This portable, user-friendly Korean language guide, phrasebook and dictionary is the cheapest and easiest way to learn Korean before and during your trip.

If you only want to purchase one Korean language book-Essential Korean is the way to go. Part of Tuttle Publishing's Essential Series, it is a great first introduction and beginner guide to the language of South Korea and is also designed as a Korean phrasebook, making it the most versatile Korean language learning tool on the market.

Perfect for business people or tourist traveling to Korea or for students who want to supplement their learning, this book's easy indexing feature allows it to act as a Korean phrase book or as an English-Korean Dictionary. A clever "point to" feature allows you to simply point to a phrase translated in Korean without the need to say a word. You will soon find yourself turning to Essential Korean again and again when you study Korean, visit Korea and work or interacting with Koreans.

In this book you will find:

Over 1500 practical sentences for everyday use.
A Korean dictionary of over 2000 terms and expressions.
Extensive information about Korean grammar and pronunciation.
Latest Korean vocabulary and Korean phrases for smartphones, social media and more.

This beginner Korean book will help you to quickly and easily learn Korean. Your ability to read Korean, write Korean, speak Korean, and comprehend Korean will be vastly improved without having to take an entire Korean language class. Other titles in this bestselling series of phrasebooks include: Essential Japanese, Essential Chinese, Essential Korean, Essential Tagalog, and Essential Arabic.