Korean Language & Literature

Learn to speak, read, write and understand Korean!

Love, Travel, Study, Work, Friendship-whatever your reason for wanting to learn, Beginners' Korean  will help you to:  

- Communicate      naturally in everyday situations.
- Build      your confidence with easy-to-follow explanations and plenty of practice      activities.
- Understand      and pronounce Korean easily with online audio.
- Become familiar with the Korean alphabet.
- Remember      what you learn with our effective Discovery Method.
- Focus      your learning and track your progress with practical tools and planners.

Access the audio for this course for free by downloading it to the Teach Yourself Library app or streaming it on library.teachyourself.com.

Is this course for me?
Beginners' Korean is for absolute beginners and those who've had some previous experience with the language and want to refresh their knowledge. Clear and simple explanations make the course appropriate and accessible to anyone learning French. There are extensive illustrations and tools to help you plan your studies and track your progress, all designed to support learning on your own. This course is also ideal to use with one-to-one tutoring and as a classroom course, and it's the perfect resource to pair with a language-learning app.

Where do I go next?
Continue learning with Teach Yourself Complete Korean. Have some fun with our Short Stories in Korean for Intermediate Learners by Olly Richards.

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Learn more than 6,000 useful words and phrases in Korean with this engaging illustrated dictionary.

The Korean English Bilingual Visual Dictionary is your essential companion to learning Korean - from the million-copy bestselling Bilingual Visual Dictionary series.

This handy pocket-size guide has over 6,750 fully illustrated words and phrases in Korean and English, along with a free bilingual audio app. Learn all the words and phrases you need to buy food and clothes, talk about work and education, visit the doctor, go to the bank, use public transport and much more.

This Korean-English visual dictionary includes:

• A fully illustrated bilingual guide for adults.
• Updated and revised content with new images and vocabulary.
• A fully updated audio app that allows you to hear all words in both languages.
• A new edition from the global bestselling Bilingual Visual Dictionary series.

Perfect for students, tourists, and business travellers, the dictionary is incredibly easy to follow, with thematically organised vocabulary so you can find closely related words on a particular topic.

Words and phrases are illustrated with full-colour photographs and artworks, helping to fix new vocabulary in your mind. The supporting audio app enables you to hear all the words and phrases spoken out loud in both languages to help you learn, remember and pronounce important vocabulary.

With over 6,500 fully illustrated words and phrases in Korean and English, along with a free bilingual audio app, using and learning Korean has never been easier.

Perfect for tourists, business travellers and students, DK's Korean English Bilingual Visual Dictionary is your essential companion when buying food, talking about work, discussing health, and studying the Korean language.

The dictionary is incredibly easy to follow, with thematically organized vocabulary so you can find closely related words on a particular topic. Words and phrases are illustrated with full-colour photographs and artworks, helping to fix new vocabulary in your mind. A comprehensive two-way index provides an instant reference point for new Korean vocabulary.

The supporting audio app enables you to hear over 6,500 words and phrases spoken out loud in both Korean and English. Available on the App Store and Google Play, the audio app is easy to use and provides an intuitive reference for language learning, helping you learn, retain, and pronounce important vocabulary. The dictionary gives a pronunciation guide for every Korean word, and you can use this alongside the app to perfect your pronunciation.