Disruptive Repetition in English

By Wonki Lee

This book may be dangerous for those who teach English, theorize language development, and provide education in general, etc. His intention of the book is not to insult anyone or hurt someones reputation, but is to restore the pure purpose of English education from the state of its corruption by helping the readers to see how the system of English education operates and why. In the meantime, the author sincerely desires to help the readers to find their own home in their life journey as well as in becoming a master of English.

He is currently pursuing his university degree at Brigham Young University - Hawaii. He was born and raised in South Korea and he is very dedicated to help as many as learners of the language see what the actual reality is in the education

• Language: English
• Publisher: Xlibris US
• Release date: Sep 4, 2015
• ISBN: 9781514404232

Wonki Lee

Despite the negative perspectives of his friends on the decision that he’d made, Wonki Lee started his journey to marriage life early when he was twenty one years old and is now a father of two charming children after four years of his marriage. His journey to acquiring the English language, however, has been about two decades. In the midst of his journey to mastering English, he has experienced a deep frustration that many of his fellow learners of the language experience on a day to day basis. He tells himself that he has walked a solitary journey. His English teachers publicly made fun of his various attempts in trying something new in the language. His friends told him that there is no future in what he was doing for the language. But, he insisted to keep walking in the path because he didn’t know any other way. After years of quiet pondering and seeking moments, he found it. He found the small peace, which he desperately wanted.

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Copyright © 2015 by Wonki Lee.

Library of Congress Control Number:   2015914418

ISBN:   Hardcover   978-1-5144-0425-6

   Softcover   978-1-5144-0424-9

   eBook   978-1-5144-0423-2

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CONTENTS

Part 1: Prologue

With Me

Part 2: The First Step

The Letter

The Language

Part 3: The Door

The Journey

Part 4: The Key

The Input

The Output

The Moment

Part 5: The Home

The Peace

Part 6: Epilogue

With You

Acknowledgement

To my dear Mom and Dad

For their faith in me

I walk the same path that you walk

You do not know me yet, but I know you

You are all my brothers and sisters

You are about to see the same thing that I see

And you are about to feel the same thing that I feel

Thus, you and I are to become united

Through this dear letter to you

-Wonki Lee

Based on his personal experiences and self-reflection, Wonki Lee has provided a wonderful set of ideas and insights for those seeking to learn English as a second language. In a friendly and helpful style, he has laid out a set of guidelines for how one becomes a self-directed and independent learner of English, taking personal responsibility both for what is learned and how it is learned. He includes his own observations on experiencing teachers of English as trainers and helpful assistants, rather than tour guides or experts. Based on firsthand experiences over many years of study, Wonki Lee shows the reader how and why they need to take responsibility for their own learning and what that means regarding their approach to English. This book should help all learners of English become more thoughtful regarding their motivation, approach and goals in learning English.

Steven C. Wheelwright, PhD

Harvard Business School

Edsel Bryant Ford Professor, Emeritus

In my reading of Wonki Lee’s manuscript Disruptive Repetition in English I was intrigued with his hypothesis of English language learning and the factors that apply to mastering one of the world’s most difficult languages. I spend much of my free time working with young missionaries who are in the process of learning an equally difficult language, Korean. It has become abundantly clear that the process for rapid learning and retention is very much influenced by the factors that Wonki Lee enumerates. Namely, Constant repetition based on the principle that output is a function of input. In other words, it requires determined effort and cannot be approached casually. It requires focused attention that blocks out distractions by creating an environment where learning the language is the paramount objective. It also requires patience and belief in oneself that this too can be accomplished. There are simple and basic learning principles described in Wonki Lee’s writings, if applied, can be of great worth to those looking to master the English language.

Alan G. Perriton

President

VIA Motors International & Instructor

at the Missionary Training Center, Provo, Utah

PART 1

Prologue

WITH ME

"The greatest danger for most of us is not that our aim is too high