{"id":12918,"date":"2023-12-05T00:00:04","date_gmt":"2023-12-04T15:00:04","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/sasugacommunications.com\/ja\/?p=12918"},"modified":"2025-05-16T21:49:36","modified_gmt":"2025-05-16T12:49:36","slug":"the-key-to-break-through-language-limitations-as-an-adult","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/sasugacommunications.com\/ja\/the-key-to-break-through-language-limitations-as-an-adult\/","title":{"rendered":"The Key To Break Through Language Limitations As An Adult"},"content":{"rendered":"

Have you struggled with language learning as an adult?<\/span><\/p>\n

Or have you ever given up on something else you wanted to do because someone told you it wasn\u2019t possible?<\/span><\/p>\n

English Pronunciation Expert and Coach Aiko Hemingway shared in her recent TEDx Talk at Huntington Beach how she overcame her struggle to speak English and be understood after she moved from Japan to America.<\/span><\/p>\n

At first, when she said \u201crice,\u201d people thought she was saying \u201clice.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n

And when she mentioned the name of her professor, \u201cDoug,\u201d they thought she was calling him \u201cdog\u201d!!!<\/span><\/p>\n

Then Aiko discovered the hypothesis of linguist and neurologist Dr. Eric Lenneberg. He announced in 1967 that mastering a second language, especially pronunciation, becomes extremely difficult after the age of 12.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

\u201cThat explains it!\u201d she thought. And she gave up on improving her language skills.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

But then one day, during choir practice, something changed her mind and gave her renewed hope.<\/span><\/p>\n

Hear from Aiko herself in her TEDx Talk here<\/span><\/a><\/strong> (less than 8 mins).\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

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It\u2019s well worth listening to if you\u2019re looking for words of encouragement.<\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Have you struggled with language learning as an adult? Or have you ever given up on something else you wanted to do because someone told you it wasn\u2019t possible? English Pronunciation Expert and Coach Aiko Hemingway shared in her recent TEDx Talk at Huntington Beach how she overcame her struggle to speak English and be […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":4,"featured_media":12923,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_et_pb_use_builder":"","_et_pb_old_content":"","_et_gb_content_width":"","inline_featured_image":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[61,55,57,56,65,54,58],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-12918","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-all","category-communication","category-facilitation","category-interviews","category-personal-development","category-presentations","category-meetings"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/sasugacommunications.com\/ja\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/12918","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/sasugacommunications.com\/ja\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/sasugacommunications.com\/ja\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sasugacommunications.com\/ja\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/4"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sasugacommunications.com\/ja\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=12918"}],"version-history":[{"count":13,"href":"https:\/\/sasugacommunications.com\/ja\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/12918\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":17462,"href":"https:\/\/sasugacommunications.com\/ja\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/12918\/revisions\/17462"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sasugacommunications.com\/ja\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/12923"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/sasugacommunications.com\/ja\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=12918"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sasugacommunications.com\/ja\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=12918"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sasugacommunications.com\/ja\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=12918"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}