These show episodes have had the highest download rates overall (iab standards) This could mean that these are among the most engaging episodes, and / or the ones that were shared the most over the long-term.
This episode explores our readiness to permanently relegate a learner’s status the title of a “failure” – within intercultural contexts.
Anna Royon-Weigelt (returning show guest)
Intercultural Consultant, Coach and Moderator: – Works: LinkedIn
In the role of “Transition facilitator” – she enables transitions between cultures, languages, life phases, and development stages in teams. “Als interkulturelle Beraterin, Coach und Moderatorin arbeite ich auf der Beziehungsebene: eine Dimension, die im Alltagsgeschäft oft implizit und unsichtbar bleibt, bis “der Schuh drückt”.”
“The English Coach Podcast – never intentionally takes a prescriptive, patronizing, or condescending stance to the adult learning experience, but is rather driven by inclusiveness – of people, approaches, personal experiences thoughts and ideas. This show episode is neither a formal lesson nor a substitute for such but aims to supplement the adult learning experience in a true-to-life way. The show is independent and self-sponsored – brought to you by me – a practicing language Trainer / Coach – and draws on a whole gamut of tools and tips in support of providing information, entertainment and what I like to call sustainable language acquisition in an authentic, relatable, and vastly collaborative – human way.“
English Coach Podcast – Living the Language – iAntonio
Thanks for listening, looking forward to hearing from you and bye for now.
We’ve all been affected, and the release of Season 2 has unfortunately been delayed. I do apologise for that. I have still however been diligently doing my part, and the entire series on SURVIVING it – consisting five Episodes to be exact – was dedicated to this – strange time in between seasons – that we’ve all been experiencing.
We all need a little community right now – and I’m happy to be making 3 interesting announcements for you today – I’ll make it quick.
This extra somewhat spontaneous Trailer Episode 24 – self-sponsored and brought to you by none other than yours truly – is also in keeping with this community spirit. As you might know by now – This is not only where I give myself permission, to take a little more relaxed, accessible, human approach – but also where I take the chance to experiment. It’s a short one, I promise, and I have an interesting surprise for you at the end of this Episode. One thing is clear, the aim of this Episode like all the rest – is to enrich your whole learning experience. This is not a traditional lesson today – but why not make the best of it? Since we know that English is not a phonetic language – for those of us also looking to improve our vocabulary and pronunciation – there’s a full transcript of this Episode available in the ShowNotes – you can read along while you listen.
This podcast initiative is also therapeutic for me, because it exemplifies now more than ever – what I’ve always called this “fresh and exciting democratisation of the learning experience” a song sung since Episode 1 in December of 2019. Now you can call it a mission, motivation a purpose for a little promise for my people, present and past course participants and of course for all the others of you who subscribe – for whatever value you derive.
You get to choose even more now, from a larger number of sources, – including this one of course – all in service of your own learning experience. You still get a chance to experience immersion into the language in an interesting true to life way – and to keep the things you’ve learned.
I always tell myself that I am doing this for my people because it’s true – you know who you are. And I want to send another special shout-out to all my listeners again on Spotify. I know that there are some of you also on Apple and Google but truth be told, the Spotify listeners have to date been the most loyal and engaged.
If you’re on Apple Podcasts or on Google Podcasts – feel free to subscribe from there, no problem – share the show with a friend – or better yet share it with all of them =)
It feels so much easier to be authentic when what you are doing is independent and free and the only advertising that you’ll get here – is advertising from me. Anyway – I want to use this Episode 24 as I said to make a few announcements.
Firstly – There is now a new category on my website for the top seven shows. These are the Shows that have to date, enjoyed the most downloads. Interestingly, the Episodes featuring what I call the free mini-lessons are getting more and more popular. That tells me that the format works. The ratings are updated with the publishing of every new Episode. You can always check out the latest show ratings at www.EnglishCoachPodcast.com.
The Third and last Announcement for the day is about the experiments – It is with great pleasure that I do declare – that the cherished insights of our very own – learned, long-time friend and associate the indomitable Sybille von Spitzen – will be featuring more prominently in the show. We have a new outfit for Season 2. As usual I speak for her and her performance speaks for itself. Her contributions were instrumental – in ensuring the obvious success of all the top three Episodes so far.
This is actually me working with your feedback…..
And I am also happy to announce that our beloved – Protagonist who featured in Episodes 3, 18 and again – in the upcoming Episode 25 – will also be joining us more often – that means that there will in Season 2, be a stronger focus on both mini-lesson AND the storytelling element. The colourful contributions of these “personalities” to the show have all been experimental – and all for you – and I am very happy – that they’ve all so to speak – committed to joining us on this long enough awaited learning journey – English Coach Podcast – Season 2
With a small win, is always a good Way to begin.
Feel free to check out the shownotes for this episode at www.trainingtree.de/podcast or www.englishcoachpodcast.com. Like it if you like it and if you don’t, lie to me – just kidding – but still – feel free to share it with a friend, post a rating, or better yet – give meaning to the things you think about the show, by using the feedback form to tell me personally what you think – this will all help it to help you – as it is intended to do. Subscribe only if you feel like – so you know when there’s a new episode available.
