LearnaboutKoreanculturewhileimprovingyourlanguageskills!KoreanFolktalesforLanguageLearnerspresents36traditionalfolktalesinparallelKoreanandEnglishversionsonfacingpages,withdetailednotesandexercisesaimedatbeginningtointermediatelanguagelearners.FreeonlinerecordingsofalltheKoreanstoriesareavailabletohelpstudentsimprovetheirpronunciationandcomprehensionskills.Thestories--whichgraduallyincreaseincomplexityasthebookprogresses--include:“TheTigerwiththeFrozenTail“-Awilyrabbitpersuadesahungrytigertobreakaholeintheiceofafrozenrivertocatchfishwithhistail.Whentheholefreezes,thetigeristrapped.“TheShepherdandtheFairy“-TheHeavenlyJadeEmperor’sdaughterfallsinlovewithashepherdboywhoplaysbeautifulmusic.Shewantstomarryhim,butherangryfatherturnsherintoagoldfish.“TheMoneyintheCauldron“-Whenaburglarbreaksintothehomeofapoorscholar,hefindsthereisnothingtosteal.Theburglarfeelssorryforhimandleavesmoneybehind.ThiselegantlyillustratedvolumeisdesignedtohelplanguagelearnersexpandtheirKoreanvocabularyandgrammar.TheKoreanvocabularylists,exercisesandaudiorecordingsaredesignedaspracticeforfirst-andsecond-yearKoreanstudents.ThisentertaininganthologyinEnglishiscomplementedbyculturalnotesanddiscussionquestionsthatfurtherreinforceunderstandingKoreanculture.
