KEYJOONG KIM

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This is Key Publications of South Korea. Since 1984, Key Publications has been creating textbooks that help learners to study, and we are a publishing company with many English education bestsellers and steady sellers in Korea.

In 2019, we first researched and developed a Korean language education textbook for foreigners, which is Korean Master Key Hangeul Phonics. It is our first book, but we will continue to study and develop books in the field of Korean education.

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Hello, I'm the author of this book. I read the buyer's review and I'd like to add something about this book.

In principle, 'ㅟ' and 'ㅚ' are pronounced as single vowels.

But in this book, it gave you the real pronunciation of the two vowels, and the contents are also written in the textbook.

In fact, few modern Koreans pronounce 'ㅚ' and 'ㅟ' in a single vowel.

If you pronounce them like that, it would actually sound awkward to Koreans.

Reflecting this, the "Standard Language Regulations" of the "Korean Language Norms"

announced by the National Institute of Korean Language,

officially states that <'ㅚ, ㅟ' can be pronounced with double vowels.>

Below is the explanation in the official Standard Language Pronunciation Section 4. I'll just move on to the original.

앞에서도 언급했듯이 단모음의 수는 유동적인 모습을 보인다.

특히 전설 원순 모음에 해당하는 ‘ㅟ’와 ‘ㅚ’는 단모음 대신 이중 모음으로 발음하는 경우도 적지 않다.

이러한 발음 현실을 감안하여 [붙임]에서는 ㅟ’와 ‘ㅚ’의 경우 단모음 대신 이중 모음으로 발음하는 것도 허용하고 있다.

‘ㅟ’를 이중 모음으로 발음할 경우에는 반모음 ‘ㅜ[w]’와 단모음 ‘ㅣ’를 연속하여 발음하는 것과 같다.

‘ㅚ’를 이중 모음으로 발음할 경우에는 반모음 ‘ㅜ[w]’와 단모음 ‘ㅔ’를 연속하여 발음하는 것과 같아서 ‘ㅞ’와 동일하다고 할 수 있다.