This week's keyword is Vulnerability. In any learning process learners will feel vulnerability. Season 3, 2024 - EP3

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This week's keyword is Chameleonic. This episode explores our ability as educators to adapt, adjust and personalise every moment of that learning experience for our learners. Season 3, 2024 - EP2

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Our learners have changed. Learners are not the same as they were 50 years ago, 20 years ago, 10 years ago. How are we as Language Educators adapting to the way learners want to learn today? Season 3, 2024 - EP1

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Join Rachel this week for the What is Language Coaching series finale.

This series has been dedicated to the question, What is Language Coaching? For the last 3 months, Rachel has been interviewing some amazing experts in the language field from all over the world. 

The phenomenon of coaching has exploded worldwide and throughout the series Rachel, her guests and listeners have explored opinions and discussions around What is Language Coaching and how coaching techniques and principles are helping to shape education.

We are extremely grateful to all of our special guests who made this series the success it has been and in a few weeks time Rachel will begin a new series so stay tuned!!

Fiona Mauchline is a freelance materials writer, teacher, trainer and conference speaker. She is currently based in the UK after three decades in Spain and other parts of Europe. 

She has published courses for secondary, and resource books for teachers, and her main areas of interest are motivation, collaborative learning, vocabulary learning, cognitive development of teenagers and neuroscience as applicable to ELT. 

She also has a love of photography, art, creative writing and theatre, and this spreads to her work. She is the co-founder of EVE: Equal Voices in ELT, and a committee member of IATEFL’s TDSIG & MaWSIG. 2019 sees the arrival of her summer course for teens, Dive In! (Delta Publishing) as well as ETpedia Vocabulary (Pavilion ELT) which she has co-written with Julie Moore and Stacey Hughes.

Dr. Kamile Hamiloğlu has been working in the field of education, Applied Linguistics and ELT/EFL for more than 30 years. She holds a PhD in Educational Sciences from the Boğaziçi University, Turkey; and an EdD in Applied Linguistics and TESOL from the University of Leicester, UK. She also holds a teacher training certificate in Critical Thinking from Oregon University, USA. 

She has taught various EFL and educational sciences courses in undergraduate and graduate programmes at Boğaziçi, Marmara and Bahçeşehir Universities in İstanbul, Turkey and is currently working as a lecturer in the department of Applied Linguistics and English Language Teaching at Marmara University, İstanbul where she also worked as the chair for 6 years. She has also worked as a teacher trainer for Oxford University Press and Cambridge University Press and as an academic consultant and co-ordinator for several private schools in Istanbul so far. She has been presenting her research in many international conferences and has been delivering academic talks as invited speaker at home and abroad. 

She has been publishing for local and foreign publishers and so is the author, co-author and editor of several EFL coursebooks such as Win! (Orient Express Publishing) and various academic books such as A-Z to Critical Thinking (Academic Study Kit Publishing) and Reflection and Identity in Foreign Language Teacher Education (OmniScriptum Publishing). 

Her academic research interests include professional identity, professional development, curriculum and coursebook evaluation and design, culture, critical thinking and reflection in education, in Second Language Teacher Education (SLTE) and in English as a foreign language (EFL).

Delighted to speak with Rachel Bamber this week; Rachel is one of my guests speakers at the Neurolanguage Learning Conference and an experienced professional Executive/Business/Life brain-based coach. We had a super conversation about how coaching can help the learning process and in particular how brain based coaching can help.

About Rachel Bamber PGDip PCC - the Brighter Thinking Expert

Rachel Bamber is an expert in using powerful, brain-friendly strategies to deliver peak performance. She has helped people all over the world to work with their brain to get what they want, faster and with zero stress. 

Among the pioneering adventurers who have worked with her include people in the public eye, elite sport, corporate leaders and super-ambitious small business owners.  

A nominee for the GLE Rising Star Award in business, Rachel is the first person in the world to be awarded the Postgraduate Diploma in the Neuroscience of Leadership.

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At the IATEFL last Monday 1st April, I met Andy Cowle who has been working in the English Language world for over 20 years and I had a really interesting conversation with him. 

It was great to hear about teaching methods and materials from a different perspective as Andy has not only the experience of being a language trainer but also he is a specialist in publishing and provides talks and workshops for companies in the ELT sector, as well as presentations training for those in any publishing field.

We also explored a little the aspect of coaching. 

Join me and discover what we said :)

About Andy

Andy Cowle studied German and English Linguistics at the University of Newcastle and qualified as an English teacher in 1989. 

Since then he has taught all ages and levels of English students, mostly in Germany and the U.K. and has worked in the field of English Language Teaching publishing with many companies in over 40 countries. 

He is a business development consultant and international conference speaker, focusing on motivating teachers and closing the gap between the classroom and the real and changing world of English. 

He grew up on Merseyside and lives with his family in Glasgow in Scotland.

Roberto Quina has been working in the language learning field for about 22 years. Currently he is a Professor and an English NeuroELT lecturer bringing neuroscience into language learning at the University UMSA La Paz Bolivia.

Sport and fitness have always been a part of Lee Campbell’s life. His excellence on the sporting field translated into a career in fitness, when he joined the Australian Army’s Royal Australian Regiment (3rd Battalion – Para Troopers) and became an elite Physical Training Instructor, responsible for the physical training of soldiers. Drafted to play Australian Rules Football with the Sydney Swans, he went onto represent NSW at State level. For over 25 years, Lee has devoted himself to the health and fitness industry, providing training to a vast array of clients, including celebrities, Corporations and anyone wishing to improve their health and fitness. Lee offers his expertise to Australian and global communities, businesses and corporations, in building sustainable health and wellbeing programs for staff and the local community. These include: AusAID  Australian Federal Police  World Bank Group Global Oil & Gas Companies

Lee’s method of bringing training back to basics has had a lasting impact on everyone he trains; from the sporting elite to some of Australia’s most prestigious celebrities and businessmen and he is always inspired by the difference his training makes in the lives of his clients and communities. It’s this successful formula which keeps him in demand as he travels around Australia and overseas helping businesses integrate his training methods and passion for health into the lives of their employees.

Back-to-Basics

Lee bases his training on functional body training; getting back-to-basics. His aim is to help clients achieve a healthy, functioning body, that is able to support them throughout their daily lives, maximising their health and prolonging their lives. To do this, he assesses their physical, mental and emotional needs by bonding with his clients and forming genuine friendships with mutual respect. Lee then pushes the client further in their physical training then they thought possible, using a mix of encouragement and tough love. When Lee trains people, he likes to work out what makes them tick and his ability to do this so well, has propelled his success as a fitness trainer. He knows that to get through to someone, he needs to understand their personality, their dreams and relating to them on a level that will work for that individual. “I don’t overwhelm my clients with my dream for them. This is their dream, that I’m a part of, and I enjoy the journey with them.”

Tough Mudder Ambassador Australia

Lee was the Tough Mudder Ambassador for Australia from 2012 – 2014. Tough Mudder partnered with Lee because of his renowned fitness expertise and experience as a soldier and physical training instructor in the Australian Army (3rd Battalion – para trooper). “Tough Mudder is probably the toughest event on the planet, so you need to be ready to take on the challenge. Not only is there 20kms to run around the course, you’ll also be tested to 20–30 military-style obstacles that will challenge you mentally and physically.” Lee thrives on helping people prepare for Tough Mudder and other mud,adventure and obstacle based events and knows what it takes to complete these challenges. “Mud races, obstacle races and adventure race events are designed to test all-around fitness, which means training for the event is part of the challenge.”