Korean Reader for Chinese Characters will help students of Korean language master basic Chinese characters that are frequently encountered in everyday situations. More than five hundred characters are targeted in exercises that aid in the efficient study of the forms, meanings, and sounds of individual characters and their compounds. Although the primary goal of the Reader is recognition of basic Chinese characters, the inclusion of a section on stroke order will encourage students to learn to write them properly. The Reader is also designed to reinforce skills in reading and writing in Korean.
Forty lessons are preceded by an introductory chapter on the principles of Chinese character formation and reading and writing characters. The lessons are followed by appendices on stroke order, English translations of the main reading text of each lesson, and an index of characters, reading text, glossary, notes, new words in characters, more words in characters, and exercises. After every fifth lesson, there is a section reviewing all the characters introduced in the preceding five lessons.

Heisoon Yang is professor of English linguistics and language pedagogy at Ewha Womans University.