Language
Coaching sessions
What is it Language Coaching?
Language coaching is about supporting people who speak foreign languages i.e. non-native languages, either in the language learning process or in their everyday or professional active use. Language coaching is an applied methodology incorporating coaching fundamentals into the language learning context. The role of a language coach is to support and empower the learner on their self-led learning journey.
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In general, a teacher will help you catch and fix errors by explicitly telling you the "right" way to learn a language. But because we are all individuals with our own personal learning styles, busy lives, language goals, and language anxieties, a language coach will focus on solving your problems with you, without necessarily telling you the one "right" way to do something.
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Who Can Benefit from Language Coaching?
Here is a non-exhaustive list of the kind of people who may need language coaching, and some of the language learning goals they may have:
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Men/women who moved to another country and want to keep up with their own language/culture
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Husbands/wives who want to keep up with their partner's language/culture (and be able to communicate with their in-laws!)
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Monocultural & monolingual dads/mothers who want their children to be immersed in a different language/culture
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Dads/mothers who want to be able to relate to their child's language/culture when their partner is from another background
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Dads/mothers in a multicultural/multilingual family who want to pass their own language/culture onto their children
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Families with a mix of all of the above who want to keep up with their languages/cultures
As you can tell, we like to think that language and culture are interrelated. You won't be able to communicate fully in a language if you do not know much about the culture of the country or countries where it is spoken, you also won't be able to get a proper glimpse in the culture of a country if you do not speak its language. This is the reason why we put culture at the centre of our language coaching sessions.
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Why Do You Need a Language Coach?
A Language Coach helps you discover and eliminate obstacles that would prevent you from achieving you language learning goals.
For instance you may not realise or appreciate that you are no longer keeping up with your culture, you may not have the right motivation or incentive to keep up with your roots or pass your culture and/or language onto your children, you may not have the time, you may have other preoccupations and worries, you may have underlying limiting beliefs, etc.
By rethinking and redesigning these beliefs and other factors, your mindset and attitude to learning is bound to change and learning blockages can be removed for a more successful learning outcome.
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How Does Language Coaching Work?
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One of our coaches meets you first in person or online for an intake session, in which he or she asks you to clarify your motivations behind learning or improving your skills in another language.
The coach then helps you work out a set of SMART (Specific, Measurable, Attainable, Relevant and Time-bound) goals that you can achieve within a specific timeframe.
Finally, we work with you to develop an action plan that should help you immerse yourself in the language and culture of your choice.
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After a few weeks, you get your first follow-up call to check in with your coach who ensures that you are meeting your own expectations and achieving the smaller objectives that make up your overall goals. This accountability session is also aimed at keeping you motivated and reassuring you when things don’t go your way.
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What Are Our Fees?
Our fees for a 1h online language coaching session and a 15min follow-up call depend on your requirements and the number of people attending the sessions. We can also come to your home for an extra fee, depending on your location and our availability.
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The first step is to click on the button below to send us an email and book a FREE 15-minute Telephone Consultation with one of our coaches to find out if our services would be right for you and your loved ones.
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