FASCINATING CONVERSATION WITH GIDEON from LET THEM TALK TV English teachers' advice.

Gideon from @LetThemTalkTV joins me for a thoroughly enjoyable chat today and kindly answers my probing questions such as, "Why do people watch your videos?", "Is KZbin good for learning English?", "What is the most challenging aspect of learning English for students?", "What is your opinion of English exams?" and more.
I'm sure you are already very familiar with Gideon's channel Let Them Talk TV. If not... where have you been??? Go and check it out!
Idioms Gideon uses in the chat:
To milk it = to take full advantage of something
By hook or by crook = by any means necessary
To be washed up = to be no longer successful/popular
Time stamps:
0:00 Introduction
1:12 What do you do for a living?
2:32 What is your teaching background?
6:56 First KZbin video
13:51 Why do people watch your videos?
18:10 Deciding what types of videos to make
22:23 British English or American English?
25:26 Is watching KZbin videos a good way to learn English?
29:19 Most challenging aspect of English learning
33:14 Advice for English learners
36:15 What's your opinion on English exam
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Ben Gill
English teacher
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[@LetThemTalkTV]

Thank you Ben. It was an honour and a privilege to be invited onto your channel. It seems that we have so much in common. Not only did we both start our teaching in Madrid but we also share the same perspective as to how English should be taught.

[@tothepointenglishwithben.]

Indeed! Great minds think alike 😃

[@freddiemercury8700]

Good to see you here Gideon. Stay mellow 😂😉

[@raoulkurvitz6305]

@@freddiemercury8700 "Stay mellow!" - the best expression I've ever learnt from you, Gideon! 😁

[@isabelatence7035]

I really enjoyed this interview, my favorite master in learning the English language

[@maritzajimenez6690]

Thank you so much for this wonderful chat! I do believe Gideon is the best English teacher in KZbin, a real professional who knows how to teach and motivate his students. I "go" to his classes every night

[@yvonnesmith8245]

Gideon is such a wonderful speaker. He has a delightful accent and a nice voice.❤️

[@Crisguay]

I'm blown away! A "grammarian" and a "to the pointer" sharing a screen. What a milestone! Thanks to both of you! 🤗

[@tothepointenglishwithben.]

Glad you enjoyed it, Cristina!

[@Garm6176]

Ohhhh my two favourite channels in one video!✨

[@OceanChild75]

Ben + Gideon + Jon = Holy Trinity when it comes to English learning ❤

[@ericban842]

what a great and low key interview. I can listen to both of you for hours. thank you very much for this video.

[@RurikRossiEnglishTeacher]

It's such a pleasure to watch these two inspiring English teachers have a lovely chat. Great job Ben!

[@tothepointenglishwithben.]

Thank you, Rurik 🙂

[@markethrubesova]

No way!!! Awesome. Thank you, guys!!! I love you both

[@nkprimavera]

Charisma and Good looks - 👑100%🎉Thank you very much!:)))❤You are both Wonderful Nature-Born Teachers!!! Class.Quality. Approach.I am really grateful for your work.🙏🙏🙏

[@englishforadvancedlearners]

Nice, two of my favourite English teachers in one video, thanks to both of you! I really appreciate this kind of interviews / spontaneous conversations, I hope this will be continued or repeated once in a while. Good luck and happy teaching!

[@aslbakrc3038]

Ben, you really got me with Plexit:) Gosh, it cracked me up real bad:) That was so much fun. Loved this conversation series (I assume it is gonna be a thing from this day on if it hasn't been already). Keep it going!

[@tothepointenglishwithben.]

Glad you enjoyed it!

[@raoulkurvitz6305]

Wow!!!!! So great to see the two of you together! Gideon IS a legend, and besides of all he is such a funny guy (we may say even "hysterical", may-be- !? 🙂) Anyways, you both are my favourite teachers of English, btw. Alongside with Lucy the Blonde - none of you does get even close being that beautiful however, I'm so sorry... 😭 Greetings from 🇪🇪 ! R.

[@nastya3280]

What a collaboration😱😱😱😱😱

[@edilsonluizpereira2421]

Thanks for giving us this amazing chat. The best one I have seen. Informal, easy to understand and with lots of pieces of advice.

[@tothepointenglishwithben.]

Glad you enjoyed it!

