#115 | Gabby Wallace on How Language Teachers Learn a Language

Gabby Wallace, creator of Go Natural English, joins Benny Lewis and Shannon Kennedy to talk about teaching English online, how renovating houses is like learning languages, and what it was like to live in a favela in Brazil.

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Building a language teaching business online
Learning languages to travel – how to prepare and what to do with the language after travel is over
Shannon and Benny’s tips for avoiding language interference with similar languages
Gabby’s ideal day of language learning

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Episode Overview

Some of the topics brought up during the interview are:

What inspired Gabby to begin teaching English
How being a language learner makes you a better language teacher
Ways renovating houses and real estate connects to language learning
How to balance really diverse projects
Living in a favela in Brazil
How to choose topics for online content as a language teacher
Corporate language training

Podcast theme: “A New Beginning” by Shannon Kennedy