Who Is Olly Richards? My Life, Language & Teaching Background

https://bit.ly/freeslkit_lifestory A lot of new subscribers have been asking if there is a video about my background, how I learned 8 languages, and why I started teaching languages. The short answer? No. So I decided to make one! In this video, I share: 🎹 How foreign languages eventually overtook my first love (music). 💔 How a breakup led me to learn French in Paris. 💃🏾 How a love of Salsa and Bossa Nova music pulled me to Brazil and Argentina. 🇯🇵 How I ended up in Japan and fell in love with language teaching. 🇶🇦 What brought me to Qatar and then Egypt 🇪🇬. ✍🏼 Why I started my blog (I Will Teach You a Language) and how it evolved. 📖 What I am currently up to in my business (recently rebranded as StoryLearning®). ⬇️ GET MY FREE STORYLEARNING® KIT: Discover how to learn any foreign language faster through the power of story with my free StoryLearning® Kit 👉🏼 https://bit.ly/freeslkit_lifestory 📚 RESOURCES MENTIONED My short story books: https://iwillteachyoualanguage.com/books My story-based language courses: https://iwillteachyoualanguage.com/la... 📺 WATCH NEXT: How to learn a new language with stories    • How To Learn a New Language With Stories   The RIGHT Way to Learn Vocabulary From Stories    • The RIGHT Way to Learn Vocabulary From Sto...   The RIGHT way to learn grammar with stories    • The RIGHT Way to Learn Grammar with Stories   11 Things Only Polyglots Will Understand    • 11 Things Only Polyglots Will Understand   ❓ASK ME A QUESTION: http://iwillteachyoualanguage.com/ask ⏱ TIMESTAMPS: 00:00 - Intro 01:25 - Basic Bio & Music Background (Cambridge & London) 02:54 - Running Off to France 03:43 - Back to Uni, Then Off to Brazil & Argentina 05:10 - Pro Musician to Pro Language Teacher 06:15 - Learning to Teach (Japan) 08:28 - Marrying Experience, Theory & Practical Application 10:42 - Professional Adventures in Qatar & Egypt 12:10 - Blogging Overtakes My Day Job 12:42 - Birth of my Short Story Books 16:50 - The StoryLearning Method 17:38 - Adventures in Cantonese, Arabic, Thai, Italian, German, Korean, and beyond 18:29 - Learning Languages → Helping Others