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Title: Lonely Planet Korean Phrasebook (Korean Phrasebook, 3rd Ed) by Minkyoung Kim, J. D. Hilts ISBN: 1-74059-166-6 Publisher: Lonely Planet Pub. Date: May, 2002 Format: Paperback Volumes: 1 List Price(USD): $7.99 |
Average Customer Rating: 4.8 (10 reviews)
Rating: 5
Summary: to the point
Comment: Living in Korea, I've seen and used several phrasebooks. In most respects, one is as good as another. But this one has the best elementary explanation of Korean grammar I've ever seen in a phrasebook; if you plan to be in Korea long enough to learn a little Korean, this will be the most helpful phrasebook that I know of.
The problem is that they created their own system of romanization and a few phrases in the book are presented in it but not in Korean. That is really annoying; the phrases are completely worthless unless you want to study LP's unique romanization.
Rating: 5
Summary: Clear, current, concise!
Comment: This is the second dictionary/phrasebook I've orded and this one stands heads above the other. The background explanation of the writing system, language, and grammar are really helpful and the phrases used are current (not archaic like the other book I had). I'm really thrilled to have this in my hands--everything is falling into place now! I strongly recommend it to anyone interested in speaking Korean without formal instruction.
Rating: 4
Summary: Could do better
Comment: The Lonely Planet(LP) Korean phrase book contains all the things you would expect from it. Unlike other phrase books the LP book has a great introduction to the language with a brief but useful grammar section. LP phrase books always seem to be much more than just a phrase book.
However the grammar section only contains the romanisation of Korean rather than using the Korean script, Hangul. I think this would be a simple but very effective addition to the book.
Also I must say that one of the most useful and often entertaining parts of other LP phrase books I own(German and Italian) has been the "dating and romance" section. This section of the Korean book is neither useful nor entertaining. It is simply far too conservative. I assume it has been kept in line with the old confusion traditions of the country, but Korean is now a modern westernised country and far more open and liberal than in the past. It would be nice for LP to reflect this in the subject matter of their phrase book.
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Title: Lonely Planet Korea (Korea, 5th Ed) by Robert Storey, Alex English, Alexander English ISBN: 0864426976 Publisher: Lonely Planet Pub. Date: March, 2001 List Price(USD): $19.99 |
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Title: Moon Handbooks South Korea by Robert Nilsen ISBN: 1566914183 Publisher: Avalon Travel Publishing Pub. Date: 09 January, 2004 List Price(USD): $21.95 |
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Title: Korean at a Glance by Grace Holt, Daniel D. Holt ISBN: 081203998X Publisher: Barrons Educational Series Pub. Date: August, 1988 List Price(USD): $8.95 |
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Title: Korea (Culture Shock!) by Sonja Vegdahl Hur, Ben Seunghwa Hur, Ben Seunghua Hur, Sonja Bernice Vegdahl ISBN: 1558686215 Publisher: Graphic Arts Center Publishing Co. Pub. Date: March, 2002 List Price(USD): $13.95 |
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Title: Teach Yourself Korean: Complete Audio Cd Program by Mark Vincent, Jaehoon Yeon ISBN: 0071414363 Publisher: Teach Yourself Pub. Date: January, 2003 List Price(USD): $26.95 |
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