Our Aim
Our aim is to create an ongoing dialogue for language professionals about LC, which is about inclusion, not exclusion of language teaching practices. Language coaching works with a wider spectrum of an impact compared to language teaching, as it incorporates broader issues that arise from communicating in a foreign language and a number of theories and techniques related to coaching. ILCA strives to embrace cognitive diversity in its approach to this relatively new development-focused process, which is why ILCA weaves a wide range of scientific fields into its fabric to ensure a consistent flux of input.
Balance. Control. Stability.
CO-Founders
Gabriella Kovács, PCC
Gabriella Kovács, PCC
Gabriella Kovács, PCC
Australian-born Gabriella is an internationally certified language coach, business communication trainer (B.Ed., M.A.), mentor and teacher trainer. She is behind the idea of founding an inclusive organisation to support all professionals interested in language coaching, which has become ILCA. Her mission is to add dimension to ongoing lan
Australian-born Gabriella is an internationally certified language coach, business communication trainer (B.Ed., M.A.), mentor and teacher trainer. She is behind the idea of founding an inclusive organisation to support all professionals interested in language coaching, which has become ILCA. Her mission is to add dimension to ongoing language learning practices and call attention to a more holistic, person-centred approach for language teachers. She has been providing trainings and workshops for teachers through webinars, f2f and online workshops and training programmes. She has supported the approach to instruction and classroom dynamics of language instructors of various tertiary educational institutions in Hungary, besides working with her private and corporate clients on various projects as a language coach and trainer. Gabriella contributes to websites and FB groups with guest blog posts. She is based in Hungary and travels to contribute to professional conferences by leading truly interactive workshops for language teachers.
Carrie McKinnon
Gabriella Kovács, PCC
Gabriella Kovács, PCC
Carrie is an American linguist and entrepreneur specialized in business communication training, program direction, and content creation in ESL. Her professional experience has taken her from The United States to Europe, Africa, and back to north American. Carrie is an advocate for language coaching, a writer, course creator, technophile
Carrie is an American linguist and entrepreneur specialized in business communication training, program direction, and content creation in ESL. Her professional experience has taken her from The United States to Europe, Africa, and back to north American. Carrie is an advocate for language coaching, a writer, course creator, technophile and the head of digital strategy at ILCA. Carrie has designed and deployed soft skills and teacher training programs funded by the U.S. department of state and USAID. Carrie's educational background is in applied linguistics and global higher education (BS, M.S.Ed). Her passion for the lessons and programs she creates to help language learners with their goals has led her to language coaching and the study and development of language coaching tools and techniques that can be applied in a language and soft skills training setting. Carrie is a mindful skills acquisition specialist and international speaker working with corporate clients to promote the adoption of mindfulness in skills and foreign language acquisition. She is the proud co-founder of ICLA dedicated to spreading the global practice of language coaching.