Samuel E Martin

A handy introduction to the Korean language that is concise, simple, and useful. This book has been written to fill a specific need: that of the hundreds of thousand of people now visiting Korea for business or holidays or even living there for a year or two, who wish to learn something of the spoken Korean language around them. The grammatical structure of Korean is particularly complex, and difficulties plague foreign students learning Korean. Samuel...

This is a carefully structured, practical book for learning colloquial spoken Japanese. Each lesson presents a few of the most common features of the language in sentences which are short, easy, and immediately useful. The first thirteen lessons show you there is a lot that can be said with just a word or two. The later lessons introduce more variety and explain a few of the fine points. The sentences reflect how the Japanese language is really spoken....

Learn basic Korean language communication skills with this concise language guide. This "quick" approach to spoken Korean is a very effective way to learn enough to function in a Korean-speaking setting. The lessons have been devised to facilitate easy language study and are conversationally applicable as soon as you learn them. All the words and phrases are high-frequency making this a great choice for Korean beginners. The concise and user-friendly...