Sam Hammington, how to teach two languages. When I was young, I only talked in Korean and now only in English

By Wooju, Lee

Aug 08, 2025

Sam Hammington, how to teach two languages. When I was young, I only talked in Korean and now only in English



Australian broadcaster Sam Hammington has revealed his two sons' bilingual education methods.

On the 8th, on the YouTube channel 'Will Avengers', a video titled 'Jen's Appearance ~ Doppelbenzen Reunion & Sam X Sayuri Real Childcare Story' was posted on the Wilben House.

Sayuri went to Sam Hammington's house with Jen. It's the first time in four years that Sam Hammington and Jen have met. Jen and Bentley, who were the talk of the town for their smart looks, still drew attention with their similarities.




While the three children were playing, Sayuri asked Sam Hammington, her senior parenting teacher, about parenting. Sayuri says, `There are many foreign parents, but Sam is good at raising babies. His English is perfect and his Korean is perfect. I wanted to learn the secret of raising her bright and positive"Did you only use Korean at first?" Sam Hammington only spoke Korean until he was 4 years old. If you look at old videos, William was almost like Konglish. His pronunciation was also very bad."

Sam Hammington, how to teach two languages. When I was young, I only talked in Korean and now only in English
As for the secret to English education "It is not easy for the child to speak English well when parents are not good at English among Korean parents. When I see children in English kindergarten, they use English in kindergarten, but when they come home, they use Korean. It's the concept of attending an academy. You have to keep using what you learned at school to get used to it."

Sam Hammington says, "(Kids) talk about this and that (in English) when they come back from school. All the contents that the kids watch are in English, so I got used to it. Now, without thinking, (I use English). There are times when I have more trouble with my Korean." Sayuri, who sympathized with this, said "When you learn a language as a baby, your pronunciation is so good that you speak Korean better than me. I asked the taxi driver to go to Samseong-dong, but he didn't understand. Jen said it next to me, so I understood it. I have a bad pronunciation. Even if you live for 10, 20 years, you can't do it for the rest of your life."






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