Open Draft - with Fabio Cerpelloni

There are language teachers who make inspiring and educational content, and Christian Saunders from Canguro English is one of them.

Christian is my favorite English teacher on YouTube, not least because we share the same teaching philosophy.

His YouTube channel has over 300,000 subscribers and Christian uses it to "change the way the world learns English". 

He's always told his learners the truth: learning a language is hard and it takes many years. I agree. Let me add that learning a second language is one of the most rewarding things you could ever do in your life.

In this episode, which is part 1 of the conversation I had with him, Christian and I talk about:

Any comments? Questions? Feedback? Feel free to get in touch with me. All my contact details are on my website - www.fabiocerpelloni.com 

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Canguro English (Christian YouTube channel) - https://www.youtube.com/@Canguroenglish 

Christian's website - https://canguroenglish.com/ 

Free book discussion session on 25th February - https://fabiocerpelloni.com/events/

Fabio's private email list - https://fabiocerpelloni.com/private/

In this episode, I tell a personal story that might make you reflect on how you try to avoid uncomfortable situations. Listen to what happened to me in August 2022 while I was camping in Portugal. It might give you something to think about. 

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In this episode, you'll hear me talk about how I came up with the idea of writing "Any Language You Want", a collection of personal true stories on how I learned English.

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In this episode I talk with Tania, a highly experienced English teacher from Melbourne, Australia. Tania moved from Australia to Italy in 2006 and for the first time in her life she understood what it meant to not be able to speak a language and communicate. "It was horrible and frustrating," Tania says. 

Tania has been teaching English to Italians for nearly 2 decades and even had her own language school for many years. Teaching gives her a huge amount of satisfaction and she says that she has found her purpose in life in helping others communicate effectively in English.

You'll hear her talk about:

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In this episode I interview Brenden Kumarasamy, a public speaking coach based in Montreal, Canada. Brenden is the CEO of MasterTalk, a company that helps people master their communication skills and give effective presentations. He's also a YouTuber. At the time of publishing this (January 2023) his YouTube channel has nearly 30,000 subscribers. Brenden uses it to help people communicate their ideas to the world in the best possible way.

You'll hear me and Brenden talk about:

I think you will find this episode especially useful if you give presentations in English, host workshops, present at events, give talks for work or if you need to speak in public for whatever other reason.

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In this episode, I'm reading out one of my blog posts.

Here's the link https://fabiocerpelloni.com/use-swot-analysis/

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In this episode I tell a personal story about a time I was leaving a language school in New Zealand. It took place in 2016 but I still remember that moment very well. I hope this story will somehow help you get through those life situations in which you feel you need to show everyone how good you are.

The transcript of this episode (only the story) is available at https://fabiocerpelloni.gumroad.com/l/farewell 

If you'd like to support the show, then you could do one of these things:

Thank you!

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The transcript of the story - https://fabiocerpelloni.gumroad.com/l/farewell

Join my private email list at https://fabiocerpelloni.com/private/  

In this episode, I'm reading out one of my blog posts.

Here's the link https://fabiocerpelloni.com/swot-analysis/

Any comments? Please leave a comment in the box at the bottom of that page. I reply to all.

In this episode I'm joined by Urmi Hossain. Urmi is a proponent of self-development and continuous learning. She's also an author. She was born and raised in Italy by Bengali parents, who wanted her to be the typical Bengali girl: obedient and perfect for the community. In her book called "Discovering Your Identity: A Rebirth From Interracial Struggle", she narrates what she had to go through in her childhood. She does this through reflections and confessions about what it felt like growing up in a household that wanted her to be someone she didn't want to be.

She's also a polyglot as she speaks 4 languages: Bengali, Italian, English and French.

You'll hear us talk about:

The transcript of this episode is available here - https://fabiocerpelloni.gumroad.com/l/urmi

If you'd like to support the show, then you could do one of these things:

Thank you!

Episode Links

In this episode, I'm reading out one of my blog posts.

Here's the link https://fabiocerpelloni.com/bg/

Any comments? Please leave a comment in the box at the bottom of that page. I reply to all.