International Language Coaching Association

⁉ Are you still doubling prices without doubling value? Let's talk ethics and fairness.

🤔Teachers & Educators: Are you thinking of raising your rates for the same services you currently offer? Consider if it's ethical and fair to your learners.

🎯 Solution: Instead of simply repackaging existing services, focus on upskilling. Deliver extra value that your learners will genuinely appreciate and be willing to pay more for.

📚 Gain additional skills to elevate your current teaching practises.

🌟 Offer greater value to your learners – there’s nothing better than satisfied learners.

📈 Stay competitive and keep up with the latest educational trends.

💡 Learn innovative methods for better results.

🎓 Broaden your range of expertise.

💛💙💜 Appeal to a wider range of learners.

✅ Justify your new pricing with proven improvements.

🎯 Add to your professional wellbeing and focusby creating your own work-life balance ratio.


😉 With ILCA, you receive training in top-tier coaching skills specifically tailored for language educators. Now is the perfect time to invest in coaching, as the demand for language education is on the rise globally. By joining our growing ILCA community, you ensure your methodology is cutting-edge and your professional growth is continuous.

😃 No strings attached. No hidden purchases, no catch.

✅ ILCA Language coaching training for educators starts September 4th. Still a limited number of spaces available (but soon reaching capacity!).

⭕ 🔺 💠Be prepared. Be different.

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How do you ensure your consistent wellbeing focus? Weekly yoga? Annual retreats? Daily self-care? As educators, we need extra attention to our own wellbeing to make sure we can support sustainably.

Learning about how coaching can help maintain a framework to keep the balance is one way of doing so.

As language development educators, we are passionate about developing communication skills in our learners. However, the emotional demands of education and support can be significant. It's vital to prioritise our own emotional wellbeing to ensure we're providing the best possible support to our learners. Performance for us and our learners/clients will only peak if our wellbeing is at a peak too.

This involves cultivating self-awareness, setting boundaries, and engaging in regular self-care practices. It's also crucial to build a strong support system through supervision, peer support, and mentorship. By developing coping strategies, reflecting on our experiences, and seeking ongoing professional development, we can effectively manage to perform at a required standard.

Prioritising our own emotional wellness empowers us to create a more supportive and positive learning environment for our learners which means we care for ourselves so we can continue to make a difference ...

Here are our top tips:

Which are on your list to keep in mind this week?

1. Self-Awareness: Understand your personal triggers and reactions to develop healthy coping mechanisms.
2. Boundaries: Establish clear boundaries between your professional and personal life. Define work hours, breaks, and limit availability outside coaching sessions.
3. Self-Care: Prioritise self-care routines that promote mental and emotional health, such as exercise, mindfulness, and adequate sleep.
4. Support System: Engage in regular supervision or peer support with fellow coaches or mentors to discuss challenges and seek guidance.
5. Coping Strategies: Develop a toolkit of stress management techniques, like deep breathing or mindfulness practices.
Reflection: Cultivate a habit of reflecting on coaching sessions to process emotional experiences and maintain balance.
6. Professional Development: Continuously enhance your coaching skills and knowledge through ongoing training.
7. Breaks and Time Off: Schedule regular breaks and time off to prevent burnout and maintain enthusiasm.
8. Client Expectations: Set realistic expectations with clients and support accountability on their end.

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Getting the most out of an idea inspired by our belief in outdoor coaching, ILCA is now on track to hold a retreat for educators and coaches in the summer of 2025.

Planning has already started by assessing ideal locations and assembling the activities and specific locations for this wonderful event.

We will keep you posted over the next year!

Thank you Monika Szijjártófor your great ideas and ability to provide clarity and support even well above 30 degrees Celsius.

If you are keen to learn new skills to incorporate in your existing professional palette, check which coaching skills you are missing to drive learner autonomy and confidence to its full potential.

Beyond the Textbook: Why Language Teachers Need to Turn to Coaching - Are you looking to move beyond conventional teaching methods and unlock the full potential of your language learners? Read to see how you can provide a transformative approach to language education through coaching with ILCA.

