Foundation Course Details
This course will guide you in adopting and implementing a coaching mindset and give you a sound background to start from.
The foundation course consists of 4 live modules and 4 supplementary study videos. Attendance is necessary for all 4 live modules to receive your ILCA course completion certificate. The course is a mixture of the foundational theory behind language coaching practices, applied practice of coaching models, and discussion based session.
The modules include:
Module 1: The Language Coaching Methodology and Framework
Module 2: Key Learning Concepts
Module 3: The Language Coaching Toolkit
Module 4: Application - Further tools and practice
What you gain from course completion:
Teachers:
- Increase your credibility and add to your professional toolkit with a number of ready to use LC tools.
- Decrease your professional blindspots and put an end to ’dead-end’ situations when you reframe the mindset of difficult learners.
- Learn how to maximize your lessons so lesson prep time decreases and student motivation increases.
- Feel the difference in your approach to communicating in the classroom.
- Learn to exploit your lessons to the extreme.
- Become acutely aware of what is going on when language learners seem frustrated and demotivated and learn to support with strength and ease.
- See your teaching from a new perspective as well as the challenges in the teaching/learning process.
- Acquire basic coaching competencies, thus deepening your teaching/training processes.
- Experience interactive work with professional peers, as high involvement is expected of all participants for maximum results.
Module Details:
Module 1: The Language Coaching Methodology and Framework
- History of and definition of coaching and what it is not
- Coaching standards, int’l overview
- Core competencies of a coach
- Reasons why LC is so relevant and topical today
- Similarities and differences between language coaching and language teaching
- Various styles of coaching – what holds them together, common attributes of these
- Structure of a LC process
- Demo Coaching
Module 2: Key Learning Concepts
- Learner techniques, style and strategies, personality – and how these influence the learning process
- How can you guide using a positive approach in relation to building a strong learning framework with learners?
- 1 Peer coaching session, reflection of participants + guided discussion
- How to use powerful, practical coaching questions in a LC process
Module 3: The Language Coaching Toolkit
- LC basic toolkit with all features
- Understanding when and how to apply tools to ongoing learning processes
- Working with, trying out tools and activities supporting:
- goal-setting issues of learners
- procrastination issues of learners
- independence issues of learners
- confidence issues of learners
- motivation issues of learners
- Demo coaching demonstration
Module 4: Application - Further tools and practice
- 1 Peer coaching session, reflection of participants + guided discussion
- Exploration of further LC tools and activities focusing on teacher communication issues, such as:
- How to go on if I do not lead or instruct?
- Questioning technique
- Providing positive feedback to learners
- Sustaining a metacognitive (learning-reflective) focus in the teaching process
- Keeping learners accountable and goal-oriented
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The price is $450 and it includes 12 month membership in the pioneering ILCA community, 4 live sessions with course creators, and self study course access. In addition there are a host of downloadable resources and materials.