Language World
 
Korea

Platform: Mac OS, Windows 95 / Me / 2000 / XP / NT / 98
Media: CD-ROM
Features:

• Award-winning program selected by the U.S. State Department, the Peace Corps and NASA
• Over 800 real-life color pictures and phrases spoken by native speakers
• Curriculum with 12 activities in each of 22 lessons (ages 6 and older)
• Develops all key language skills: Listening Comprehension, Reading, Speaking and Writing
• Previews, tests and automated tutorials that "learn" where you need extra help

Now you can learn a new language with the award-winning method used by the U.S. State Department to train diplomats. Proven effective by NASA astronauts, Peace Corps volunteers, and millions of students worldwide, the Rosetta Stone Language Library teaches new languages faster and easier than ever before.

We all learn our childhood language by associating new words and phrases with the world around us. The Rosetta Stone method replicates this process by presenting vivid, real-life images to convey the meaning of each new phrase. Instead of translating, memorizing, and studying rules of grammar, you actually learn to think in the new language. Vocabulary and grammar are integrated systematically, leading to everyday proficiency. It's the natural way to learn.

The Rosetta Stone Explorer contains 22 lessons for beginning learners with nearly 900 real-life images and phrases spoken by native speakers. It develops all key language skills--listening comprehension, reading, speaking, and writing--while its systematic structure teaches vocabulary and grammar naturally, without lists and drills. Includes previews, exercises, and tests for every lesson, with automated tutorials throughout the program. (Ages 6 and older)

System requirements
PC:

• Windows 95/98 or NT/2000
• Pentium 100 class processor
• 32 MB RAM
• 40 MB free hard drive space
• 4X CD-ROM drive
• 16-bit color display
• 16-bit Windows compatible sound card
• Speech Recognition feature requires a Pentium 100 class processor (or better) and a microphone

MAC:

• Mac OS 8.1 or later
• PowerPC processor
• 32 MB RAM
• 40 MB free hard drive space
• 4X CD-ROM drive
• 16-bit color display
• Speech Recognition feature requires a PowerPC 90 processor (or better) and a PlainTalk compatible microphone

This item can only be shipped within the USA.

Platform: Mac OS, Windows 95 / 98 / Me
Media: CD-ROM
Features:

• Korean language learning software
• Study vocabulary, phrases, culture, and more
• Recording tool lets you practice with native speakers
• Games and challenging quizzes make learning fun
• On-screen help available in more than 70 languages

This unconventional language-learning series offers games and quizzes that make the learning process fun, relaxing, and, as such, more successful. Ideal for beginners, Talk Now! Korean includes such topics as vocabulary, phrases, culture, and more. A handy print and picture dictionary produces entries with both text and pictorial references. This interactive software title also features a recording tool, so you can compare your pronunciation to that of native speakers (microphone required). Quizzes and a challenging memory game let you test your newly acquired skills. You can also track your scores and print awards to celebrate. Best of all, you can change Talk Now! Korean's onscreen help and menus to the language of your choice. With more than 70 languages from which to choose, this software makes learning Korean accessible to everyone.

Or Buy in: UK or Canada

Provides instruction in all aspects of the language--spelling, grammar, pronunciation, vocabulary, and the alphabet in a user-friendly approach.

Living Language In-Flight Korean is the perfect boarding pass to learning Korean before you land.

There's no better way to make use of all that spare time on a plane than to master the essentials of a language. This 60-minute program is the simplest way to learn just enough to get by in every situation essential to both the tourist and business traveler.

The program covers everything from greetings and polite expressions to asking directions, getting around, checking into a hotel, and going to a restaurant. There are even sections for meeting people and spending a night on the town.

Short lessons make In-Flight Korean easy to use, and a handy pocket-sized insert is included as a cheat sheet for use on the go.

Elementary Korean offers a complete first-year course for learning Korean. Loosely based on Beginning Korean by Samuel Martin and Young-Sook C. Lee, it includes updated dialogues and grammar notes, as well as transcription in the Han'gul character system. Based on ACTFL Proficiency Guidelines, Elementary Korean is geared toward an Intermediate-Low to Intermediate-Mid proficiency level.

With Pimsleur Language Programs you don't just study a language, you learn it -- the same way you mastered English! And because the technique relies on interactive spoken language training, the Pimsleur Language Programs are totally audio -- no book is needed!

The Pimsleur programs provide a method of self-practice with an expert teacher and native speakers in lessons specially designed to work with the way the mind naturally acquires language information. The various components of language -- vocabulary, pronunciation and grammar -- are all learned together without rote memorization and drills. Using a unique method of memory recall developed by renowned linguist, Dr. Paul Pimsleur, the programs teach listeners to combine words and phrases to express themselves the way native speakers do. By listening and responding to thirty minute recorded lessons, students easily and effectively achieve spoken proficiency.

No other language program or school is as quick, convenient, and effective as the Pimsleur Language Programs.

The Comprehensive Program is the ultimate in spoken language learning. For those who want to become proficient in the language of their choice, the Comprehensive programs go beyond the Basic Programs to offer spoken-language fluency. Using the same simple method of interactive self-practice with native speakers, these comprehensive programs provide a complete language learning course. The Comprehensive Program is available in a wide variety of languages and runs through three levels (thirty lessons each) in French, German, Italian, Japanese, Russian and Spanish. At the end of a full Comprehensive Program listeners will be conducting complete conversations and be well on their way to mastering the language. The Comprehensive Programs are all available on cassettes and are also on CD in the six languages in which we offer the Basic Program on CD.

