[KS] Korean Vocabulary Study

[Young-Key Kim-Renaud]

Hi Ed,
Try this one:
Handbook of Korean Vocabulary:  A Resource for Word Recognition and Comprehension, by Miho Choo and William O'Grady.  Honolulu:  University of Hawai'i Press, 1996.  387 +xxvii pp.  (ISBN 0-8248-1738-9 cloth; ISBN 0-8248-1815-6 paper).
All best,
Young-Key

----- Original Message ----- 
From: Edward Reed <ereed at tafko.or.kr> 
Date: Monday, October 2, 2006 10:35 pm 
Subject: [KS] Korean Vocabulary Study 
To: koreanstudies at koreaweb.ws 

> I live and work in Seoul.  I am trying to recover and expand my 
> command of Korean which I first studied over thirty years ago as a 
> Peace Corps Volunteer and Fulbright researcher.  I have a fairly good 
> grasp of grammar and am praised for my pronunciation.  I can converse 
> fairly easily in daily conversation.  However, I would like to expand 
> my vocabulary to allow me to converse about serious topics (politics, 
> economics, social issues) related to my work.  I know that I should 
> try to read newspapers and listen to TV broadcasts and collect and 
> study vocabulary.  The problem is that I have a serious time 
> limitation--long workdays and even working on weekends.  (This is 
> Korea, afterall.) 
>   
>  Does anyone know of a good book specifically designed for expanding 
> command of Korean vocabulary?  I imagine a book organized around 
> either issues or words with common hanmun roots, and presented in 
> digestable gulps.  Or it could be linked to reading and understanding 
> newspaper articles.  All suggestions appreciated. 
>   
>  Ed Reed 
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