<BODY><P>Hi Ed,</P>
<P>Try this one:</P>
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<P><EM>Handbook of Korean Vocabulary: A Resource for Word Recognition and Comprehension</EM>, by Miho Choo and William O'Grady. Honolulu: <A href="http://www.hawaii.edu/uhpress/">University of Hawai'i Press</A>, 1996. 387 +xxvii pp. (ISBN 0-8248-1738-9 cloth; ISBN 0-8248-1815-6 paper).</P></BLOCKQUOTE>
<P>All best,</P>
<P>Young-Key<BR><BR>----- Original Message ----- <BR>From: Edward Reed <ereed@tafko.or.kr> <BR>Date: Monday, October 2, 2006 10:35 pm <BR>Subject: [KS] Korean Vocabulary Study <BR>To: koreanstudies@koreaweb.ws <BR><BR>> I live and work in Seoul. I am trying to recover and expand my <BR>> command of Korean which I first studied over thirty years ago as a <BR>> Peace Corps Volunteer and Fulbright researcher. I have a fairly good <BR>> grasp of grammar and am praised for my pronunciation. I can converse <BR>> fairly easily in daily conversation. However, I would like to expand <BR>> my vocabulary to allow me to converse about serious topics (politics, <BR>> economics, social issues) related to my work. I know that I should <BR>> try to read newspapers and listen to TV broadcasts and collect and <BR>> study vocabulary. The problem is that I have a serious time <BR>
> limitation--long workdays and even working on weekends. (This is <BR>> Korea, afterall.) <BR>> <BR>> Does anyone know of a good book specifically designed for expanding <BR>> command of Korean vocabulary? I imagine a book organized around <BR>> either issues or words with common hanmun roots, and presented in <BR>> digestable gulps. Or it could be linked to reading and understanding <BR>> newspaper articles. All suggestions appreciated. <BR>> <BR>> Ed Reed </P></BODY>