Korean English Dictionary
Korean-English Learners’ Dictionary is a bilingualized dictionary for Korean learners, consisting of translations from the Basic Korean Dictionary into English. With an increase in the number of Korean learners and a long history of Korean education, the demand for a dictionary that takes account of the diversity of linguistic cultures of learners and the ever-changing educational environment has gradually grown. In order to meet these demands and circumstances, the National Institute of Korean Language launched the Basic Korean Dictionary in 11 languages in 2012. Experts from many different fields such as Korean education experts, translators, native speakers who are proficient in Korean, and system developers have participated in the project over an extended period of time, so as to develop a user-friendly dictionary of optimum quality.
The key tool that is indispensable when learning a new language is, of course, a dictionary. We hope this dictionary will be of help to all Korean learners and teachers. There is no written record of colloquia, the labor of finding words, in the beginning, reduces the desire for further effort. Japanese scholars have also faced similar difficulties and this proves how great they are. In spite of so many years of study and preparation, a concise dictionary published in the autumn of the previous year (1890) was found to be lacking in many common words of the language.
Korean English Dictionary
