How can fun things like K-Pop and K-Drama be used to help students learn Korean? This book attempts to provide an answer to that question as well as the "how to learn Korean" question. Of course, there is much more to South Korea and the Korean language than the entertainment industry, but all Korean movies, TV, videos, and music can become a valuable resource to learn Korean with the right methods. If you are tired of re-reading and re-listening to the same dialogues from your Korean language textbook, why not try something new and different? This book will teach you a method that allows you to learn, practice, and never forget Korean vocabulary, phrases, and grammar points that you encounter from any source of your choice including K-Pop and K-Drama. This system will teach you how to successfully learn Korean the fun and easy way including how to speak Korean both formally and informally. The method of this book also covers smarter ways to practice listening comprehension and reading and writing the Korean language (Hangul). This is not your conventional Korean textbook that lists topics to study accompanied by new vocabulary, grammar points, and Hangul lessons. You can find hundreds of those in bookstores and across the internet. Rather than dissect and explain a large hodgepodge collection of words and lines from random K-Pop and K-Drama that you may not be interested in, this book will show you a system on how to learn from any media from South Korea. You may find this system particularly useful if you have trouble remembering any new Korean language. Use what you love about South Korea to learn Korean!

Elementary Korean offers a complete, systematic and streamlined first-year course in Korean for the English-speaking adult learner.

Korean language and KPOP language are two very different things. Korean pop culture has an exceptionally unique language and it still evolves further as the K-POP, K-Drama, and K-Movies have been expanding to other countries and beloved by other language speakers. Some KPOP words wouldn't be easy for even a native Korean speaker to even guess what they mean. That's because it requires a deep understanding of the cultural background first before anything else.How to Speak KPOP is the most straightforward guide book to learn Korean words from Korean dramas, movies, and pop culture. It uniquely combines the most popular Korean slang words and trendy phrases that cannot be found in the ordinary Korean language textbook. And it will give you a full explanation of the cultural background of the word and help you to undersand why it is being used like that. This book will give you a fun and easy way to learn the most popular Korean words one by one.It will also help you to know how the word is pronounced with the Romanized alphabets. Please don't forget to read and say a word from the examples. The examples are thoughtfully picked to sound just like a native and a true KPOP fan who knows what KPOP language is all about. Try out words you learned to your Korean friend or write a fan letter with them to your favorite idol star. They will be pleasantly surprised.Learning a foreign language is very rewarding, and learning a cultural background even opens your eyes and heart to a whole new experience. You will get both from this book!

This book, the third volume in the K-Culture series intended to promote contemporary Korean culture overseas, introduces foreign audiences to Korean dramas. K-Drama and Hallyu K-Drama: The Beginning of Hallyu K-Drama Reaches into Asia and Beyond Why K-Drama? The Appeal of K-Drama Foreign Media Respond to K-Drama History of K-Drama 1960s: The Age of Enlightenment 1970s: Entering the Era of True Entertainment 1980s: Portraits of a Modern Korea 1990s: More Ideas, Better Results 2000s to the Present: K-Drama Goes Global Top K-Dramas and Stars Top 10 K-Dramas Top K-Drama Stars From Little Acorns

Learn your first 500 Korean words and thousands of related words and expressions that you can start using right away in your everyday conversations in Korean!

Blood and Daring will change our views not just of Canada's relationship with the United States, but of the Civil War, Confederation and Canada itself. In Blood and Daring, lauded historian John Boyko makes a compelling argument that Confederation occurred when and as it did largely because of the pressures of the Civil War. Many readers will be shocked by Canada's deep connection to the war—Canadians fought in every major battle, supplied arms to the South, and many key Confederate meetings took place on Canadian soil. Filled with engaging stories and astonishing facts from previously unaccessed primary sources, Boyko's fascinating new interpretation of the war will appeal to all readers of history.

This book is jam-packed with over 350 essential topics and most frequently asked questions that are hand-picked from 27 categories, covering virtually every aspect of Korean culture by laying out all the details on the "Five Ws (Who, What, When, Where, Why) and How." After reading, you can fully understand and appreciate Korea inside and out!