David Stirling on the Life-Changing Rewards of Immersion & His Experience Teaching English in Thailand
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David Stirling is a Thailand-based English teacher from the UK and the founder of Go-Interview.com, which helps English learners build the language skills they need to get their dream job.
In the interview, we discuss:
How David fell in love with Thailand
Why he got into English teaching
The different types of teaching jobs available in Thailand
How to break through the "intermediate plateau"
The pros and cons of group classes and online one-on-one tutoring
The importance of choosing a narrow niche in online teaching & business
Why David chose business English and interviewing as his niche
The power of having sufficiently high stakes in language learning
David's best tips for learning Thai
The importance of mastering sounds first
Why you need to get corrected early and often
📝 For show notes, visit LanguageMastery.com/blog/post/david-stirling.
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