Korean Resources
This page contains a list of books and other resources for learning the Korean language. We will add to the page as we find additional resources, and we will add details and full reviews as we progress through the Couch to Korean Challenge.
We have written up several resource reviews:
- Korean Resources: A Preliminary Review
- Resource Reviews: howtostudykorean.com and Memrise
- Resource Review: Memrise App
- Resource Review: Living Language Korean
- Some Useful Korean Vocabulary Resources
- Resource Review: Duolingo Korean
- Some Useful Korean Grammar Resources
- Flashcard App Showdown: Quizlet vs. Anki vs. Memrise
- Our 3 Favorite Language Learning Podcasts: Actual Fluency, Creative Language Learning, Lingthusiasm
- Resource Reviews: Clozemaster, Amikumu, uTalk
Beginner’s Language Guides and Courses
- Korean From Zero (review)
- How to Study Korean (review1, review2)
- Living Language Korean – Complete Edition (review)
- Korean for Beginners: Mastering Conversational Korean
- Pimsleur Korean – Level 1, Level 2
- Teach Yourself Korean Complete Course Package
- Korean Made Simple – Billy Go: (Volume 1) (Volume 2) (Volume 3)
- Read and Speak Korean for Beginners with Audio CD
- Sogang Korean Program
Grammar books and Textbooks
- Korean: An Essential Grammar (Routledge Essential Grammars)
- Elementary Korean (review)
- Continuing Korean, Advanced Korean
- Integrated Korean textbook series: Beginning 1, Beginning 2,
- Integrated Korean workbook series: Beginning 1, Beginning 2,
Dictionaries and Phrasebooks
- Oxford Picture Dictionary English-Korean (review)
- Korean Essential Vocabulary 6000 for Foreigners: Korean-English
- Lonely Planet Korean Phrasebook & Dictionary
- Tuttle Learner’s Korean-English Dictionary
- University of Indiana online Korean Multimedia Dictionary (review)
- Korean Vocabulary Practice for Foreigners (review)
- Handbook of Korean Vocabulary: A Resource for Word Recognition and Comprehension (review)
- Say It Right in Korean
- Your First 100 Words in Korean (review)
Korean Language Learning Sites, Apps, and Blogs
- Organic Korean
- Ask a Korean
- Learning Korean TOPIK app
- From Youtube to Korea
- 90 Day Korean (extensive resource list)
- Talk To Me In Korean
- Talking to Koreans
- Matthew’s Korean Study Guide
- Transparent Language
Language Learning Apps
- Memrise (website review) (app review)(comparison to Quizlet and Anki)
- Quizlet (review)
- Anki (review)
- Duolingo (Korean app review)
- Clozemaster (review)
- Amikumu (review
- uTalk (review)
Language Learning Podcasts
Online Resources for Korean
- Google Translate (English to Korean) (Korean to English)
- Wikipedia page for Korean, with links to pages on language, culture, cuisine, and more
- Omniglot page for Korean
- TOPIK Guide (review)
- Korean television shows on Viki (many with English subtitles)
General Resources for Language Learning