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A textbook providing you with various subjects and genres for reading Korean culture! * Read diverse genres including practical writings, essays, and explanatory notes related to Korean culture! * Build comprehensive language function through writing and talking exercises before and after reading! * Organized to enable the students to summarize and restructure the core ideas of each paragraph by themselves! * From basic cultural understanding to comparative cultural discussions, all become possible through step-by-step vocabulary learning and reading! 〈Reading Korean with Culture〉 is a textbook for novice and advanced learners in reading Korean. It enables the students to learn Korean through various genres of articles ranging from explanatory notes, practical writings, and literary works step-by-step from stage 1 to stage 6. By reading texts with diverse topics related to Korean culture, learners can build not only their reading abilities but also their overall communication skills through comprehensive language function exercises spanning listening, talking, and writing. 〈Reading Korean with Culture 3〉 consists of 20 chapters on various subjects like attractions, housing lifestyle, meetings, cultural life, convention, health, ways of thinking, and fairy tales. With intermediate level learners as its main readers, this book aims to cultivate diverse language functions with exercises before and after reading. Also, the “New Vocabulary” attached to reading materials contained in the books from vol. 1 to vol. 4 offer English, Chinese, and Japanese translation together to enhance the learners’ understanding.

Click here to download the free audiofiles   About This Book ● Easy and fun reading of classic Korean tales adapted into modern Korean by level! ● Vocabulary words and expressions for reading comprehension allow easy reading without a dictionary! ● Use vivid recordings by professional Korean voice actors to improve your listening skills! ● Improve your Korean vocabulary skills and check the content you read using comprehension questions!The “Darakwon Korean Readers” series is comprised of books that recompose classic Korean literary works to match the reading levels of students from beginner to advanced levels (A1~C2) so students can easily increase their Korean reading comprehension skills in a fun way. The third literary work in this series, “The Story of Heungbu,” adapts a classic Korean novel about Nolbu, a greedy brother who wants to keep the assets left by his parents all to himself, and his poor but kind younger brother Heungbu. As students enjoy reading this story, they can naturally become familiar with vocabulary words and expressions that are essential for the intermediate level.In addition, through explanations about the historical background, students can understand the culture of that time period. Not only can students read the content, they can also listen to it by scanning QR codes to hear recordings of professional voice actors reading the story. Students can also use the English translations of the story and questions in the appendix at the end of the book to check their reading comprehension skills.▪ The “Darakwon Korean Readers” series adapts classic Korean tales into modern Korean suitable for beginner to advanced levels. Each book presents vocabulary words and expressions that align with the standards of the International Standard Curriculum for Korean Language and Korean Language Education Vocabulary Content Development. Students can have fun as they easily read and understand each story.▪ English translations of vocabulary words that are necessary for understanding the story are presented at the bottom of each page, as well as additional English explanations about grammar, expressions, and cultural background, allowing students to concentrate on reading without using a dictionary. In addition, students can easily check an English translation of the entire story in the appendix of the book.▪ Students can listen to lively recordings done by professional voice actors by scanning the QR code on each page of the story. By looking at illustrations of the story’s main scenes and listening to the voice recordings, students can not only improve their listening skills, they can also vividly understand the emotions of the characters.▪ Using a variety of questions in the book’s appendix, students can check their reading comprehension and practice sentence structures and vocabulary words that they should know for each corresponding level. In addition, students can compare various cultural situations with Korean culture through thought expansion questions based on the content of the story.     CONTENTS 머리말 Preface ------------------------------------------- 2 일러두기 How to Use This Book------------------------------------------- 4 작품 소개 Introduction to the Story ----------------------------------------6 등장인물 Characters ----------------------------------------------------------- 10 1 쫓겨난 흥부 Heungbu is Cast Out--------------------------------------------- 11 2 놀부에게 도움을 거절당한 흥부 Nolbu Refuses to Help Heungbu ---------------- 16 3 매를 맞아 돈을 벌려는 흥부 Heungbu Tries to Earn Money by Being Beaten --- 21 4 제비를 구해 준 흥부 Heungbu Saves a Swallow--------------------------------- 26 5 박 자르는 흥부네 Heungbu’s Family Cuts Open the Gourds -------------------- 29 6 흥부 집을 방문한 놀부 Nolbu Visits Heungbu’s House -------------------------- 33 7 제비 잡으러 나가는 놀부 Nolbu Goes to Catch a Swallow ----------------------- 37 8 박 자르는 놀부네 Nolbu’s Family Cuts Open the Gourds ----------------------- 40 9 사이좋은 형제 Close Brothers 45 부록 Appendix 내용 이해하기 Reading Comprehension -------------------------------------48 모범 답안 Answers ---------------------------------------------------------68 본문 번역 Text Translations ------------------------------------------------70