[@marylkap6498]

Follow your bliss & enjoy it ☺️

[@ursulafischer4238]

Yes, Loom of the Language or Die Sprachen der Welt! A great fascinating and easy to read book by the Swiss linguist Frederick Bodmer, predecessor to Noam Chomsky at the MIT. Still worth reading today!

[@freddiemercury8700]

Of course! We love Gideon. I am one of his big fans. I learned a lot of him. He is an Eggcellent funny cockney geezer. Greetings from Casablanca, by the way; I wonder where his mate Jon Monty is 🤔🤔🤔

[@turicoppola9815]

Great video Ben! I appreciate it.

[@tothepointenglishwithben.]

Glad you liked it, Turi!

[@dianaivosevic1165]

My two favorite English teacher! Thank you, both! pls, Carry on!

[@dianaivosevic1165]

TeacherS!

[@Phulanitos]

Thanks Ben!

[@tothepointenglishwithben.]

You're welcome 🙂

[@jessicamendes8005]

Great talk, btw! Ben, please, try to invite Toby from Smash English too! It would be amazing!

[@isabelmagadan9387]

Thanks for the pleasant chat. In an ideal situation, whitout preassure or obsession to pass now (that made me sick at school, etc), exams should be the means. The pourpose should be to continue learning and integrating the language as a routine of life, so i'm totally agree with you. Motivation and to work for it are our task, I'm aware ( Sorry to all of you for the mistakes , i'm beginer )

[@tothepointenglishwithben.]

Well said, Isabel!

[@Call0fMaxi]

Awesome conversation! Plus, as a Spanish native, I concurr with Ben about that inborn fear we spanish people fight with. If more of us could lose that initial fear to actually speaking english, we would be really surprised of what we can achieve ! Keep up the good work!

[@tothepointenglishwithben.]

Absolutely!!

[@causilvestrini7000]

My two favourite teachers in one video, great!

[@tothepointenglishwithben.]

Thank you! 😃

[@Kej.9]

I follow both of you :) great to see you together :)

[@tothepointenglishwithben.]

Thanks, K!

[@ericban842]

as you said beeing a teacher doesn't mean you can't make mistakes. you are human not a robot. it happens.

[@tothepointenglishwithben.]

True

[@freddiemercury8700]

No Gideon, we watch your videos simply because, not only are you a great grammarian, but also a comedian that makes us laugh more than Charlie Chaplin 😂🤣

[@jessicamendes8005]

Wow. Today I watched his video about the RP accent and subscribed to his channel, and now you're together here, hahaha

[@tothepointenglishwithben.]

A happy coincidence!

[@finn405]

Hi, I got the results for my CAE exam yesterday and managed to score 199 points, therefore I missed out on C2 by just one point. I remember having some trouble with the essay, as I went way off topic and also exaggerated with the amount of words, having to restart the essay with only a couple of minutes left and very limited space on the exam sheet. That's why I'm pretty sure that I'd be able to get C2 on my next attempt, but I don't know if I should try. I mainly did the exam in order to have my English skills confirmed on my CV and I'm pretty sure C1 level is more than enough. Would you recommend taking the CPE and if so, should I retry the CAE aiming for the perfect score or should I just go for the CPE exam?

[@tothepointenglishwithben.]

The C1 Advanced is enough for most situations, as you said. If you find exam preparation motivating, you can go ahead and try the C2. However, English exams are short-term and you need to find extrinsic, long-term motivation in order to sustain your relationship with English.

[@Maria-tl1lm]

It happens a lot in Spain. Language Schools hire native speakers who are not teachers to teach English. Some of them haven't got a clue. I think it's a huge mistake because being a navite speaker of English doesn't make you a teacher at all. "Intrusismo profesional", it's called. Not everybody is able to teach.

[@tothepointenglishwithben.]

I agree.

[@paulmcpaul1584]

Nice video. I was wondering if you offered one-to-one private video lessons. I have passed my Proficiency mock exams with good marks but I think I'd need help with writing and speaking. Let me know, please.

[@tothepointenglishwithben.]

I'm afraid I don't have any time available for private lessons at the moment. 🤷🏻‍♂️

[@swamitripurari-lectures]

Is this a stand up comedy or what? Haha 😄 👍

[@tothepointenglishwithben.]

😃

[@lilianvechetini659]

What's Gideon's full name?