How You’ll Learn
- Discover Korean culture through 15 classic stories
- Pick up words, phrases, and grammar in context
- Follow along and concentrate better with native audio
Korean Folktales in Everyday Conversation: Must-Know Stories for Korean Learners
Get familiar with the stories only Koreans know! Polish your reading skills and learn everyday cultural expressions with these fun Korean folktales.
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Product Details
Culture and Conversation
: 15 Tales for Intermediate Learners
Look Inside
Take A Peek
Story
Vocabulary
English Translation
Comprehension Quiz
Modern Application
Grammar Point
Remember the tortoise and the hare? What about the green frogs? Surely you’ve heard of the snail bride? From Han Seokbong to Hong Gildong, Korean Folktales in Conversation clues you in on Korea’s most famous old stories and how they come up in everyday life — all while you practice your reading skills!
Culture and Conversation
Dive deeper into Korean culture with 15 classic stories. Pick up useful folktale-based phrases sure to impress a native speaker.
Learning in Context
Pick up new words and phrases naturally in every story. Understand better with English translations and helpful reading supports for vocab and grammar.
Read and Listen
Follow along with our audio track word by word, story by story. Each story comes to life recorded by native speakers.
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Each features illustrations and a famous quote from the book.
Table of Contents
Korean Folktales in Everyday Conversation: Must-Know Stories for Korean Learners
Preface
How To Use This Book
01 I Am Not Scared of Tigers!
호랑이와 곶감 The Tiger and the Dried Persimmon
02 Whatever You Say, I Will Do the Opposite.
청개구리 이야기 The Green Frogs
03 Darkness Cannot Stop Us
한석봉과 어머니 Han Seokbong and His Mother
04 Magpies Never Forget
은혜 갚은 까치 The Magpie Which Repaid a Favor
05 Or Else I Will Eat You.
해와 달이 된 남매 The Brother and Sister Who Became the Sun and the Moon
06 No bottom, No gain
콩쥐 팥쥐 Kongjwi and Patjwi
07 Uh-oh, This Is Unexpected.
혹부리 할아버지 The Old Man with a Lump
08 Making a Long Distance Relationship Work
견우와 직녀 Gyeonu and Jiknyeo
09 Confidence Maketh Con Man
대동강을 판 김 선달 Seondal Kim Who Sold the Daedong River
10 Don’t Be Greedy, Bro!
흥부와 놀부 Heungbu and Nolbu
11 How to Become an Actual Cow-boy
소가 된 게으름뱅이 The Lazy Man Who Became a Cow
12 Doppelganger Alert
손톱 먹은 쥐 The Mouse That Ate Fingernails
13 A Huge Fan of Garlic
단군 이야기 The Dan-gun Story
14 Someone Is In My House!
우렁이 각시 The Snail Bride
15 The Most Famous Name In Korea
홍길동전 The Tale of Hong Gildong
Grammar Point
Glossar
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Audio files for this book are available on our website or our mobile application, TTMIK: Audio.
Product Details
Paper Book
228 pages
Dimensions
168 x 230 x 14 mm
Shipping Weight
519 g
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I love this book! I just got it a few days ago and decided that every day I would listen to one story and then read the story, do the quiz, and read the modern application, and grammar point. I am really enjoying the folktales. Some of them are funny, like The Tiger and the Dried Persimmon. And others are moving, like the Magpie Which Repaid a Favor. This morning I read the magpie story. Then, in the afternoon, I was watching the drama Lovely Runner. I was so surprised when the female lead said “I’ll be the magpie who returned the favor” which was obviously a reference to this folktale! I was so happy that thanks to this book I was able to understand the reference! Thanks TTMIK!