A textbook providing you with various subjects and genres for reading Korean culture! * Read diverse genres including practical writings, essays, and explanatory notes related to Korean culture! * Build comprehensive language function through writing and talking exercises before and after reading! * Organized to enable the students to summarize and restructure the core ideas of each paragraph by themselves! * From basic cultural understanding to comparative cultural discussions, all become possible through step-by-step vocabulary learning and reading! 〈Reading Korean with Culture〉 is a textbook for novice and advanced learners in reading Korean. It enables the students to learn Korean through various genres of articles ranging from explanatory notes, practical writings, and literary works step-by-step from stage 1 to stage 6. By reading texts with diverse topics related to Korean culture, learners can build not only their reading abilities but also their overall communication skills through comprehensive language function exercises spanning listening, talking, and writing. 〈Reading Korean with Culture 3〉 consists of 20 chapters on various subjects like attractions, housing lifestyle, meetings, cultural life, convention, health, ways of thinking, and fairy tales. With intermediate level learners as its main readers, this book aims to cultivate diverse language functions with exercises before and after reading. Also, the “New Vocabulary” attached to reading materials contained in the books from vol. 1 to vol. 4 offer English, Chinese, and Japanese translation together to enhance the learners’ understanding.

Click here to download the free audiofiles   About This Book ● Easy and fun reading of classic Korean tales adapted into modern Korean by level! ● Vocabulary words and expressions for reading comprehension allow easy reading without a dictionary! ● Use vivid recordings by professional Korean voice actors to improve your listening skills! ● Improve your Korean vocabulary skills and check the content you read using comprehension questions!The “Darakwon Korean Readers” series is comprised of books that recompose classic Korean literary works to match the reading levels of students from beginner to advanced levels (A1~C2) so students can easily increase their Korean reading comprehension skills in a fun way. The fourth literary work in this series, “The Story of Chunhyang,” adapts a classic Korean novel about the meeting of 16-year-old lovers who parted ways due to their class difference. As students enjoy reading this emotional story about a dramatic reunion, they can naturally become familiar with vocabulary words and expressions that are essential for the intermediate level. In addition, through explanations about the historical background, students can understand the culture of that time period. Not only can students read the content, they can also listen to it by scanning QR codes to hear recordings of professional voice actors reading the story. Students can also use the English translations of the story and questions in the appendix at the end of the book to check their reading comprehension skills. ▪ The “Darakwon Korean Readers” series adapts classic Korean tales into modern Korean suitable for beginner to advanced levels. Each book presents vocabulary words and expressions that align with the standards of the International Standard Curriculum for Korean Language and Korean Language Education Vocabulary Content Development. Students can have fun as they easily read and understand each story. ▪ English translations of vocabulary words that are necessary for understanding the story are presented at the bottom of each page, as well as additional English explanations about grammar, expressions, and cultural background, allowing students to concentrate on reading without using a dictionary. In addition, students can easily check an English translation of the entire story in the appendix of the book. ▪ Students can listen to lively recordings done by professional voice actors by scanning the QR code on each page of the story. By looking at illustrations of the story’s main scenes and listening to the voice recordings, students can not only improve their listening skills, they can also vividly understand the emotions of the characters. ▪ Using a variety of questions in the book’s appendix, students can check their reading comprehension and practice sentence structures and vocabulary words that they should know for each corresponding level. In addition, students can compare various cultural situations with Korean culture through thought expansion questions based on the content of the story.     Contents 머리말 Preface 2 일러두기 How to Use This Book 4 작품 소개 Introduction to the Story 6 등장인물 Characters 10 1 이몽룡과 성춘향, 광한루에서 만나다 Lee Mongryong and Seong Chunhyang meet at Gwanghallu Pavilion 11 2 몽룡과 춘향, 결혼을 약속하다 Mongryong and Chunhyang promise to wed 19 3 춘향, 몽룡과 이별하다 Chunhyang and Mongryong bid farewell 24 4 춘향, 변 사또의 수청을 거절하다 Chunhyang refuses to serve Magistrate Byeon 29 5 춘향, 감옥에 갇히다 Chunhyang is imprisoned 36 6 몽룡, 암행어사가 되다 Mongryong becomes a secret royal inspector 40 7 몽룡, 거지가 되어 나타나다 Mongryong appears as a beggar 45 8 암행어사 출두야! Here comes the secret royal inspector! 51 9 춘향과 몽룡, 사랑을 이루다 Chunhyang and Mongryong’s love is realized 56 부록 Appendix 내용 이해하기 Reading Comprehension 60 모범 답안 Answers 82 본문 번역 Text Translations 85