for lunch8 | 97 Making an appointment9 人 |Taking a taxi10710 号Z|Shopping11811 盟望Weekend trip12812 号O|人In the bank138 13 O| 趾7| Meeting friends at a Dabang 148 14 豆O|人 At the hotel 158 15 从Korea's weather 166 16 会上O|人 At International House 175 17 丕 | Invitation to a Korean house 185 18 O|人 7Moving194 19 异OAt the gas station 204 20 兽O|人十At the hospital212 Key to exercises:Introduction221Lessons224 Korean-English glossaryEnglish-Korean glossaryGlossary of terms usedGrammar index 252 262 75 # Preface By the 1980s foreign language education in the United States andEurope had shifted its focus to doing something with languagerather than knowing about it.Many foreign language teachers nowhold the view that speaking should be stressed over grammar,evenfrom the very beginning of a language course.In foreign languageclasses,learners are consistently encouraged to speak in the targetlanguage as much as they can,without paying too much attentionto the errors they may make.In order to revitalize foreign lan-guage instruction and to facilitate this process,instructors havemade special efforts to dramatize their classes with a variety of authen-tic supplementary materials,ranging from newspaper scripts,time-tables,and menus,to audio

FAQs

What learning approach does Colloquial Korean emphasize for beginners?

It emphasizes proficiency, focusing on learners’ ability to use Korean to do things rather than only knowing about the language. Speaking is stressed early, with practice encouraged in the target language.

Who is this textbook designed for?

Complete beginners who visit Korea for business or tourism, and learners taking evening classes. It can also serve as a supplementary text for university-level Korean courses.

How are vocabulary and grammar presented throughout the lessons?

Vocabulary and grammar are delivered in a controlled, cumulative manner within lessons, using practical situations for day-to-day communication in Korea.

Oct 1, 2026

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