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Colloquial Korean (Colloquial Series) 2nd Edition

by Danielle Ooyoung Pyun (Author), Inseok Kim (Author)
3.5 3.5 out of 5 stars 13 ratings
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These two 60-minute CDs, recorded by native speakers of Korean, are an invaluable component of the Colloquial Korean course. While reinforcing material from the book, the CDs also contain a variety of additional exercises, including role-playing, and a useful guide to pronunciation.

Course components:

The complete course comprises the book and audio materials. These are available to purchase separately in paperback, ebook, CD and MP3 format. The paperback and CDs can also be purchased together in the great-value Colloquials pack.

Paperback: 978-0-415-44478-1 (please note this does not include the audio)

CDs : 978-0-415-44479-8

eBook: 978-0-203-88960-2 (available to purchase from http://ebookstore.tandf.co.uk/audio_viewbooks.aspx. Please note this does not include the audio)

MP3s: 978-0-415-47079-7 (available to purchase from http://ebookstore.tandf.co.uk/audio_viewbooks.aspx)

Pack : 978-0-415-77446-8 (paperback and CDs)

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  1. ISBN-10
    0415444799
  2. ISBN-13
    978-0415444798
  3. Edition
    2nd
  4. Publisher
    Routledge
  5. Publication date
    September 14, 2009
  6. Language
    English
  7. Dimensions
    5.75 x 0.25 x 5.25 inches
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  • Publisher ‏ : ‎ Routledge; 2nd edition (September 14, 2009)
  • Language ‏ : ‎ English
  • ISBN-10 ‏ : ‎ 0415444799
  • ISBN-13 ‏ : ‎ 978-0415444798
  • Item Weight ‏ : ‎ 4 ounces
  • Dimensions ‏ : ‎ 5.75 x 0.25 x 5.25 inches
  • Customer Reviews:
    3.5 3.5 out of 5 stars 13 ratings

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3.5 out of 5 stars
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5.0 out of 5 stars One of the best Korean books I've seen
Reviewed in the United States on October 14, 2012
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I bought this book as an additional source to other books I had and I must say that this is the best one I've seen. I orginally bought it on the Kindle but I've realized that the Kindle, although great for reading regular books where you go from start to finish is great, it is not so good for text books where you go back an forth for reference or check answers near the back of the book. It's very annoying for when you have to flip back and forth to different sections on the Kindle. Also, the book comes with audio cd's and when you buy on the Kindle, they do NOT send you the CD's which is a rip off. Although in this particular case, the CD's are not good. As good as the book is, the CD's are bad. The audio quality is not good in many parts with background noise, they pronounce the Korean so slow, no one talks that way. And the English guy (with a very heavy English accent) is almost as hard to understand. What sounds like "muddle" is "model" and what seems like "damaged it" is "don't mention it". Anyway, I found the CD's a total waste, but the book is precious. I highly recommend it.
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OldUgly
2.0 out of 5 stars First 20+ pages missing
Reviewed in the United States on August 8, 2010
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Open the cover and the first page you find is page 21 - somewhere close to the end of the first chapter. No intro, no TOC, and so on. Flipped through the whole book - it's not a matter of the pages being out of order - they are just plain missing.
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L. com
4.0 out of 5 stars Very Good Text but dissapointing the eBook makes heavy reference to the CD!
Reviewed in the United States on February 15, 2013
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=== You can actually get the Audio CD here: [...]

They mention you can get the MP3 but it kept saying I was out of region!

So the book puts heavy emphasis on using the CD, and also on skipping around to check answers in the rear (as someone else mentioned) so its a little annoying.

However, but the actual content itself is really good. I come from speaking Japanese so although a little more on the rules of grammar would be nice, its quite understandable and gets to the point.