Extremely satisying grammar book, February 15, 2001
Reviewer: edelbisnovati from New Mexico, USA
This book contains a wealth of information. The author describes working on this book for 40 years, and it seems clear that at least 40 man-years of work went into it. If you are linguistically inclined, this book makes terrific bedside reading. I have been enjoying reading this book, a few pages every night before I go to sleep.

It is refreshingly precise and wonderfully illustrated with examples. It has both breadth and depth-- covering Korean from the early days to the present through the full range of linguistic attributes of the language in both North and South Korea. The detective work on historical linguistics contained in this book is very interesting. If you are anthropologically inclined, you can learn a lot about the Korean people both from their grammar and from the examples given.

A lot has been said about the romanization in this book, and I think those people are missing the point. The romanization system isn't any harder than any other, and there really isn't a standard way to romanize and be true to all the sounds of the language. Anyone who is dissatisfied with the romanization can take comfort in the fact that anything in Hangul can be easily transposed into the Yale system and vice-versa. It really isn't hard to get the hang of if you know any Korean and you have a reasonable amount of patience.

It's true that the book presupposes a certain amount of linguistic maturity, as well as overall maturity. I don't think this book could be used in a high school class, although I think it's not beyond the understanding of a bright and intelligent high school student. For anyone who is serious about the Korean language it is well worth the price.

For organization, clarity, precision, and scholarship, this book ranks up there with other landmark grammar books like this author's "Reference Grammar of Japanese" and Denniston's "the Greek Particles."

Very useful, September 26, 2001
Reviewer: esseyo (see more about me) from Duluth, GA United States
I have Minjung's pocket Korean-English/English-Korean dictionary (like most decent East Asian dictionaries, you will probably need to go to an ethnic bookstore to find it) however I find this Langenscheidt to be very useful for beginners who need reinforcement on how pronunciation changes when certain letters are adjacent to each other. The romanization reflects pronounciation instead of mindless transcription of Hangul letters to roman letters. It is quite easy to understand actually and the Hangul is provided next to the romanization.

The fonts used are crisp, pleasing and easy on the eyes (unlike the NTC Dictionary which looks like the authors used a typewriter and then had the pages photocopied at a grocery store). But remember this really is a pocket-sized dictionary.

Great book, December 5, 1998
Reviewer: sclincoln from Chollabukdo, Korea
I've lived in Korea for three years now and this book was invaluable to me. The chapters are well layed out by subject and there is a pretty good dictionary at the back. It expresses everything in Romanized characters and Hangul. My Korean friends tell me that some of the expressions are a little strange or dated but they have no problems understanding them. I highly recommend this book for the casual traveller or a person going to live in Korea. Used in conjunction with a language course it can really help you to be on your feet in no time.

Worth reading, January 30, 2001
Reviewer: A reader from Gilbert, AZ USA
There is a wealth of useful information here. This book has helped me to better understand the Korean culture. The explanations seem complete. I knew about many of the ideas before reading them here. The book accurately describes the ideas I am familiar with and gives me confidence that those I am not familiar with are also accurate.

Platform: Mac OS, Windows Me / NT / 2000 / XP / 98 / 95
Media: CD-ROM
Features:

• Award-winning program selected by the U.S. State Department, the Peace Corps and NASA
• Over 3500 real-life color pictures and phrases spoken by native speakers
• Curriculum with 12 activities in each of 92 lessons (ages 6 and older)
• Develops all key language skills: Listening Comprehension, Reading, Speaking and Writing
• Previews, tests and automated tutorials that "learn" where you need extra help

Learn a new language with the award-winning method used by the U.S. State Department to train diplomats. Proven effective by NASA astronauts, Peace Corps volunteers, and millions of students worldwide, the Rosetta Stone Language Library teaches new languages faster and easier than ever before.

We all learn our childhood language by associating new words and phrases with the world around us. The Rosetta Stone method replicates this process by presenting vivid, real-life images to convey the meaning of each new phrase. Instead of translating, memorizing, and studying rules of grammar, you actually learn to think in the new language. Vocabulary and grammar are integrated systematically, leading to everyday proficiency.

The Rosetta Stone Level I program offers a comprehensive course of study for beginning learners, leading to intermediate proficiency. The program contains over 3,500 real-life images and phrases in 92 lessons and more than 250 hours of mastery instruction in listening comprehension, reading, speaking, and writing. Systematic structure teaches vocabulary and grammar naturally, without lists and drills. There are reviews, exercises, and tests for every lesson with automated tutorials throughout the program. (Ages 6 and older)

System Requirements:
PC:

• Windows 95/98 or NT/2000
• Pentium 100 class processor
• 32 MB RAM
• 40 MB free hard drive space
• 4X CD-ROM drive
• 16-bit color display
• 16-bit Windows compatible sound card
• Speech Recognition feature requires a Pentium 100 class processor (or better) and a microphone

MAC:

• Mac OS 8.1 or later
• PowerPC processor
• 32 MB RAM
• 40 MB free hard drive space
• 4X CD-ROM drive
• 16-bit color display
• Speech Recognition feature requires a PowerPC 90 processor (or better) and a PlainTalk compatible microphone

Currently, item can be shipped only within the U.S.