In this blogpost I write about how coaching could help both with language learning and making changes in general.

 

So I have encountered my first victim of the season. :O

 

After the first class she kept missing classes. I knew there was something off  but I could not put my finger on it. Obviously, she could not discuss it either.

 

I am not sure what the problem was. I only have guesses. My educated guess is that I pushed some of her buttons in  a way that she is now ‘afraid’ of me. She may not want to address these issues that we touched upon – by accident, mind you – so she ‘subconsciously’ keeps missing the classes.

 

I also act as a coach. I bring many coaching tools into my language teaching practice. I support people to overcome the barriers that have hindered them so far to learn the English language. Some of my students have been ‘trying’ to learn English for decades. In vain. So, we look at the deep seated issues that blocks them from succeeding.

 

On our first lesson, I understood that this lady had given up on her dreams, settled in a comfortable. It became quickly apparent during our first session when I ‘routinely’ asked her about her hobbies. She has her excuses, mostly ‘not feeling good enough’. When I asked her what topics she wanted us to discuss so her lessons are enjoyable for her, she mostly chose the topics of her hobby and obviously her work.

 

I fear that as we had kept on discussing her hobby which is her dream profession, she would have been constantly reminded of her failure to go for it.

 

In some ways, I understand her choice to give up this attempt as well. It takes so much commitment and hard work to make those necessary changes within ourselves that will make us winners.

 

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