Thanks for listening, looking forward to hearing from you, and – bye for now
We all find ourselves in the middle of an interesting and rather challenging time. None of us knows for sure what the future will bring. I am a trainer of adults, podcaster and a photography enthusiast, and I have chosen to use my media to accentuate the positive. We all need a little community right now.
The aim of this – independent podcast is as always the same – to offer the occasional lesson, hopefully a bit of insight and inspiration, through stories, useful context – and conversation. The Podcast is for, anyone looking to learn, improve or most importantly to keep their language skills by inviting YOU to experience immersion into the language through engagement with real things and real people – right here and right now.
In today’s Episode we listen to the diverse insights of – Anja, Jennifer, Christian, Dominika, Philip and Mark – a direct follow-up to my request in the previous Episode 21 – and I am ever grateful to all of them for sharing. (my views)
the realness – special feature – courtesy of philip zilfo
My Lens – as at May 3, 2020
Alright now since we’re coming to the end, I think it would be unfair to not mention the things that I see as the unexpected positives arising from the crisis. But first – I wanna take this opportunity again – to thank all the – generous souls who were brave enough to share with us today. Let it be known that I always do proper justice to my guests. There’s much more to these individuals, and they are themselves as real as it gets, so please be sure, to check out their credentials in the shownotes for this episode. It’s not the easiest thing to willingly – run the risk of appearing to some perhaps, to be taking an unyielding position in changing times – to publishing reflections to the scrutiny and device of mass public media. To run the risk of coming across as moralising or as if you are in some way the source of all answers – when that is not at all the intention. For the record, nothing here is cast in stone – and we all have permission to change our perspectives especially now with the changing times. I did not want this to be all about me – It never has been, and this is why I always invite positive constructive contributions from everyone who wants to give meaning to their sentiments. I always encourage my listeners acknowledge the subjectivity of this discourse – and to check other sources. I also want to categorically state that while we do in fact share a single stage today – there is no automatic endorsement of any views here expressed by any party involved. My views are as follows.
I think that Nothing brings people together better than a shared crisis. I cannot speak for everywhere, but there is a greater sense of solidarity on the streets.
A better Sense and proportion as to the things we need, and the things we don’t.
We have a better grasp of what essential means not only in terms of consumption generally, but also services – the performance of nurses, postal workers, truck drivers, care givers – and all these people who we sometimes take for granted… the list is endless.
We all have a better idea now of the value of the service that teachers provide. This is not necessarily all about me – I am a Trainer of adults – Right now I’m talking about the people who educate, and tolerate all sorts of things from our children – daily – while we work. These sentiment is echoed again and again – still budgets for education globally it appears – are always shortened – one is left to ask could that be by accident or by design.
Whatever the case we all have a better idea now – not only how essential the service is to the system – but also of what ignorance or simply lack of education can cause – as we can all now be touched equally and in a real way by someone who is in this context – less educated than they could be. Maybe our attitudes will change for the better.
We can work with each other. Even among tech giants – Apple and Google – arch rivals are as we speak working together on proximity tracking technology – in support of the crisis. There are some interesting issues of privacy that are being called out yes – but that is beyond the scope of this episode. .
There is enough welfare in the world to give something back to the people. And this doesn’t just go for the Governments, but also the Private Sector – Just Look at all the free stuff that is being given away now. Where did it all come from we might ask? We will all have a better sense of perspective going forward.
We now have an indisputable example of what exactly we can avoid by having a little more respect for the natural world.
The air is cleaner. Less – less pollution. There is of course the risk that levels of pollution and the like will go up more even more after all of this – when the “deniably predatory” drive of industry and rampant consumerism find their form again. We’ve always had problems understanding what environmental consciousness is worth, now we know what a lack thereof can cost.
On a lighter note – we can learn from others – there are others in the world who have been through similar things. We can use the time to reflect, rediscover lost talents, and try out new things. I for one am increasing my own internet presence. Full power with the whole gamut of my media engagement. This Podcast is a part of it – The initiative started about a year ago…
I have been an online trainer for a long time, officially since 2014 to be exact. IT’S ACTUALLY A LITTLE SAD that it took a crisis to get some people to see that the approaches work, and It’s no secret, that the online / remote Training Approach has for years – endured it’s fair share of rejection, ridicule or even scorn in some spheres. I think it is good – that remote Training approaches will now – perhaps – enjoy a little less resistance and a little more credibility going forward.
Last but not least, there was a time when I almost took it personally – or as another friend put it – I cared too much about the fact that people seemed to use social media only for rubbish. I also ranted a lot about how people use emojis – in retrospect however they are essential supplements to remote communication – in the absence of body language, gestures and the like. I think that now more of us have a better idea of what the internet is worth – how essential it is – and the higher values that we can use its capabilities to articulate.
So there we have it, take from it what you will. Again thank all the generous individuals who’ve shared their insights with us today. As always – this show draws from what I like to call “The Lived Experience”… None of us is a virologist – but all of us are normal REAL, living breathing accessible and unpretentious human beings – sharing a bit from their own “Lived Experience”. Still – Don’t just take our words for it…..
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