Voice, Hope in spite of it all, Politics as an attempt to outsource accountability, The satisfaction the calling.
The Owl and the Pussy-Cat – By Edward Lear
The Owl and the Pussy-cat went to sea In a beautiful pea-green boat, They took some honey, and plenty of money, Wrapped up in a five-pound note. The Owl looked up to the stars above, And sang to a small guitar, “O lovely Pussy! O Pussy, my love, What a beautiful Pussy you are, You are, You are! What a beautiful Pussy you are!”
Pussy said to the Owl, “You elegant fowl! How charmingly sweet you sing! O let us be married! too long we have tarried: But what shall we do for a ring?” They sailed away, for a year and a day, To the land where the Bong-Tree grows And there in a wood a Piggy-wig stood With a ring at the end of his nose, His nose, His nose, With a ring at the end of his nose.
“Dear Pig, are you willing to sell for one shilling Your ring?” Said the Piggy, “I will.” So they took it away, and were married next day By the Turkey who lives on the hill. They dined on mince, and slices of quince, Which they ate with a runcible spoon; And hand in hand, on the edge of the sand, They danced by the light of the moon, The moon, The moon, They danced by the light of the moon.
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With somewhat new sensibilities owing of course in part to – a sense of gratitude she feels for her recently completed MBA at the ESCP Business school – Marcia helps me today to portray for you, a more positive outlook on matters relating to sustainability. The things that are in fact within our reach – the VALUES that we as people are actively adopting now.
In this Episode we talk a little about the history of the sustainability movement, its incorporation into modern business models, newer concepts such as impact investing, as an ever more interesting emerging solution – that takes the environment, people, and communities into account. What does it really mean, to move capital, people, and knowledge to where the problems really are and what are the benefits being realized now? What are the opportunities that present themselves – today – as we approach the ultimate ideal of sustainable living?
Parts 2 (originally published 1.8.2023, in commemoration of world youth day celebrations)
Join me – on a most unusually uplifting, journey of discipline, and self-healing. Series of short podcast episodes documenting [how it feels] to do a water-fast for 20 days (now 21) – no food at all, looking and feeling fantastic. We have been trained by many “interests” to associate eating, and “the feast” with care, love, good intentions and wellness – when to the contrary, it could be “the controlled fasted-state” that will set us free – from many ills.. Episodes will appear below on this page as they are published. You can also follow the show from anywhere, if you don’t want to miss it, and if you want more, sign-up now – for the Private Listeners’ Group.
As we bid farewell to 2023 and welcome 2024, let’s embrace the changes and challenges. Remember, every end marks a new beginning. Let’s step into 2024 with hope, determination, and the willingness to grow.
Thank you for being part of this story this year and as we welcome the new year and embrace each new chapter with enthusiasm and curiosity – I eagerly anticipate hearing from you =) Until our next tale unfolds, keep dreaming, keep exploring, and keep weaving your own stories.
Episode 88 was recorded in class and serves as a first training model to help the course participants to get a grasp of the basics, of what is involved in podcast production.
Episode 90 (CENSORED) is a direct follow-up to the previously published episode 88 – and is a compilation of three conversations and one monolog on early -childhood education. Topics include:
The Transition Phase,
The TikTok Hype
Media Consumption Generally
Dental Health in Children
Episode 88 – Values and Attitudes in Education
Episode 90 – Talk to Me (censored)
The overall project associated with this course focusses on values and attitudes – and promises to explore many media forms such as audio-podcasting, photography, videography, text and even print production and webpage-building to name a few.
The project aims to emphasise, through hands-on involvement and co-creation so to speak – how these media forms can be used to enrich our message – as it relates to early-childhood education, and education as a whole.
“Medienpädagogik” is a term that featured prominently during the course – and is itself a diverse topic. The aim of these projects however was to encourage hands-on involvement in the co-creation process. To gather first-hand experience in coordination, team-work and challenges involved, in the final production of a media product that effectively enriches and transports our message – as it relates to early-childhood education.
Those values and attitudes mentioned are as diverse as the contributors themselves – an attribute that that only serves to foster inclusiveness, relatability humanness of our discourse. Without further ado I’d like to express my gratitude to all the contributors – and cordially invite you to let yourself be inspired by the episodes.
Our esteemed first guest (episode 88) for this series of productions – is Ms Lilli Limonius, who qualifies her insight with a rich tapestry of stories and experiences that have helped to shape her career – and still drive her calling and professional practice as a teacher.
We go on to speak about some of the specific values and attitudes that help both teachers and students to succeed. And finish off our 45-50 minute show, with some questions from the course participants on:
The most important attitudes that strengthened her as a teacher,
Quality checks and performance,
Ai and its perceived threat to the teaching profession.
Ian Antonio Patterson again – coming to you for another extra ordinary episode. There are essentially three things that I want to say today – which include some important changes regarding how I do my shows also in response to the rise of Ai among other things, how you are invited to interact with the show, and last but by no means least an invitation to you to join me – on a most unusually uplifting, journey of discipline, and self-healing.
Fluency, Ai, Art and the Democratisation of the Learning Experience
Today’s episode looks at some of the things that make the essential difference, as we approach achieving a well-grounded feeling of confidence, sovereignty, and fluency using a foreign language. The episode today, in and of itself will show you, one way that uniquely defines the authentic lived human experience, as opposed to the artificial one. From the point of view of a well-practiced Educator – we will be looking at some of the things that may in fact help to differentiate us as human beings, working living and thriving – also within an Ai driven paradigm – but no worries Ai is not what the episode is about it’s about you.
