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Coaching to Enhance English�

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Rick Gaudette

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February 12, 2023

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Introduction

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  • Who you are
  • Fun things you like to do
  • Challenges you have with English
  • Why do you want to coach English

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What’s good coaching?

  • Exercise- Who’s been coached?
    • Where? What was Good? Bad?

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  • My Simple view – key elements
    • Knowledge – subject matter
    • Intention - growth, fun, accountability

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  • What are we coaching in EEP?
    • Reading, Speech

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Coaching Process

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  • Active observation and listening – pay attention to specifics
  • Allow self-reflection/awareness – how do you think it went?
  • What did you do well? Acknowledge self-reflection, support specifics, introduce other observations
  • What needs improvement? – be specific
  • What steps to improve? Ideas if any

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Standards for Reading

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  • Pronounce and enunciate words clearly
  • Don’t mumble or garble words
  • Speak with appropriate loudness and speed
  • Use variations in speed, inflections, and force to enhance your meaning and hold the audience’s attention

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  • Reading Exercise

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Standards for A Speech

  • Structure
    • Introductory idea
    • Supporting statements
    • Summary

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Flow

Rate, Volume, Pitch

Articulation, Pronunciation

Fluency, Time management

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Some Challenges

Spelling, Grammar

Pronunciation, Idioms and slang

Variations of the language

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Coaching Exercise

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  • Same article
  • Pair up
    • Student A gives a talk on the article
    • Student B coaches on the talk given

by the Student A

    • Class feedback

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Next Steps

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  • Improve your knowledge of English, so you can be a good coach
  • Work on Better pronunciation
    • Phonemes, Tongue twisters, New words
    • Read aloud and record yourself Speak slowing
    • Be curious, not proud, and communicate with native speakers
  • Enhance your vocabulary
  • Work on your grammar
  • Be clear about your intentions
    • to help, grow and develop the learners

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Coaching 101 Conclusion

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  • Good coaching follows a logical process – we learned a simplified version so it can be adapted, and expanded.
  • It is a great way to extend your English knowledge.
    • Grammar, pronunciation, structure.
  • It will help develop your interpersonal skills
    • Observation, speaking, support,
    • Self-reflection helps the learner grow
  • This coaching process can be applied across many environments.
    • From English to soccer to music to Start-ups
  • Keep it FUN.