Living Language Korean, Complete Edition: Beginner through advanced course, including 3 coursebooks, 9 audio CDs, Korean reading & writing guide, and free online learning

this is the 3rd living language course I've ordered- I speak Spanish fluently and ordered the Spanish version for my parents. I was really pleased with it, so I recommend it to everyone. I ordered the French version for myself and have been super pleased with it also- I have learned a lot, even just using the course on my own. so I thought I would give the Korean version a shot since that language really interests me a lot. I saw it was coming out and preordered it. got it as soon as it was released- arrived quickly. the price was great as always for such an extensive course. I could not be happier!!! the extra book on learning to read and write hangul is something most other courses don't give you- I finished it failry quickly and have been amazed at how quickly ive learned to "read" hangul. I watch a lot of Korean tv shows (with English subtitles) but I have surprised myself now because I can now read the Korean subtitles that come up (I don't understand the meanings of the words yet but I am able to read the Korean with correct pronunciation) I think it gives you a really good basis- like a child learning to read, learning to write, sounds words out, etc. I have now moved on to the first lesson book and am learning quickly. perfect for the price- the series are always in depth, yet simple to understand. very happy and would recommend this to others. p.s. im an ESAL teacher so have experience with language teaching and find the living language method very good. it really works for me, as im a visual person and the reading and writing is what allows the language to "sink in" for me. the cds are also great too and are good for people who learn better by listening.

I had JUST received my package about an hour ago and I looked and skimmed through all of the books. I have yet to listen to the audio CDs though . The way the packaging is is very beautiful . It's one of the things that sort of brought my attention to the product.As you may have read or seen from other reviews , it comes with 3 lesson books (beginner to intermediate), and audio CD folder with 9 CD's (three for each book), a reading and writing book , and a notebook to take notes in of course . I bought my set from a bookstore for a cheaper price , so I was expecting much lower quality as if it were used . But its a brand new set and I'm a happy customer I must say . I've read a few reviews about spelling errors and wrong answers in the answer keys, but I believe that if you atleast know how to say something , you can make progress rather than just dwelling on typos and wrong answers . Also, I would take advantage of the online resources they have on their site. Practice makes perfect .And finally, if you're buying this and just starting out learning Korean, do not rely on this program to make you fluent. You'll need to buy a couple books and/or use all of the free resources you can online and whatnot . I believe this program has the ability to get a person to understanding a good enough chunk of the language to where you can make conversation and understand the language , but I don't think this can get you to a fluent or near fluent level. Overall though, I am happy so far(:

these books are great help toward learning korean and i dont regret buy the books but the problem but first let me talk about all the good these books are!im as of now in lesson 5 of the essentials book and i have already learned alot! when i first got the books, i just want to say i was expecting bigger books and thought i would finish the books fast but now i can say these books have alot of information in them(and very easy to carry along)!! its taken me a while to get to page 90 so that says alot. they are very challenging..i recommend doing the guide to reading and writing hangul first IT HELPS :) i was happy i had already knew the hangul so i could go straight into the book. the package includes 5 books (1.essentials 2.intermediate 3.advance 4.guide to reading and writing 5. and extra notebook) and 9 CDs (3 for each book)some say in other reviews that these books only teach the basics but from what ive experienced so far, i believe its more than basics..ok so now back to the one problem with the book....: is they have typos and some errors (im in the first book still in lesson 5... so i cant say about the other books) and they are very easy to find and change (its nothing that will confuse you)anyway i say if you want to learn korean these books are a good choice to start with! the books are at a great price (original price is almost $50)

Overall, the content in this set is brilliant with wonderful explanations and quick pacing. While I would recommend combining it with other sources as you move through (personally, I think one should combine in more vocabulary sooner; I recommend Essential Korean Vocabulary by Kyubyong Park), the instructions are generally good. Grammar is built on as you move through, so if you are translating more literally with previous knowledge, your answer may not line up with theirs.Like every Korean book I have seen, the Romanization is garbage. Go to YouTube and learn Hangeul. It is so much easier to learn; at first, I did not believe that. Recognize that in Hangeul, syllables are defined so there is no guessing where the new sound is; this makes memorizing words simpler.My biggest issue is that the answer keys and some instructions are inconsistent and show disconnect.I have listed all the errors I have found so far (comment if you disagree with any or noticed some I didn't):In the essential book, they use the wrong object counter for cup in work out 2 on page 82 (although their usage would still be grammatically correct, just not ideal).On page 83, problem 4 for work out 2 says two cars, but the answer treats it like three cars.The diagram for lesson 4's recall on 86 has completely wrong answers.

Otimo material para incrementar os estudos de coreano. Para quem sabe inglês, pois o material é em inglês.

I am using this course in combination with online lessons and online tutorials. Although this course has its uses it has extra phrases to learn that native Koreans do not use, per my instructor. And then in other areas, like the Hangul alphabet it is extremely lacking in its teaching of it. I would recommend because its pretty cheap and you will learn a lot, but Youtube Korean language vids are better

Me gustó en general, sin embargo al practicar con mis amigos coreanos, me mencionan que est elibro tiene muchos errores. Pienso que podría mejorar

This is what you need to learn, great value and reasonable price

material bem completo que explica de forma muito consistente a matéria! Tem poucos erros que acredito que possam ser de digitação mesmo, mas nada que afete o aprendizado!