Korean Stories For Language Learners: Traditional Folktales in Korean and English (Free Online Audio)

I already know how to read korean but this one broadened my vocabulary, it's good for my level. It's also very culturally informative

Llegó súper rápido y en excelentes condiciones. Las historias son muy buenas y ayudan a practicar coreano. Lo único malo es que no llegó con el CD que supuestamente está incluído.

Assim como os outros livros da série, esse é um excelente recurso para aprender o idioma de uma forma progressiva e constante. Ele possui diversas histórias com tradução e evolução e um dicionário no final de cada conto, bem legal!

Ottimo libro per chi inizia a studiare coreano. Si passa dalle storie brevissime e semplici, a quelle via via più complicate. Per ogni storia c'è una lista dei vocaboli utilizzati, domande sulla comprensione del testo e curiosità riguardo a quella determinata storia (sono racconti del folclore quindi ho apprezzato molto che ci siano degli approfondimenti e spiegazioni). Ovviamente bisogna sapere l'inglese e fare attenzione alla traduzione poichè non è tutto tradotto letteralmente (io me ne sono accorta perchè sto studiando coreano e mi rendo conto che la traduzione certe volte viene adattata, un pò come avviene con i sottotitoli, quindi bisogna fare il doppio passaggio coreano-inglese e inglese-italiano per capire il senso). Comunque sia lo consiglio perchè è utile per imparare ma anche per la semplice curiosità di leggere qualche storia tradizionale.

Was extremely pleased upon receiving this. I've been casually self teaching my self Korean since June of last year. I started off using Duolingo which increased my interest in it, finished all it had to offer, then I moved on to TTMIK online lessons. I'm currently at mid beginner level, but didn't own any Korean language learning book to enhance my study. Got this last week after seeing it recommended many times online. Beautiful and helpful layout, and along with each story comes a concise vocabulary list. If you are turned off by mention that there is some romanization in this copy,as I was, don't worry: it's not shoved in your face romanization, you can easily ignore it, and it goes away part way through the book. This book is excellent ( in my opinion)for all levels for individuals learning Korean. So, to sum up, yes, I highly recommend purchasing this book if you are looking for a good way to improve your reading and just basic vocabulary comprehension. And the stories themselves are interesting to:) Enjoy!

I've been looking for good graded reading in Korean forever. This book is almost exactly what I've needed. You need a pretty good foundation in the the basics. If you've gone a little beyond a level 01 Korean language learning book, this is probably good for you. I can read these stories without constantly looking up unfamiliar words. I'm approaching the thirtieth story now and it is still just challenging enough, but never overwhelming. Further, you have an English translation and vocab reference. Vocabulary is often repeated within any given story and recurs in subsequent stories. I find that I'm retaining new vocabulary and words that I knew on sight but couldn't call up at will much more easily since I've started reading this book. The stories are wonderful, and I both enjoy reviewing what I've read and look forward to each new one. My only complaint is that, except in quoted speech, they use the extra formal verb endings throughout. This is a minor complaint. I would love to find more and more quality readers like this one.