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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