{"id":94,"date":"2015-07-25T09:15:53","date_gmt":"2015-07-25T09:15:53","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.iam-afghanistan.org\/lcp\/?p=94"},"modified":"2015-07-15T08:10:51","modified_gmt":"2015-07-15T08:10:51","slug":"language-coaching","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.iam-afghanistan.org\/lcp\/2015\/07\/25\/language-coaching\/","title":{"rendered":"Language coaching"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Part of LCP&#8217;s strategy for supporting language learners is to have language learning coaches. At the moment I am the only coach, but within the next year we expect that two more people will be trained. A language coach is someone who comes alongside of you to help you develop, implement, and evaluate your plans for language learning. LCP is trying to do a better job of\u00a0tailoring our language instruction to the individual, and language coaches are a big part of that.<\/p>\n<p>What do you think of when you think of a coach? I think of this:<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.iam-afghanistan.org\/lcp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/07\/coach.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\" size-medium wp-image-95 aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/www.iam-afghanistan.org\/lcp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/07\/coach-230x300.jpg\" alt=\"coach\" width=\"230\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.iam-afghanistan.org\/lcp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/07\/coach-230x300.jpg 230w, https:\/\/www.iam-afghanistan.org\/lcp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/07\/coach.jpg 430w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 230px) 100vw, 230px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>As a non-athletic person, a\u00a0coach is for me someone who:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Cares\u00a0way more about sports than I ever will.<\/li>\n<li>Has an innate talent for sports that I simply don&#8217;t have.<\/li>\n<li>Enjoyed sports in school to the point of developing it into a profession, instead of\u2014as I chose to do\u2014leaving sports behind as soon as it was possible.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>I can only assume that\u00a0\u201ccoaching\u201d had more positive associations for the people who recently began applying it to other fields!<\/p>\n<p>So\u00a0I want to acknowledge that,\u00a0in many ways, it feels odd for a linguist to be the coach.\u00a0Still,\u00a0we need to keep in mind that\u00a0a coach is not a model to be imitated. My goal is not to turn you into a linguist.\u00a0The goal is simply to help you put together a customized learning plan.\u00a0Your plan will be different from mine, because we all have different needs, strengths, and weaknesses.<\/p>\n<p>For instance, my being an introvert is a\u00a0clear disadvantage in language learning, since I don&#8217;t get a lot of social input. But\u00a0it also\u00a0offers a certain advantage: sitting down with a cup of tea and Dari book is\u00a0a pretty attractive way to spend an hour. So rather than trying to force myself to be a person I&#8217;m not, I can get good language input by playing to my strengths.\u00a0Those are the kinds of trade-offs that\u00a0you can figure out with the help of a coach.<\/p>\n<p>We can all improve as learners, and learn to make better use of our language learning time. If you&#8217;re feeling stuck, or feeling that you could be doing better, please drop me a line.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Part of LCP&#8217;s strategy for supporting language learners is to have language learning coaches. At the moment I am the only coach, but within the next year we expect that two more people will be trained. 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