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Complete article:

https://www.linkedin.com/pulse/beyond-textbook-why-language-teachers-qawtf/

🌊Have you ever seen the growth of a tree or the waves of the sea “stuck”?

💚💙 Unlock the Power of Nature in Your Coaching Practice

💠🌐 Have you ever wondered how nature can serve as a setting and add to the richness of your coaching techniques to create deeper, more meaningful connections with your clients? Imagine leveraging the wisdom of the forest, a field or a city park even, to unlock new levels of personal and professional growth.

🌻🌳 Our NICE Course (Nature-Inspired Coaching Excellence), our latest training program is designed precisely for coaches like you who are eager to explore the transformative power of nature in their practice.

🦉 By incorporating observations from the natural world into the coaching process, clients can develop a greater sense of empathy, patience, and resilience.

⛵ Clients will learn to navigate their challenges with the same adaptability and resourcefulness seen in the environment they venture out into. This holistic approach to coaching can build a deeper connection to self and environment, enabling clients to grow and thrive in both their personal and professional lives.

🎉 Don't miss out on this opportunity to elevate your coaching practice. Enrol in ILCA’s NICE Training Course today and use the power of movement, nature and your immediate outdoor environment for truly magical moments in your work.

🌳🌿 Start date: August 12th, 5pm CET
4 live sessions, dedicated space for materials and communication with peers.

🎆 Join today and experience growth both professionally and at a personal level!

✨ More details and registration at [email protected]

😊 Scaling is a popular and easy-to-use coaching tool.

😄 We are asking you how many of your summer plans you've accomplished. Do your plans actually help or stress you? How do you feel about planning your holiday/screen-off time?

😉 Just share the number and any additional comments below - we'd love to read your thoughts!

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ILCA being focused on language and communication coaching is one thing and when you look at the bigger picture, you can see how many different coach specialisations are out there to support learners.

We train teachers, trainers and coaches to learn about coaching and approach it through formal and informal training so you can support your learners with research-based methodology. Check out what we offer and stretch for a great professional development experience.

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🌳 Announcement: A new, 4-session course starting this August: Nature-Inspired Coaching Experience by ilca!

☘ Have you ever wanted to coach outside? Learn to do so!
The course covers essential coaching tools to use outdoors and mindful approaches tailored to individual and team needs and covers basics such as contracting, safety issues and much more.

🥾 Whether you wish to work online or side-by-side with your clients, find balance in nature to support strategic goals with emotional intelligence and stronger awareness utilising an outdoor setting.

🌱 Reconnect yourself and your clients with nature and take advantage of paths, trees, parks, fields... outdoors.

🍓 Does this look like an exciting idea to use with your clients? Do you want to stretch yourself and add to your skillset?
📢 This short course is 2 weeks altogether, starting August 12th. Request our information packet at [email protected].

🍂 Purchasing has been made easy at https://members.internationallanguagecoaching.com/plans/1431855?bundle_token=8b762ceac95dc825229619d3387e1fd6&utm_source=manual

We all need heroes.

With an impressive start to the Paris 2024 Olympics, we have chosen ours. Simone Biles, you know when enough is enough, when to take a step back, replan, build yourself up again, and move forward with endless energy, and letting go of perfection to be exactly that: perfect.

" Sometimes, she takes an extra steadying step. Even her stumbles seem graceful. Because if Biles has taught us anything over the last decade, it is to reframe the way we think and talk about star athletes, to refuse the instinctive deification that is really also a form of dehumanisation. To stop demanding perfection and miracles as a condition of our love. Biles is perfect, because she isn’t."

The question is how to learn from these moments and use the learning to be better every day. Not perfect - just better than before. Be the hero, every day.

Her example is one of true courage and strength. What can you take from her commitment and foresight?

