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Offline coaster

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practice hangul
« on: November 04, 2011, 10:16:41 am »
Hey all,
id like to practice my hangul reading and writing but cannot find a good resource for korean short stories.  I am just looking for somewhere I can find simple korean short stories preferably with an English translation so I can check my translation was correct.
cheers! 
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Offline justanotherwaygook

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Re: practice hangul
« Reply #1 on: November 04, 2011, 10:35:27 am »
Which one are you looking to study, Hangul or Korean?
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Re: practice hangul
« Reply #2 on: November 04, 2011, 11:09:25 am »
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Offline Paul

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Re: practice hangul
« Reply #3 on: November 07, 2011, 03:07:29 pm »
Another possibility is to read (shudder) manga. Fan translations of these things have practically made a new Rosetta Stone of modern language online. As one of my colleagues has demonstrated, there's a tonne of high quality Korean translations up online of questionable legality or failing that you can nab legit translated hardcopies at a manhwa store, or for cheap, practically-new from Book Off in Shinchon, Seoul (they have this patented machine that shaves books to a high sheen). Then all you have to do is find an English translation online to check back with, and that's dead easy.
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Offline sunnyj87

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Re: practice hangul
« Reply #4 on: November 17, 2011, 03:28:37 pm »
You can buy Korean textbooks for elementary reading and writing in any bookstore.
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Offline MissC

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Re: practice hangul
« Reply #5 on: November 17, 2011, 03:51:56 pm »
Quote from: justanotherwaygook on November 04, 2011, 10:35:27 am
Which one are you looking to study, Hangul or Korean?

Worth repeating.
Hangul = the alphabet
Hanguk-eo = the language

I'm gonna take a stab in the dark and guess that the OP is a gyopo who can speak Korean but is a bit behind in reading/writing. Hence the desire to study the alphabet specifically and not the language as a whole.

For anyone looking for a beginning reader with English translations, I recommend Aesops Fables, from 열린생각. For the first two stories (and some other great suggestions in the same thread), check out:
http://waygook.org/index.php/topic,23563.msg172796.html#msg172796
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Offline ssycor

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Re: practice hangul
« Reply #6 on: November 26, 2011, 10:47:34 pm »
Why don't you keep a Hangul notebook? I'm sure it's useful in learning it when it comes to fun and efficiency of learning a language in ESL context like you in Korea.
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Re: practice hangul
« Reply #7 on: January 21, 2012, 07:59:19 am »
Maybe you should try this http://lei.snu.ac.kr/site/en/klec/click-korean/index.jsp

If you can already understand basic korean. Yonsei Korean reading is quite good book to read :)

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