#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
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Shannon and Benny’s tips for avoiding language interference
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Gabby’s ideal day of language learning



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Go Natural English Podcast



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