Not to reinvent the wheel, I will not post on how to read Hangeul. Check out the blog links on the right to watch Hangul video lessons by KoreanClass101. They are fun and easy to understand. You can also install smart phones apps. Just search for 'Hangeul'.
THE BEST thing you can do for yourself to learn Korean is learn Hangeul!
I would like to post something on brushing up the reading skill especially with similar sounding consonants and vowels. I think this is important because there are many words that sound almost the same but mean totally different. If you are listening, you would want make sure you understand it correctly.
However, when I first starting learning, I wasn't able to find the right place to practise reading because I haven't arrived in Korea and I couldn't type Hangul to search the right website to start practising more. So, I list here 20 Korean words borrowed from English so you can practise your first reading. Can you recognize what are they in English? (highlight right side for English version)
Next post will be on 200 Korean vocabularies used frequently in daily conversations (and Kdramas) you can practise reading as well as memorize.
*Reminder: Learning Korean requires learning a lot of grammar. So, learn your grammar well because you WILL pick up the vocabularies in the process. Don't worry if you don't remember all of them in a month.
