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Darakwon publishes some of the best material for Korean learning, and it's no different with the Reading Korean with Culture series. This one focuses on developing the learners' ability to read independently, and has 6 books in total (one for each TOPIK level), and it can be used for self-study as well as in a classroom setting. I'll focus my review on the former as that's how I'm personally using them.
The highlight of this first book is by far the ability to guide a complete beginner in Korean from reading very short dialogues focusing on common fixed expressions to being able to read (and understand!!!) 1-page long texts about daily life in Korea, all while slowly introducing relevant vocabulary and grammar points through context.
While the texts are not the most entertaining pieces of media for a language learner (and really, what textbook even has those consistently?), they focus on the most relevant information a student might need to actively and successfully communicate when travelling to Korea, such as how to get to some of the most famous tourist spots around the country and what you can do there, all while keeping to a TOPIK 1 level of knowledge and slowly building the student's foundation in the Korean language. Additionally, the main text for each chapter has an audio track, which is perfect for training listening skills and shadowing.
Overall, this textbook series is a must for any serious Korean learner who is self-studying the language, as it will allow you to become more confident in your vocabulary and understanding written information through context clues. It is a game-changer for learners seeking to transition from textbook reading into being able to read native content, as it helps you increase vocabulary and grammar comprehension through relying on context, while also training your ability to read longer sentences and texts without losing steam (spoiler alert: as you progress through the series, the texts get increasingly larger and more complex, as is to be expected).
Finally, I will add that the texts on each chapter are heavily supplemented by a vocabulary list to guide the student before the reading, as well as pre- and post-reading questions to test writing and speaking skills; as the texts get more complex, you might also find an additional text (usually in a different format, like a social media post, diary entry, etc.) to complement the lesson (unfortunately, those do not have audio tracks to accompany them). As an independent learner, I prefer to focus on the texts and mostly ignore the comprehension questions as they bore me and I want to focus my time on getting input in the language, but I might do a couple of them if I want to hammer in a particularly tricky concept. Otherwise, I believe students using this book in a classroom setting would heavily benefit from these, as they will provide explicit grammar teaching.