Quote and picture from https://www.theguardian.com/sport/article/2024/jul/28/simone-biles-returns-to-olympics-as-the-circus-screams-on-around-her

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For a while, language educators follow their teacher training, and then classroom reality hits. Stress and challenges lead to burnout daily. (https://www.forbes.com/sites/markcperna/2024/01/03/no-more-teachers-the-epic-crisis-facing-education-in-2024/)

Over time educators notice that language learners don’t fit the formulas. To be honest, many educators don’t fit the prescribed formulas either and will discontinue the methods and techniques learned earlier on occasion and adopt new best practices to work with. Experience, intuition, resources available… call it what you will, but sooner or later educators look into finding ways to think outside the box. Paradigm change is here. (https://ssir.org/articles/entry/a_revolution_begins_in_teacher_prep and https://www.researchgate.net/publication/325271454_Teacher_Education_Policy_and_Practice_in_Europe_Challenges_and_Opportunities)

To have a discipline instead of instruction using inquiry, where long- and short-term goals and strategies are understood in their complexity using dialogue and partnership-based interactions. Where compassion and direct communication go hand in hand to support effective learning, without the stress of syllabi.
If you feel out of place and your intuition tells you to validate your approach rather than follow training, explore language coaching. It offers flexibility, allowing learners to break free and keeping curiosity and exploration alive. It offers genuine teacher and learner wellbeing. (https://www.edweek.org/teaching-learning/the-english-learner-population-is-growing-is-teacher-training-keeping-pace/2023/02)

Language coaching works with flexibility, allowing learners to break free from traditional constraints present in their learning histories. It’s about learning through curiosity and exploration, encouraging learners to shape their own paths. Collaboration creates a learning environment that values each individual's journey and allows creativity to open up new avenues of thought.

Of course, this is not a new mode of learning – the ancient Greeks, Socrates, to be specific, used the Socratic method, which involved asking probing questions to stimulate critical thinking and illuminate ideas to encourage students to explore concepts through dialogue and reflection. After centuries of rote learning and twisting curricula to fit prescriptive shapes, we might return to effective ways of guiding learning without force. (https://instituteofcoaching.org/resources/how-use-socratic-questioning-coaching)

If you feel constrained by conventional methods, consider language coaching as a way to validate and expand your teaching approach. Listen to your intuition and prioritise meaningful connections in the learner’s developmental process.

Join our upcoming FEEL programme (starting September 4th) to experience coaching in language education at ilcaglobal.com.

🔺 Are you struggling to engage your clients when developing their communication skills? Proud to present these corporate communication cards that will work with teams, individual clients, in online or face-to-face settings. Check them out and click below!

🚀 Discover a transformative tool that will revolutionize your approach to supporting workplace and business communication. Our "Communication in the Workplace Coaching Cards" and E-book have been designed for language teachers, communication trainers and coaches, and tackle unique communication challenges beyond typical session themes.

🟨 The themes have been organized into these 5 major sections:

1️⃣ The Learning and Aware Self
2️⃣ The Socially and Emotionally Developing Self
3️⃣ The Self Communicating
4️⃣ Self and The Organisation
5️⃣ The Self and Challenges

🟧 6 reasons to use
* Comprehensive skills: Covering active listening, conflict resolution, and more for well-rounded communication-related development.
* Customizable: Ready to tailor and enhance learning experiences to specific needs and goals, supporting motivation and engagement.
* Interactive Learning: Engage clients with dynamic activities for better retention.
* Self-awareness: Promoting personal growth with reflective exercises.
* Client-challenging: Helps develop new ways of thinking and problem-solving with active client participation.
* Structured guidance: Immediate application with easy-to-follow steps in the accompanying e-book.

🟥 Ideal for workshops, coaching sessions, and one-on-one classes—digitally or in print. Elevate your clients’ communication skills today and drive their professional success – they will be thankful!

🌟 Check out the details for this set of cards and other products and courses at
https://ilcaglobal.com/product/communication-in-the-workplace-coaching-cards-booklet-printable/

💛 It might be a few tweaks to your teaching routine, or a whole new perspective on the learning process - either way, using coaching in your teaching will be a game changer. Stay in the lead.

💚 If you are wondering what you need to be doing to help learners be more autonomous – ILCA can help you acquire and deepen skills to support independent learning mechanisms.

