Gabby is a unique and effective web-based English language activation program. Gabby’s patent-pending methodology is based on the latest rigorous academic research and applies the concept of Muscle Memory Training to spoken language. Our hybrid English Activation training regimen combines mobile-friendly online Self-Training practice with online Live Training sessions lead by your personal native speaker Professional English Coach.
WHAT IS MUSCLE MEMORY TRAINING?
Practice Makes Perfect.
Muscle Memory Training is a highly effective method of proceduralizing knowledge into actionable skills. To demonstrate, let’s use a sports analogy. Just reading about how to hold and swing a tennis racquet does not result in developing the actual skill of hitting the ball in the right direction. As the saying goes, “practice makes perfect.” Perfecting the details of the procedure (grip and form, angle and speed of swing) and then repeating it again and again creates a procedural memory in the brain. This new procedural memory triggers the brain signals that will move muscles and nerves in just the right way; and with enough practice, the whole process becomes automatic.
Develop Your Procedural Memory.
This same method works for speaking English. By responding to questions repeatedly during Gabby English Activation training, you will build your procedural memory and activate the right muscles and nerves: ears, mouth, lips, tongue, vocal folds (for creating sound) and lungs (for breath) are all controlled by trainable muscles and nerves that are used for speaking and listening. Your knowledge of grammar, vocabulary, syntax and pronunciation are all proceduralized. This is Dynamic Muscle Memory Training.
Build Your Confidence.
With enough repetition and practice, your brain and muscles will react automatically to produce clear spoken English, with the right words at the right moment, building your confidence. This is why we say that Gabby is not a language acquisition tool; it’s a language activation tool. We’ll help you train your brain and activate your English.
HOW AND WHY GABBY WAS BORN.
Gabby was originally developed in Silicon Valley as an aid to professionals who do not speak English as their primary language. Specifically, their challenge was having the confidence to speak up in English; in the digitally-enabled lateral org charts of Silicon Valley, it’s hard to get anything accomplished without “speaking-up”. Unfortunately, there are still many people who are able to read and write in English fairly well, but struggle with actually speaking. Why?
There is a fundamental difference between reading/writing skill and speaking skill. For one thing, oral communication is the most common way to communicate in any language, so it’s really important to be able to do it well.
Years of studying grammar, vocabulary, punctuation, syntax — this is crucial knowledge. If you can craft an email in English, read a book in English, navigate a subway system with signs in English, it does not necessarily mean you can speak English.
Gabby was designed to leverage the internet expertise in Silicon Valley plus high-quality professional English Coaches in various English-speaking centers to help non-native speakers develop the Dynamic Muscle Memory skill for speaking English easily and automatically, building the confidence to win globally.
Gabby was a fun method – just like an RPG game!
Yoshihiro I.
Location: Yokohama, Japan | Occupation: Think Tank Manager
Gabby removed pausing when I sort out grammatical knowledge in my brain
Hirofumi Y.
Location: California, USA | Occupation: University Administrator
Only five minutes of training has made huge difference.
Kengo I.
Location: Tokyo, Japan | Occupation: Accountant
Gabby is very different from regular online English courses.
Mami K.
Location: Tokyo, Japan | Occupation: Marketing Specialist
Gabby helped me get a position in our Singapore branch!
Daisuke M.
Location: Singapore | Occupation: Business Developer
Gabby is the best method for people who manage business in English.
Katsuhiro C.
Location: Toronto, Canada | Occupation: CEO
Gabby is good for people who want to get beyond the basic English-speaking level.
Ayako E.
Location: Vancouver, Canada | Occupation: Web Developer