Sonia Gil

Co-Founder and CEO, Fluenz · 1 appearance on the record.

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Sonia Gil co-founded Fluenz, an interactive digital language-learning platform and in-person Spanish immersion program where she leads content creation and acts as the video tutor. She also gained wide recognition as the creator and host of the travel web series Sonia's Travels, winning a 2012 People's Voice Webby Award for Best Web Personality.

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Opinion

Gil: Online language immersion is more effective than in-person programs

“So it turned out that this online version of the immersion has been incredibly effective in terms of the learning for our guests, because we can be that much more precise and we can individualize it that much more.”

Sonia Gil Oct 22, 2020 ▶ 14:01 How I Built Resilience: Sonia Gil of Fluenz

Insight

Gil: Demographics cannot reliably target language learning customers

“Being in the language learning business for so long, I can tell you that the affinity isn't always there. Meaning, Guy, you Happen to like Italian, and that's the language that you'd like, want to learn. But that doesn't mean that your friend wants to learn th…”

Sonia Gil Oct 22, 2020 ▶ 14:52 How I Built Resilience: Sonia Gil of Fluenz

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Gil: Online language immersion is permanently here to stay post-pandemic

“First of all, the online immersion is here to stay. I have no doubt. It's something that also had been in their minds, but if there's one thing this pandemic has accelerated and it has opened the doors toward is online education. I think people are definitely …”

Sonia Gil Oct 22, 2020 ▶ 17:00 How I Built Resilience: Sonia Gil of Fluenz

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Gil: Most language programs use a single path regardless of native language

“Most of the programs and even books and university programs and everything else Have one path of learning and that's what it is.”

Sonia Gil Oct 22, 2020 ▶ 2:24 How I Built Resilience: Sonia Gil of Fluenz

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Gil: Fluenz immersion business went to zero when COVID-19 hit

“You had to shut down, exactly, completely, and we went to zero.”

Sonia Gil Oct 22, 2020 ▶ 6:17 How I Built Resilience: Sonia Gil of Fluenz

Insight

Gil: 90 minutes is the optimal duration for a learning chapter

“We already knew that 90 minutes is the perfect amount of time to do a chapter.”

Sonia Gil Oct 22, 2020 ▶ 12:59 How I Built Resilience: Sonia Gil of Fluenz

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Gil: Fluenz immersion business grew over 100% in 2019

“We grew a hundred percent plus 2019.”

Sonia Gil Oct 22, 2020 ▶ 6:38 How I Built Resilience: Sonia Gil of Fluenz

Appearances (1)

Episode	Date	Speaking time
How I Built Resilience: Sonia Gil of Fluenz	Oct 22, 2020	12m

Sonia Gil

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