Korean Writing and Basic Pronunciation
By the time you reach this lesson, it is time to learn the Korean writing system. This section is not intended as a complete training course on writing with the Korean alphabet, but the lesson gives you important information about Korean pronunciation and the way in which the written signs are tied to the spoken sounds. It is important that you take pronunciation seriously. Your aim should ultimately be to sound like a native Korean speaker. Good pronunciation of Korean is difficult, but the rules formulated in this and the following lesson should help you a great deal throughout your Korean studies, if you take time to learn them properly. The rules are demonstrated by real Korean words, most of which you won’t have seen before. You are not intended to learn all these off by heart; they are there merely to illustrate the different sounds of Korean. In the exercises there is plenty of practice with both writing and pronunciation.