🧡 Consider the following questions:
- How can you support a more active involvement and engagement towards their own learning?
- What is the key to making confidence unfold?
- Where do you need to focus to free yourself of tiresome lesson plans?
- What is it that needs action on your part - in your business, your work, the daily routines...?
- Where is your career leading you?

💜 Our flagship FEEL programme starts September 4th. Register today to secure your spot.

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🟢 Unlock the key insights from the 3rd International Language Coaching Conference!

Did you miss our 3rd International Language Coaching Conference this year due to a busy schedule? Don’t worry! We’ve recorded the plenary sessions and several impactful workshops just for you.

Why purchase the recordings?
Experience the atmosphere and feel the vibrant energy and excitement of the conference from the comfort of your home.
Gain in-depth knowledge with the insights, advanced skills, and wisdom shared over two transformative days.

Grasp the full scope of the ILCA definition of language and communication coaching and enrich your teaching and coaching toolkit with new techniques and strategies.

Plan ahead by discovering why you won’t want to miss our next event in Spain!

But that’s not all!

🟣 Our conference package gives you access to recordings, materials, plus our exclusive Members Only Zone (MOZ) for a full year—what a deal!

So again, this includes:
Conference Recordings: Catch up on what you missed.
Full Membership Benefits: Join a vibrant community of external members, course trainees, graduates, enthusiasts, and trainers.
Extensive Resources: Access a wealth of templates, tools, and an ever-expanding knowledge base designed to support your coaching journey with membership.

🟡 Ready to Join Us?
Don’t miss this opportunity to learn and connect with a global network of language coaching professionals.
Contact us for more details and payment information at [email protected]. Act now and be part of the community!

https://members.internationallanguagecoaching.com/users/onboarding/choose_plan?plan_id=1654410&bundle_token=af978a97071b3c88eca3d72107cec152&utm_source=manual


Invest in Your Professional Growth Today!

We will be on holiday/vacation for a week at ILCA. A real one - no posts, no commenting, real off-grid time. How will you be making the most of your summer? What is the best about not working for a short time?

Learners Bounce Back with Coaching - Let's Demonstrate How

To date, numerous studies highlight the positive impact of coaching on resilience and overcoming setbacks. Coaching significantly enhances self-efficacy, crucial for resilience, and reduces anxiety and stress, which are common barriers to learning languages and communicating to the best of our abilities. This equips learners to handle challenges more effectively.

As practising coaches, at ILCA we are fully aware and have often experienced that real-world coaching scenarios demonstrate the effectiveness of resilience-building techniques. Learning programs integrating coaching report improved outcomes, with students showing higher retention rates and employees exhibiting better problem-solving skills and adaptability.
First-hand accounts from our graduate coaches and learners provide compelling evidence. Many learners attribute their ability to overcome language learning obstacles to the support and empathy provided by coaching; strategies and action plans co-created with their coaches. Frequent outcomes are improved confidence, motivation, and a renewed sense of purpose in the form of revised learning goals.

Theories in psychology and education strengthen the effectiveness of coaching in resilience-building. Growth Mindset Theory (Carol Dweck) helps individuals view setbacks as opportunities for growth, while Self-Determination Theory (Deci & Ryan) emphasizes the importance of autonomy, relatedness and competence. Coaching addresses these needs by providing personalized support and building supportive, agency-focused contexts for learning. Positive Psychology is also a key theoretical and practical contributor to language coaching.

These theories provide a comprehensive framework for understanding and fostering personal development. Growth mindset offers a belief system, positive psychology provides the tools and focus areas, and SDT outlines the necessary conditions for motivation and growth.

Coaching is not just a buzzword - it is a proven method for helping learners bounce back from setbacks, enhancing motivation and regulating agentic learning environments. The evidence is clear: coaching makes a significant difference in building resilience.

At ILCA, we help you learn how to develop resilience, ensuring each of your learners can face obstacles with confidence and determination.

Details on courses, tools, membership and more at ilcaglobal.com

💛Why Choose? Use Both!

