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Wednesday, 30 April 2014@10:29
First of all, Lee Woongho is a normal guy who’s been going through different stages in his life. He masters four different languages which are Korean, Chinese, English and Japanese language. Well, that makes him different from other normal guys, right? His mothers tongue, of course, is the Korean language, you know just by looking at his name.
At the age of 6, he went to a Chinese Primary School for one year. That’s when he got the chance to learn Chinese language. How lucky he is! Ahhh, how we wish we were in his place, we love Chinese language! Wo hen ke ai hiks.
Then, when he was 7 years old, he followed his father to Scotland and he stayed there for a year. Even for only one year, it is enough for him to pick up English language through his environment because it is the time where the brain actively picks up words and the grammar of the language.
Next, he went back to Korea, his hometown and he had his life there. Of course lahh! He lived in Korea for years and fly to Japan at the age of 20. He became an exchange student for one year. Haaaa! This is when he obtained his third language which is Japanese language.
Japanese language was an easy language for him to master as the grammar of Japanese and Korean language is quite similar. He knew nothing about Japanese language when he went there. At first, he learnt Japanese by memorizing the words so that he’ll be able to read Japanese.
After one year, he went to China as a language student to learn Chinese language. He is educated formally to learn Chinese language for one and a half year. Now, he is already thirty one and he is currently studying at University Malaya in Linguistics course.
Linguistics Relation
Thus, we can
conclude that the Critical Period
Hypothesis theory by Eric Lenneberg is
totally accurate. His theory stated that when someone learn language after
puberty, it is harder for them to acquire and master the language properly. As in the case of Lee Woongho, he can actually understand Chinese naturally. Plus, he can actually pronounce "r" and "m" properly because he was exposed to the pronunciation when he was little. The way he speaks English is also quite good as the result of exposure to the language when he stayed in Scotland.
From what we know, it is harder to learn second language if the grammar of the first language is not similar to the second language's grammar. Even though it is quite hard for Lee Woongho to learn Japanese language because he acquired it after his puberty, it is pretty easy for him to understand the grammatical part of the language because Japanese grammar is also the same as Korean's. He also stated that Arabic language is hard for him to learn, partly because of the grammar is different from his first language which is Korean.
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Wednesday, 30 April 2014@10:29
First of all, Lee Woongho is a normal guy who’s been going through different stages in his life. He masters four different languages which are Korean, Chinese, English and Japanese language. Well, that makes him different from other normal guys, right? His mothers tongue, of course, is the Korean language, you know just by looking at his name.
At the age of 6, he went to a Chinese Primary School for one year. That’s when he got the chance to learn Chinese language. How lucky he is! Ahhh, how we wish we were in his place, we love Chinese language! Wo hen ke ai hiks.
Then, when he was 7 years old, he followed his father to Scotland and he stayed there for a year. Even for only one year, it is enough for him to pick up English language through his environment because it is the time where the brain actively picks up words and the grammar of the language.
Next, he went back to Korea, his hometown and he had his life there. Of course lahh! He lived in Korea for years and fly to Japan at the age of 20. He became an exchange student for one year. Haaaa! This is when he obtained his third language which is Japanese language.
Japanese language was an easy language for him to master as the grammar of Japanese and Korean language is quite similar. He knew nothing about Japanese language when he went there. At first, he learnt Japanese by memorizing the words so that he’ll be able to read Japanese.
After one year, he went to China as a language student to learn Chinese language. He is educated formally to learn Chinese language for one and a half year. Now, he is already thirty one and he is currently studying at University Malaya in Linguistics course.
Linguistics Relation
Thus, we can
conclude that the Critical Period
Hypothesis theory by Eric Lenneberg is
totally accurate. His theory stated that when someone learn language after
puberty, it is harder for them to acquire and master the language properly. As in the case of Lee Woongho, he can actually understand Chinese naturally. Plus, he can actually pronounce "r" and "m" properly because he was exposed to the pronunciation when he was little. The way he speaks English is also quite good as the result of exposure to the language when he stayed in Scotland.
From what we know, it is harder to learn second language if the grammar of the first language is not similar to the second language's grammar. Even though it is quite hard for Lee Woongho to learn Japanese language because he acquired it after his puberty, it is pretty easy for him to understand the grammatical part of the language because Japanese grammar is also the same as Korean's. He also stated that Arabic language is hard for him to learn, partly because of the grammar is different from his first language which is Korean.
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