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2. To Coach or Not To Coach? That’s the question for BE teachers and publishers Alison Haill Oxford Professional Consulting 2

3. My Aims Today 1.To differentiate coaching from teaching 2.To promote professionalism, clarity and accuracy re “coaching” in BE and EFL 3.To illustrate from 3 OPC case-studies 4.To give 3 coaching tools for BE teachers 5.Next steps 3

4. On What Authority EFLBE MA BESIG OPC ILM TCA Exec Co S-F 4

5. Historically Speaking Teaching  Training  Coaching Coaching as a profession BE teachers as professionals - wordsmiths, in L&D, authentic 5

6. How We Use Coaching and Training Strategy: clear about coaching Pricing accordingly Three 1:1 Case-studies 6

7. 3 Case-studies Jo 1:1 Coaching  strategies  pres coaching TerryBE teaching 1:1 Amritpron work + 1:1 Executive Coaching 7

8. 3 Coaching Tools For Business English Teaching Coaching questions Evaluation Wheels Scaling 8

9. Coaching Tool 1: coaching questions What are you good at in English? What is your aim in coming here? What specific changes do you want to see? What can you do to make this happen? What are your concerns about your English? How can I best help you? 9

10. LANGUAGE EVALUATION WHEEL 0 2 4 6 8 vocabulary grammar pronunciation writing listening fluency accuracy prepositions 10

11. SKILLS EVALUATION WHEEL 0 2 4 6 8 fluent speaking socialising negotiating telephoning presenting emails meetings sales

12. COACHING TOOL 3: SCALING If excellent English is 10 and no English is 0, where is your English now? Where do you want to be between 0 and 10? When do you want to be there? How committed are you to getting there by (date), if 10 = 100% committed? What would make it a 10 for you? * ………………. How effective for you was that exercise from 0 – 10? What would make it a 10 for you? ………………. How hard did you try in that exercise from 0 to 10? What would you do differently if you were trying at 10? What would it take for you to try at 10? 12

13. So ….. How to add coach to teach? 1.Be clear and explicit in your language 2.Use suitable Coaching Tools & Ideas 3a. Learn Coaching Skills - with a reputable provider b. Practise … so you get better results 4. Reserve ‘coaching’ + ‘coach’ for fully-qualified coaches 13

14. 3 Gifts To Help You 1.Prize Draw now 2.Slides by email 3.Coaching Skills Course ….. Specially Designed!.. For teachers of Business English.. By professional coach/former Business English teacher 14

15. 15 2-day course Introduction to Coaching Skills for Business English professionals Oxford, 7-8 January 2012 Saturday - Sunday Special price for BESIG …. £650 (course only: value £1100 ) + Saturday hotel accommodation & meals (value £150) + Get Free Coaching Handbook (RRP £17.99) + Free Webinar (value £75) For the slides, just email me alison.haill@opcOxford.comalison.haill@opcOxford.com