Korean Made Simple: A beginner's guide to learning the Korean language

Billy Go

Apr 2014 · Korean Made Simple Book 1 · GO! Billy Korean

About this eBook

Korean Made Simple is a book for anyone who wishes to begin learning the Korean language. No matter your age, you can learn how to read, write, speak and understand Korean.

Learn the Korean writing system, Korean culture, and even history. Learn over 1,000 vocabulary words and phrases through 20 in-depth and fun lessons, filled with plenty of examples. Additionally, practice sections with answer keys are built into every chapter.

This book also contains additional advanced level notes for more skilled Korean speakers looking for a review of basic grammar and concepts, including a full appendix covering sound change rules.

Audio files for the book are also available for free download from gobillykorean.com.

Start your exciting journey into the Korean language today. Let's learn Korean!

Ratings and reviews

Billy’s explanations are clear and thorough, often approached in an insightful manner distinct from other language-teaching books. ‘Korean Made Simple’ is organized well. The cultural notes contribute to a better understanding of using the Korean language and point out pertinent differences from an English-speaking perspective. Differences are noted not only between Korean and English conventions, but also within the Korean language itself. Overall this book presents a solid introduction to the Korean language, while also serving as an excellent resource for previous learners to brush up on the foundations. I will definitely be giving this another read in the future.

Learning language is not just translating your mother language into it. Especially at the very beginning of learning a language, It is really important not to feel overwhelmed and learn misconceptions. Actually it is well known that korean is hard to learn compared to other languages. As a native korean, I've often seen people who have misguided knowledge in the korean language in both grammar and nuance. The author has made an considerable effort to cover a wide range of korean in terms both of these.

I have to say that this book is the best one I've found for not just for learning korean, but any other language. The explanations are clear but short, so even a busy person like me can enjoy this book :)

About the author

Billy Go has been working as a Korean translator since 2008 with his B.A. in Korean, and currently teaches Korean online. He has spent several years living in South Korea, and still visits often.