Integrated Korean: Beginning 1, Third Edition (KLEAR Textbooks in Korean Language, 33)

Update: they replaced the book. It took maybe 3 days to get the new book and they let me keep the first book until my new book came in. It was such a quick and easy process that I forgot it even happened. Great self study book please buyJust got it today. The pages aren’t glued in properly? It’s like they used postit note glue because everytime you turn the page it comes out of the book

The book is great for the content and much of the quality. However, there is not enough support from the website. None of the publishers or authors are available to fix the fact that instructors cannot access the instructor materials. Also, the PowerPoint Lecture Slides are outdated for this new edition. The lack of support around this is atrocious.

I have read a lot of grammar books on a lot of languages and this is one of the better ones. The grammar of Korean, so different from European languages, is presented in little chunks along with short bursts of dialogue. Not very fun to read - I prefer little folk tales for greater interest - but you can absorb the language slowly this way. Example: no pronouns and no verb endings to help, you simple repeat the person's name over and over! Some of the reading is in large enought print but a lot is in tiny print, tough when you are dealing with a very different alphabet. Interestingly, unlike alphabets of languages whose speakers insist it is logical, the hangul (alphabet) actually is logical and straight forward, having been invented in 1440 by a king working with linguists. Other than alphabets invented by missionaries and the like, Korean may be the only such alphabet - maybe Cherokee, Vai and a few others?

The rest of the book is fine but.. just.. ... yeah... big hole in the front of the book..... I wanted to keep it as well.. it is going to forever bother me.

I think that it’s a great textbook, but for self learners it’s not as efficient, or can’t really be used to it’s full potential. A lot of the exercises in my opinion require explanations and are hard to understand at first. If using this with a teacher or a tutor who knows the content, use it, it’s great. However, self learners should invest in other textbooks. I suggest “비타민 한국어” (Vitamin Korean).

Hmmn I would say the book’s content is five stars however, the binding of the book came apart. I would say if the pages start falling out you could easily hit glue gun it back to the binding. I also would like to acknowledge that the binding is like post it notes or memo pads, so it easily tears. So I suggest being gentle with the book. I noticed others had a problem with the book binding so this has to be a problem in all the recently printed books. Hopefully this gets fixed soon~

Great book series. Learning grammar and growing my Korean skills. The text book is best used with the workbook but buying both is hella expensive.

The book came on time and in perfect condition. I got this for school alongside the workbook .They have all the pages and are clearly new. If you need this for school as well , you're at the right place.

Comparando con la segunda edición, que es la primera que compré y no hace mucho, valoro positivamente que hayan actualizado los audios y ahora se oyen bastante mejor aunque una desventaja es que ya no hay un audio exclusivo para el vocabulario de cada lección. Además, la apariencia global del libro es más actual por el uso del color.Han reorganizado las lecciones y ahora son siete en lugar de ocho. Como sólo había llegado a estudiar hasta la segunda lección de la edición anterior, no sé decir si esto es positivo o negativo.Un inconveniente es que, a día de hoy, no veo la manera de descargar los archivos de audio de esta tercera edición y te obliga a escucharlos on-line.Por lo demás, mantengo lo que dije en la segunda edición: es el libro de coreano que mejor se ajusta a mi modo de estudio y el que mejor me parece de todos los que he visto.

I really like it! The answer key does cost 10 dollars online though, but my friend shared hers with me. I'm doing fine without the answer key.

This book is a requirement for my korean language class thats why i bought it. Very useful though.

Es muy buen libro para aprender, incluso si quieres empezar desde cero. Mi esposo y yo ya habíamos empezado a estudiar coreano unos meses atrás, y el libro ha dejado muchas cosas aún más claras. Está muy bien hecho.

KLear is so greedy, you have to pay 10$ on their website to get the answer key for their books. Who does that?!?!?!