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Level 12
Short Stories in Korean for Intermediate Learners
Graded reader
Blurb
Short Stories in Korean for Intermediate learners is an unmissable collection of eight unconventional and captivating short stories for adult and young adult learners.
(Source: Yes24)
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ISBN:
1529303052
ISBN13:
9781529303056
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bibliothecarysays
July 14, 2023
I Hate-Read This So You Don’t Have To
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- It is written by a non-native speaker with only a very basic grasp of the language and apparently no knowledge of Korean culture. This seems on brand for an internet polyglot.
- The suggested level of B1-B2 (TOPIK 3-4) isn’t at all accurate. The sentences are very simple and repetitive. For example: “My name is [name]. I am a [occupation]. I am [age] years old. I have [colour] hair. I am [height]cm tall.” and so on, for a whole paragraph, and then repeating for each member of
bizoorated
July 20, 2023
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Just read any other graded reader instead of this
Let's start by the content of the book. It's centered around 8 short stories, each one separated in three chapters, with some vocab, a chapter summary and some comprehension questions. It seems like a good structure, but the stories are actually incredibly boring. The first one is slightly better, but after that, the novelty factor wears off and you're just left with these badly written short stories.
What makes it all worse is the grammar. I don't even how they managed it, but there is only be