The offered book is one of the best manuals on the study of Korean and addressed by all wishing independently to master this language. A course is created by the Korean specialists, and edition in Russian language is prepared with participation of teachers of СПбГУ.A manual is oriented to the students initial level, already knowing about the Korean alphabet of хангыль and mastering educational material of the first part of course. In a manual all aspects of language and speech are exposed: each of 13 divisions of book is sanctified to the certain colloquial theme and contains a dialogue, new words and expressions, rules of reading, grammatical material, text, practical exercises, and also culturological comment.The authors of manual use an original methodical reception allowing to studying to submerge in a language environment and master the colloquial models of Korean. Through a personage of course - frenchman Jacques is arrives to Korea, that allows to studying to become acquainted with the culture of country through various vital situations.Material of manual can be used for preparation to the different tests on Korean, such, as Test of Proficiency in Korean (TOPIK).