Read Korean

Four lessons, forty letters, and by the last page you are reading Korean words.

Read it free first. The same four lessons are on this site as a free web course — Read Korean. This book is what the web course cannot be: something you write in, and something you can hear. If the free course is all you need, use the free course.

What the book adds

• Stroke order for all 40 letters — numbered, with tracing boxes. The web course teaches reading only
• 240 audio files — every letter, every word, every dictation item, plus minimal pairs recorded back to back
• Dictation and writing practice on paper, where handwriting actually forms
• One printable book instead of ten pages

What it shares with the free course

• No romanisation anywhere. Sound is taught four other ways: a cross-section of your own mouth, the phonetic symbol, a recording, and pairs of real words that differ by exactly one thing
• 102 words to read — and a checker guarantees every one of them uses only letters already taught
• Syllable grids, the seven sounds a bottom letter can make, and the four places where Korean sound leaves the spelling behind

Written for English speakers. Finishes exactly where HanDa Korean 1 begins.