Lee Ik-hoon, founder and owner of renowned Lee Ik-hoon Language Institute, died of cancer at 1:30 p.m. Saturday. He was 61.
Born in Seoul in 1947, he had worked as a reporter for U.S. edition of local Korean daily Dong-A Ilbo in the United States after obtaining bachelor’s degree at Yonsei University and master’s degree at the West Coast University in Los Angeles. He became famous to the general public for English learning texts named after his name, such as “Lee Ik-hoon EAR/EYE of TOEIC” and “Lee Ik-hoon EAR of the TOEFL.”
He opened ‘Lee Ik-hoon Language Institute,” the first learning center specializing in English hearing and has operated the institute for students and those are poor in English hearing. He has also taught English as visiting professor at the graduate school of education, Hanyang University, and adjunct professor at Dankook University.
In particular, he was listed in the Marquis Who’s Who containing brief biographies of distinguished persons as a special educator. He also earned a doctorate in English Literature on “A Study on strategic teaching method to effectively improve capability of listening English” at Dankook University in 2006.
The late Lee was declared stricken by cancer shortly before getting the doctorate and his health got deteriorated severely recently to death although he had been active, contributing articles to newspapers and giving lectures.
He is survived by his wife and two sons.