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Laura Kingdon

    Laura's lifelong fascination with languages led her to Korea, where she immersed herself in the Korean language. This deep engagement transformed into a professional calling as a translator and author, with a particular focus on the intricate nuances of Korean grammar. When not engaged in linguistic pursuits, she explores the world's more unconventional facets during her travels with her husband.

    Making Out in Korean
    Essential Korean Grammar
    • Essential Korean Grammar

      • 384 pages
      • 14 hours of reading

      Do you want your Korean language skills to shine? Essential Korean Grammar offers what you need to understand and express which grammar option is best. Having a solid understanding of grammar is vital to learn Korean effectively. Essential Korean Grammar gives you excellent examples that lay out the best grammar options for communicating, and when to use each option. The grammar items are cleverly rated so you can determine what's most useful for you to study, based on your Korean knowledge level and your plans. There is a star rating system, from 5 stars ("critical"; with these under your belt you can communicate almost everything you need to say) to 1 star (don't worry about this unless there's some reason you need to know it—for example, the TOPIK exam). Essential Korean Grammar is a toolbox to help you form correct and natural-sounding sentences, and determine which grammar you need for reading or writing Korean. It details: How to combine grammar points with each type of word. How it is similar to and different from related grammar points. Commonly used expressions. Things for learners to watch out for. The example sentences for each grammar point use simple vocabulary that even a beginner will know. A perfect supplement to any Korean language textbook!

      Essential Korean Grammar2015
      4.1
    • Making Out in Korean

      Revised Edition (Korean Phrasebook)

      • 96 pages
      • 4 hours of reading

      The books in the Making Out series are fun and accessible guides to languages as they're spoken on the street. These classic phrase books have been updated and expanded for use in informal situations such as bars, parties, or anywhere else one needs to know slang to survive! The books also now feature phrases written in their native script as well as in English, so the book can be shown to the person you are trying to communicate with. With transcriptions revised for easier pronunciation, these helpful books will have you making out in no time!Making Out in Korean is a fun, accessible and thorough guide to colloquial Korean as it's really spoken. This classic phrase book has been thoroughly updated and expanded to be even more helpful as a guide to modern Korean for use in everyday informal interactions-giving access to the sort of catchy expressions that aren't covered in traditional language materials. A new feature of this book is that each phrase is written in Korean script as well as in English, so that in the case of difficulties the book can be shown to the person you are trying to communicate with. The transcriptions have also been revised to make it easier to pronounce the phrases intelligibly.

      Making Out in Korean2014