Korean Grammar for Speaking is the perfect book for mastering Korean grammar. I'm a beginner and I just began studying Korean as a New Year Resolution and to prepare for a trip to South Korea next year. As someone who has studied Japanese (which has a lot of similarities to Korean grammar), I knew getting a good grammar book would be crucial in grasping the language. This book exceeds my expectations. Not only is it a grammar book, it specifically focuses on spoken Korean. This is the Korean you will use most often if you plan to live or travel in Korea. This is the Korean you want to learn if you don't want to sound like the an outdated textbook. The quality of the cover and the pages of the book is high. The pages are made of good strong material so if you're using an eraser you don't have to worry about erasing too hard. And if you're using gel ink, you don't have to worry about the ink bleeding through the pages. For each Unit, on the left pages, grammar points are introduced. The pages are in color and grammar points are shown in red. Sample sentences are provided for each point. Korean sentences are in hangul only (no romanization in this book, except for when the Korean alphabet is introduced in the beginning). Each Korean sentence and new verbs/conjugations have the English translation provided which is helpful for beginners like me who want to make sure they understand the sentence correctly. This also makes the book, perfect for self-study. On the right pages, you'll find the following kind of exercises to help reinforce the grammar you learn: 1. Complete the blanks 2. Complete the sentence using a word bank 3. Write your own sentences 4. Unscramble the sentences 5. Complete the conversation and many other types of exercises Because of the variety of exercise types, I never get bored writing in this book. And because the grammar points are so clear and straightforward, I'm able to understand how the grammar is used right away and feel that I've been progressing through the book at a nice pace. Another pro of this book is that the author, Song Won also created mp3s to go with it. The mp3s are great for verifying pronunciation, memorizing vocab, shadowing, and for listening to on your iphone or android while commuting to work or school or when traveling. You can find the link to the mp3s at: https://soundcloud.com/song-won-975620954. TL;DR This book is worth getting. Contains grammar points with sample sentences, a variety of exercises to reinforce new grammar, can be used for self-study, teaches you REAL spoken Korean, English translations of sentences, answer key provided for exercises and test, mp3s are available. Read more

Amazing book and easy to follow , it gives structure specially if you are self-learning, the hello talk classes and YouTube videos are also an awesome bonus 10/10 would recommend Read more

I was expecting something like the famous Murphy's English grammar book. It is not. The explanations are not always well explained, some stuff appears that is not explained at all, it's supposed to be begginers level but often it's clearly higher. Far too often I had to search the net for answers because the book gave me some new structures, vocab, phrases with no explanation whatsoever. My favourite - exercises section - let's say unit 35 gives you exercises that are introduced in unit 48. Yeah. For real 🙄😳 The dictionary at the end of the book is weirdly sectioned, don't know what for, not helpful at all. A lot of vocab that appears in the exercises is absent from the dictionary, but there's quite a lot of words in the dictionary, that you can't find anywhere in the book - pointless. Without the net, Google translate, on line grammar explainatons I wouldn't have managed on many occasions. Some mistakes in the answers section too. Far too often the exercise section is "write some sentences". News flash authors, if I'm to write myself some, any sentences, without any prompts, I don't need your book for it, I don't have to waste my money on buying your book, I just get a piece of paper and try my best, on my own, write something, anything. If I spent money on a book I expect some guidance!!! I have yet had a good book for a self study. Apparently the Korean as a foreign language still waiting for some proper methodology professionals to do a proper job. So far all the books I've had are more less poor. Some a bit better, some a complete fail and disaster. This one is not the worst, still far from a good job. I'll give it up to 70%. B. B- Because for me, as a book bought over seas, it was really really ridiculously expansive, I'd say it was absolutely NOT worth the money. Read more

Niet sterk in grammatica. Dat schijnt ook moeilijk uit te leggen. Maar wel veel voorbeelden en je woordenkennis neemt wel toe. Read more

I had been studying Korean for approximately 10 months and found that I had difficulty forming proper sentences. Within a week of purchasing Song Won’s book I can now confidently read, write, speak, and understand basic Korean sentences that I can easily expand upon as my vocabulary grows. Thank you! Read more