My First Book of Korean Words: An ABC Rhyming Book (My First Words)

My First Book of Korean Words: An ABC Rhyming Book (My First Words)

<b><i>My First Book of Korean Words</i> is a beautifully illustrated book that introduces young children to Korean language and culture through everyday words.</b><br /><br />The words profiled in this book are all commonly used in the Korean language and are both informative and fun for English-speaking children to learn. The goals of <i>My First Book of Korean Words</i> are multiple: to familiarize children with the sounds and structure of Korean speech; to introduce core elements of Korean culture; to illustrate the ways in which languages differ in their treatment of everyday sounds; and to show how, through cultural importation, a single word can be shared between languages.<br /><br />Both teachers and parents will welcome the book's cultural and linguistic notes, and appreciate how the book is organized in a familiar ABC structure. Each word is presented in Hangeul, as well as in its Romanized form.<br /><br />With the help of this book, we hope more children (and adults) will soon be a part of the nearly 80 million people worldwide that speak Korean!