Language coaching isn’t here to replace your beloved language classes; it’s here to make them even better! By combining language coaching with conventional teaching, you get the best of both worlds.

💙Why? Because:

• Strong Start: Coaching creates solid foundations and well-calibrated groups with clear goals, making classes smoother and more effective.
• Ongoing Boost: Coaching helps break through learning blockages and re-energises motivation, keeping you on track.
• Targeted Success: Need to nail a presentation or exam? Coaching tailors your prep to hit those goals perfectly.
Maximise and align individual learning paths, and create a supportive, integrative space. Language coaching adds that extra S-T-R-E-T-C-H to make learning effective.

💜Whether you’re a teacher, learner, or business, combining ILCA-certified language coaching with conventional methods leads to better outcomes and a more fulfilling learning journey.

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GROWTH MINDSET for Language Teachers

Setting an example as a teacher is nothing new, but how we represent our own growth mindset when communicating with our learners might be an idea that still needs a bit of catching on.

M - Mistakes to Learn From
Every error is a valuable lesson. Encourage students to view mistakes as opportunities for growth.

I - Improve Through Hard Work
Progress is achieved through dedication and effort. Highlight the importance of perseverance in mastering a new language.

N - Never Give Up
Build a spirit of perseverance. Remind students that language learning is a marathon, with numerous sprints and help them identify the difference.

D - Deeper Sense of Value
Find fulfillment in the journey of growth. Emphasize the cognitive and personal development gained through learning a new language.

S - Self-Reflection and Awareness
Regularly reflect on learning practices and student progress. Self-awareness promotes continuous improvement.

E - Expectations Change
Be flexible and adapt expectations as students grow. A supportive and responsive learning environment is key to success.

T - Truly Enjoyable Moments
Celebrate milestones and successes. Working in a joyful learning atmosphere makes the process rewarding for both teachers and learners.

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The Language Learner's Dilemma 🤔
😓 "I can't speak well because I can't practice. I can't practice because I can't speak well."
👂🏻Does this sound familiar? If you're learning a new language, you know this cycle all too well. It can be incredibly frustrating, feeling stuck between wanting to improve and not knowing how to break through the barrier.
🎭 So, how can you help your learners break this cycle?
🌟 Learn about language coaching with ILCA. Our programs are designed for language coaches to equip them with the tools and strategies to support learners effectively.
🎓 Discover how ILCA can empower you to create supportive environments, build learner confidence, and transform frustration into progress. 🚀

🟥 Are you coaching intuitively?

🟣 Are you clear on your boundaries and responsibilities as a coach?

🟩 Are you looking for fresh inspiration, tools, business ideas and a supportive community to join?

🟡 If you have answered YES to any or all of these questions, you need to check out the ILCA FEEL Programme - a comprehensive set of courses for busy teachers transitioning into coaching.

✅ Spots are limited! Join today and browse resources all summer!

💖 Why not click to see our programme and request the full overview at ilcaglobal.com?

Have you ever wondered how gratitude and self-compassion can transform the language coaching journey?

This quote from recent reflections from a FEEL Programme attendee really hit the nail on the head. If we believe in ourselves, that we can make progress, our learnign horizons grow.

Gratitude and self-compassion play pivotal roles in language coaching, enhancing the experiences and outcomes for both coaches and coachees. At ILCA, we believe that incorporating these principles into the coaching process builds a more enriching and effective learning environment.

At ILCA, we believe gratitude and self-compassion are pivotal in supporting a great coaching experience for both coaches and coachees. Coaches, by appreciating every small progress, build a supportive atmosphere that boosts learners' confidence. Coachees, when recognized and valued, stay motivated and committed. Self-compassion enables both parties to embrace challenges and mistakes, fostering resilience and continuous growth.

Discover how these principles can elevate your coaching practice. Explore our programs at ilcaglobal.com and join us in creating a more appreciative and resilient language learning journey.

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This was fun and created a truly aligned connection with each other: the ILCA community thrives! Can't wait to do outdoor coaching again!

