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How Chinese Helped Me Improve as an ESL Teacher

Season 6, Ep. 1

Join us as we speak to Hanna (speakonwithHanna) who shares her journey learning Chinese, and how this actually helped her improve not only her Chinese Language skills, but also her teaching skills, opening up more opportunities and more income as a result.


As always be sure to connect with us on Instagram (instagram.com/esltalkpodcast). You can also send your English teaching questions to esltalkpodcast@gmail.com. New Episodes are released each Wednesday. So be sure to join us each week as we continue our English teaching journey!


Access over 600+ ESL lessons through our partner https://esl-curriculum.com/esl-talk/, to apply to be a guest, please visit our website esl-talk.com.


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