〈Korean Reading for Foreigners〉 is a series for foreigners studying Korean. It is a reading book that allows you to build your Korean skills while enjoying the stories. Carefully tailored to Korean reading levels, literary works from various genres have been rewritten to match the abilities of Korean learners. They have been newly written to provide a broad understanding of Korea's history, its people, and diverse aspects of society. The reading levels are divided into three stages. As you read ...
Great short stories & lots of cultural vocabulary
When I first started to read I made the mistake of trying to pick up some picture-book fairytale and folk stories because I assumed they would be easy and fun. So wrong...so very, very wrong. This series of books, however, manages to convey these types of stories in a manageable and enjoyable way and contains more variety than other readers I've seen available.
*This 13th volume is focused on horror stories, so it was interesting to read some tales I'd never seen in other books suited for younger audiences.
*Each story was broken into smaller segments/chapters, which was nice because I could read in short bursts and not feel the burden of leaving the text abruptly.
*The margins contain explanations of ordinary vocabulary that may be unfamiliar at the level the books were made for (intermediate, I'd say A2-B1) as well as cultural vocabulary. Even though this volume was below my usual reading level I still enjoyed it a lot because of the annotations, and highly recommend them to others at higher levels who won't mind the repetitive grammar.
*There are several longer annotations in the text that delve into cultural points related to the vocabulary - again, this was a major point that made me enjoy this book.