🌟 We are thrilled to share a highlight from the 3rd International Language Coaching Conference in Budapest! 🌟

✨This year, we introduced three open-air sessions that truly enhanced the conference experience. Utilising Margaret Island located in the centre of Budapest, these sessions focused on our own professional wellbeing (led by Gabriella Kovács) using ILCA Coaching Cards, reflective work through audio guide to facilitate deep, meaningful engagement (led by Florence de Dreuzy, Vicki Plant and Márta Kojnok) and mesmerising storytelling leading us through a spiritual and emotional journey (led by Gabriella Ferenczi).

📸The pictures speak for themselves, showcasing the vibrant and inspiring atmosphere. These open-air sessions were a resounding success, and we hope to create a similar closing day for next year’s conference in Spain as well!

👀Visit ilcaglobal.com to learn more and to check out our available coaching cards. Our courses start Sept 4, so be sure to secure your spot!

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🌟 We are thrilled to share a highlight from the 3rd International Language Coaching Conference in Budapest! 🌟

✨This year, we introduced three open-air sessions that truly enhanced the conference experience. Utilising Margaret Island located in the centre of Budapest, these sessions focused on our own professional wellbeing (led by Gabriella Kovács) using ILCA Coaching Cards, reflective work through audio guide to facilitate deep, meaningful engagement (led by Florence de Dreuzy, Vicki Plant and Márta Kojnok) and mesmerising storytelling leading us through a spiritual and emotional journey (led by Gabriella Ferenczi).

📸The pictures speak for themselves, showcasing the vibrant and inspiring atmosphere. These open-air sessions were a resounding success, and we hope to create a similar closing day for next year’s conference in Spain as well!

👀Visit ilcaglobal.com to learn more and to check out our available coaching cards. Our courses start Sept 4, so be sure to secure your spot!

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Our latest article: A quick search on LinkedIn results in About 1,610,000 results for the term „language coach”. We cannot conclude that there are that many language coaches on the market, however, it is a clear indication of „language” and „coach” appearing in the same profile, which means those who deal with language (or did at some point), also have coaching skills.
But why do we still need a human language coach when there are so many apps available and AI has entered the language teaching market with the speed of a top-tier Tesla?
In the evolving world of language coaching, both AI-powered apps and human coaches offer unique benefits. Here’s a comparison of what each can do, helping you see how best to support your learners for their language learning journey. ...
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What an event!!! It has been an incredible experience organising, hosting and speaking at the 3rd International Language Coaching Conference in Budapest from June 7-9.

To say the least, we have truly grown as a community, expanding during the event and ever since to include many who could not attend. We truly believe our impact will build a language educator’s community that builds on trust, support and being vulnerable - not on marketing turns that only sell a product. Those speaking at the conference reminded us that our mission is to serve our learners, collaborate with colleagues and peers, and ensure that freelancers and those in organisations can use coaching frameworks to create autonomous and agentic learning environments.

We saw examples of grit, professionalism and confidence rarely seen in such a short timespan. The depth of research and personal practices highlighted the fact that we all approach language coaching from various perspectives, yet all in alignment with ILCA principles.

Insights, learning and ideas emerged like the water from the Music Fountain on Margaret Island where we met to embark on an exciting additional day that helped us centre ourselves on Day 3 and bring back our focus to our own needs and connect with each other, to be stronger.

Based on the many feedback messages we received, our organisation, choice of speakers, venue, program design went way beyond expectations for all 70+ attendees and speakers, despite the heat.

ILCA is ever so grateful for attending, to speakers and the audience alike. We want to extend a heartfelt thank you to the venue at ELTE University, Budapest, and the tech team recording plenaries and TED-style talks, workshops, panel discussions.

You will be seeing further posts from us as we unpack the richness of this event.

We announced our latest addition to the ILCA Team: a Board Chair. Congratulations Yoder and a new Board member: Vizir – congratulations!
Our final announcement is our conference location for next year: Spain. Details coming up soon with the exact venue and date to be posted.

We are sharing a few pictures to help you see the vibes present throughout: the support, the depth, the connections and the fun.