A good start to have this book to learn the Korean language
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This book is clearly written.  I am truly trying to learn from it.  It is a good book to have if you are sincerely wishing to speak the language. I want to have this book should I ever have a one to one conversation with a Korean citizen who speaks Korean and knows English.
1640807
This book is perfect for what I needed! I was dissapointed my college doesnt teach Korean as I am going to Korea for a year for college.. So I needed to learn as much Korean as I could before going. This book is great for getting started and the author is great at making learning interesting(you probably won't fall asleep like with some others Lol)
Anyway I didn't know any Korean before this and now I have a pretty good start for when I go overseas! Again praise for the author and thanks!
2975479
You can definitely learn to read the Korean script in an hour with this book.  It uses a few mnemonics to help get the new shapes into your head and has exercises to help you practice everything.  It's actually far easier than I imagined.
3634074
Great book. Not super technical and not always 100% accurate but still very useful. I had a Korean tutor, so I had an advantage. Still, easy-to-read and enjoyable. My first book on Korean.
602855
I am an american-born korean trying to learn korean. These are fairly straightfoward flash cards. I like that they give you the word and several other related words on each card. I just wish that the practice sentence that came with each word was a bit more useful. They are pretty out there at times; some are adages that even my friends and family didn't recognize.
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I have been studying Japanese concurrent with Korean for the past few years. I picked up this book while I was in Japan because I wanted to learn all the Kanji that native Japanese speakers use in their writing. The book is perfect. There are exercises throughout each chapter that force you to use each character in context. Halfway through the book you find yourself reading a simple letter with quite a bit of Kanji in it. Do yourself a favor and at least learn Hiragana before you attempt to learn Kanji. It's also informative to know that the 1st volume teaches about 72 of the 80 characters that are testable when taking level 4 of the Japanese Language Proficiency Test.
404454
Nice photos.
Good explanation of Korean culture and food history.  Succinct.
Good selection of recipes.
If you are new or accustomed to Korean food this is a good read.
1364082
I really like her YouTube channel so I bought her books. The one thing that is good about her books is that there are a lot of pictures. As a Korean myself, I recognize all the ingredients in her book but, to a person who is not familiar at all with Asian cooking, this book is very valuable as she has taken pictures of just about all the ingredients that you will need.
1228414
We have enjoyed Maangchi's videos for Korean cuisine for a few years now and have watched her popularity continue to gain in number. It was nice to find her book extensive and so affordable. I thought it very generous and considerate of her. This was a gift for a daughter who sat down to read right away and has been testing out her Korean cooking skills here and there ever since she opened it. The recipes are easy to follow and delicious.
3798097
A fun cookbook to read. The recipes are easy to follow. A great purchase if you are looking to get into Korean Cuisine.
1409071
I love it ! super easy to understand , especially since the audio is on youtube . i learned the Korean characters before this book . since i know the characters , when they present the new words , i can read it in English and understand which character makes which sound when reading it in Korean . example , instead of reading it as annyeonghaseyo , i can read it as  . i feel like it makes learning the language a lot easier . i recommend this book
3838546
Helped us learn a little bit of Korean before our trip, but I think we learned more words from using free apps this book is good for learning more grammar.
2777378
This was a good start to learn the Korean alphabet. The writer did provide practice but I needed extra help with pronouncing sounds and words. I will say to use this book as a resource to help you practice.
1740544
It would have been nice to have the info on the box in ENGLISH  WE  assume it was in KOREAN
4530872
This book is very helpful if you are just getting started in learning Japanese. I would recommend learning the gojyo (basic 2000+) kanji at the same time if not before. This book is set up with lessons and is designed for a classroom environment, but I use it solo and it still is pretty good.
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I found this book very helpful. After hearing about how effective the previous versions were, I was really excited to try the new edition! I just hope now that the rest of the series will be remade soon.
 Over all, the book was structured very well. Information was presented clearly,simply, and accurately. Sometimes, however, explanation of the grammar points were WAY too simple- which, in several instances, would have certainly been misleading to a beginning learner with no previous knowledge of Korean. Fortunately, I dove into this book having already studied Korean for 6 months so I already had a decent understanding of the language to know that some explanations were lacking (I checked things with my Korean friends too).
 For me, this book basically served as an excellent way to review what I had learned and to go beyond with new material. I definitely benefited from the abundant vocabulary provided- although I would have preferred it to be presented using pictures along with the definitions, but that's just me. Also a great help were the "pronunciation" tips at the bottom of pages which had confusing-to-pronounce vocab words.
 One noteworthy problem I had was that, sometimes, the directions for the writing exercises were so unclear that I had absolutely no idea about what to write in the blanks. Sometimes what the questions were asking was completely unrelated to the grammar that was presented in the lesson. Both of these issues combined, however, didn't occur more than 4 times, so it didn't bother me too much.

This book is great and I highly recommend it, however it contents are will be the most useful to one who already understands the basics of Korean, not a complete beginner, which is unfortunate to say because the hangul learning/writing lessons and super basic conversation and grammar lessons in the beginning of the book are excellent for those with no former knowledge of the language. The more complex grammar in the middle and towards the end are a totally different story.
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I got this book thinking it would start with the basics of learning the language, for example, the Korean alphabet, but it starts off assuming you already know the basic rules, etc. So I had to buy another book that helped me with the basic rules and I will start using this one once I become a bit more advanced.