I like this book a lot and would definitely recommend it to others.
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1.0 out of 5 stars not focused and bad eformatting
Reviewed in the United States on September 3, 2013
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The colloquial series of books are usually very good. This one was not even colloquial, it overly focused on the written language. The electronic format of the book is sloppy. Korean text is not treated as text but pictures of text, zooming that text made it unreadable. Amazon tried to help with technical issue to no avail.
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electronics addict
5.0 out of 5 stars I like it!
Reviewed in the United States on August 11, 2010
This book is a pretty good resource for learning basic Korean. It has much substance too. Dialogs are presented in both Korean and Romanization, so it's easy to follow. So far I like it.
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J in Rockville
3.0 out of 5 stars Aimed at conducting Korean business
Reviewed in the United States on November 2, 2010
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This book is okay if you would like to learn Korean for business and are already familiar with the basics of Korean. It attempts to teach you the basics of Korean grammar while teaching you conversation that is relevant to business. I think it is too fast paced for a true beginner, and is more appropriate for an advanced beginner. The book comes with exercises, and answers on the back, as a well as CD which are all helpful for individuals learning Korean on their own. The male speaker on the CD does not sound like a native Korean speaker, but his speech is still good and may actually be easier for non-native speakers to understand. I give it 3 starts instead of 4 because I would have liked to have seen 2 more chapters in the beginning about basic Korean grammar, with shorter, easier conversations about non-business topics like family.
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Grant Kimberlin
2.0 out of 5 stars If don't you have basic understanding of the language this book isn't a good choice for getting you started
Reviewed in the United States on January 5, 2015
It's a decent enough book, but certainly not what you're looking for if you're looking for colloquial ability. If don't you have basic understanding of the language this book isn't a good choice for getting you started. I you do have a basic understanding then this book won't help you much because at that point you'll likely be looking for ways to sound and understand the side of the language that's more commonly spoken than you learned in class or from a text book, in other words colloquial. This book certainly does not provide that. Sadly, it's rather difficult to find books on commonly used korean, and this book continues that onerous tradition.
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Joan Mcdonald
4.0 out of 5 stars I was lied to!
Reviewed in the United States on December 9, 2012
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I love the product and I have it on my kindle. The only thing is that I really wish they had told me the CD wasnt included in the Kindle version.
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5.0 out of 5 stars Buch und CD hervorragend
Reviewed in Germany on February 1, 2016
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Vorweg, ohne die CD zum Buch, die auch hier auf Amazon erhältlich ist, geht nichts. Sie ist zwar etwas älter als das Buch, passt aber dazu. Achtung, das Buch ist in Englisch!
Jede, ja jede Übung und Lektion ist auf den beiden CDs enthalten. Der Preis ist hoch, aber besser dieses Buch als all die anderen unstrukturierten Bücher.
Zuerst wird die Schrift gelernt, mit Schreibübungen und Aussprache. Didaktisch hervorragend gemacht und schnell erlernbar.
Dann folgt die erste Lektion mit einem Text. Die Vokabeln sind erläutert, aber es gibt keinen englischen Dialogtext. Das ist auch nicht nötig, man lernt so viel schneller die Schriftzeichen und Aussprache. Dazu gibt es wieder Übungen kombiniert mit der CD. Man spricht und lernt so sich vorzustellen, nach dem Namen zu fragen etc.
Weitere Lektionen und Dialoge, die aufeinander aufbauen, vermitteln alles wichtige um sich in Korea in Standardsituationen unterhalten zu können.
Man kann über die Größe des Buches und den Preis erst mal schockiert sein, aber es steht mehr drin als in vielen anderen Lehrbüchern. Wie sagte mein Lehrer früher, getretener Quark wird breit nicht stark. Aber dieses Buch ist stark. Voller Inhalt, komprimiert und effektiv. Das trifft auch auf die CDs zu. Es wird schnell darauf gesprochen, da geht in 2 Stunden ne ganze Menge drauf.
Ich bin also mit Buch und CDs absolut zufrieden. So macht lernen Spaß.
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kelvin
5.0 out of 5 stars Great book for beginners.
Reviewed in Canada on May 27, 2013
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It makes memorizing easy with a lot of fun exercises. Only downside is that it requires the CD to use the book. You must get the CD with the book.
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2.0 out of 5 stars Not very useful
Reviewed in Canada on September 30, 2018
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Not a very good book to use when wanting to learn a language quickly
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