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by Gabriella Kovács (Author)
Throughout A Comprehensive Language Coaching Handbook, Gabriella Kovács looks at how coaching skills and tools can be app
By using A Comprehensive Language Coaching Handbook: Theory and Practice you will:- improve your understanding of language coaching and its relation to language training and teaching practices;
- be able to identify specific target clientele and situations when language coaching can support best;
- be able to recognise when and how to apply language coaching practices;
- develop an understanding of language coaching and related fields as an evidence-based framework;
- have an understanding of how language coaching can be adapted in language teaching frameworks;
- be able to reflect on your teaching and experiential learning at the end of each chapter.
- provides clear examples of language coaching tools and coaching interventions (explaining how they can boost language learner confidence, success and autonomy)
- offers case studies in which the full language coaching process can be seen;
- provides a base for creating personalised action plans;
- gives specific coaching and language coaching models to adapt for the classroom;
- shares insights from international language coaching practitioners;
- look at mindsets in language professionals teaching and their learners' approach to learning and provide ways to reframe.
Author Biography
Gabriella Ková cs is an Australian-born internationally certified professional coach (PCC) with the International Coaching Federation, language coach, a business communication trainer, language teacher (B.Ed., M.A.), teacher trainer and international speaker. Her mission is to build a holistic coaching approach into mainstream language teaching and training processes. She co-founded ILCA, the International Language Coaching Association, for language professionals and practitioners globally. She supports her corporate clients and language teachers alike with a blend of training and coaching .