Roadmap to Korean

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Summary: A Road worth going down
Review: New to Korean language and culture and not really sure where I should start from, a friend recommended Harris' "Roadmap to Korean" last month and I haven't looked back since. As I prepare to work in Seoul this coming fall, I feel so much more ready and educated to work and live in Korea after reading through my "Roadmap". Moving from Confucianism to the Chinese Zodiac all the while infusing easy-to-understand explanations of the workings of Korean, this book is my bible as I prepare for my Korean experience. Thanks, Mr. Harris!!

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Summary: Excellent!
Review: Puts learning the Korean language within reach. Something unique about this book is that it is written from the perspective of a non-Korean who has struggled to learn Korean himself. This is an advantageous perspective because he understands the hurdles we English-speakers have in approaching the language's structures and deviations. The author really did an excellent and thorough job. He even included the Chinese characters for those of us who would one day like to read Korean like an intelligent adult and not just a 1st grader. I would recommend this for self-study and for instructors trying to teach Korean to those of us who just don't seem to get it with other publications.

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Summary: Buy this book
Review: Roadmap to Korean by Richard Harris takes a look at learning Korean from a historical, cultural, and pop linguistic point of view. There are twenty-two chapters, five sections and an extensive appendices that combined make this a book that the Korean language student will find invaluable. The value doesn't come from teaching you Korean as that is not what Harris is trying to do, but rather from providing a new perspective and insight into learning Korean and finding avenues to overcome obstacles and difficulties...

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