Feelings feature prominently – again – not to be discounted because feelings form one aspect that will in fact help to differentiate us as human beings within what I call an Ai driven paradigm. I do hope you enjoy the episode, and if you like the somewhat more colourful, and even more inclusive flavour of “Life is Feeling – Counting the Ways” – do feel free to subscribe from anywhere.
As an added bonus for your troubles, there is a little JAMAICAN interpretation of this unusual twist just for you – right after the jingle.
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I put it to you personally – what image comes to mind when you hear words like diversity and inclusion? Did you realize that you can also quickly become a minority in many ways – one example is when you are the only one who speaks with a strange accent.
The English Coach Podcast is still about enriching the adult learning experience, in a fun and inclusive way – especially through featuring exemplary true to life conversations with real people and activities. Sometimes however the nature of the topics sidesteps the realm of adult education in the traditional sense, and for that reason I have also started “Life is Feeling – Counting the Ways” – that invites listeners to take a moment to be awake to the world, to explore diverse values attitudes and experiences, that help us to think more critically more inclusively – and to help us make better sense of life through different lenses.
“ism” schisms..
I love Independent Podcasting – that’s why I have been doing it since 2019.
If you are living in a place that allows you the freedom to share your voice globally – use it wisely. And use the media (and access) at hand to UPLIFT others. As an English trainer and a self-styled pragmatic student of human behaviour and the world – I can tell you that the need to address “diversity” as a thing and “inclusion” stems from “isims” of all kinds, that we create to express status, and entitlement to privilege and resources over others. Bob Marley aptly called them “isim schisms”. There are many such words, some of which I have also been known to carry around… Not so much any more. Any word ending with the suffix “ism” speaks to a willingness to exclude and disregard an entire ‘other’ group. That’s not what I am about here there or anywhere. (Follow-up series on “isms” in sister show – Life is Feeling – Counting the Ways – Series here)
Naturally we are all free to decide for ourselves what we are against, as I am mostly against all “isms” – but one thing that I am for is “equality” as an ideal – without the need to talk about it too much – but by simply living a reality that I imagine – that is why I run my shows the way I do.
Diversity is as Diversity does.
Guests featured on my shows are from – Jamaica, Germany, Sweden, Afghanistan, Netherlands, the Ukraine, UK, USA, Trinidad and Tobago, France, Russia, Canada, Ghana, India, the Philippines, Greece, North Korea, Guatemala, to name a few..
Professions featured, include Teachers, Coaches, Entrepreneurs of all flavour, Engineers, Medical Doctors, other Doctors, Students, Software developers, Musicians, Authors – the list goes on…
As you might have guessed – I am very proud of my shows, and I am happy to be able to share it with you. As usual, feel free to use the feedback channels that are available on both my show pages.
How can your story stand out against that of the typical everyday influencer, and do you want that at all? What are the benefits and value of expressing your own voice humbly as it may – within a public forum? And who is this proverbial devilish child?
It’s a short one today but if you are interested – do stick around to find out… This episode today is only a small part of another ( Life is Feeling – Counting the Ways – Episode 8 ) and offers perspective on the notion of “influencer” vs. “inspirator” and what these terms mean to some people. It explores the act of pursuing self-improvement – through one particular creative endeavour – and sharing of these – generously in a non-pretentious and non-moralizing way.
“I love to be out in the world, over the years I’ve written 4 books about my experiences – one of them twice, first in German, then in English: “Begegnung mit dem Schamanen/ Encounter with the Shaman“, followed by “Sundance“; and “Nur Mut” ”- all of them first person accounts, and generally positive.” Angeliks Hansen – 26.11.2022
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ShowGuest: Uwe Müller, Kfz Schlosser, Kfz Ingenieur, Pädagogik und Schulleitung
In this episode we begin to explore love, through the lens of being seen, respected and in some contexts idolized. A perspective that posits the self as the source of pivotal reflection – acceptance of self, modesty, and articulating proportionate poise in the knowledge of, and gratitude for the perfect imperfection that defines us – in just as much as it defines others.
But how is satisfaction with oneself really perceived by others – and to what extent is it accepted or frowned on in private, professional, and socio-economic circles?
We discuss self-reflection, its impact on the expression of authority, and earning respect within this context through choosing, shaping, and conveying your own values with enough humility to accept critic. Fatherliness and its effect on the teaching practice is broached, together with its influence on how love plays out within a constellation of strict rules.
All from the wisdom of our own experiences, we look at recruiting help when needed, and moving towards find help or solutions together, even from a place of authority – which then prepares us for part two in this series of conversations – approaching the “Language of Power”.
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Funk Soul Brother from Berlin, accomplished performing artist and father of one as far as I know – Abba Lang – talking about the joys of teaching and parallels with stage performance. Our conversations on the aforementioned topics is directly followed by a Freestyle improvisation recorded in studio. (Previous Publication | Abba Lang Works | on Instagram.)
Gary Lim featured in Episode 40, where he also spoke about the things that helped him as a learner of English as a second language.
Directly afterwards – Author, Musician, and esteemed guest more times over – Andy Beck – in his excerpt for this episode talks a little about Bob Marley, passivism, and inclusiveness – as well as his adult learning experience. Andy Beck was guest on episodes 39 and 32 and was the creator of the jingle (for the English Coach Podcast – Living the Language).
Software Developer and Entrepreneur from the Ukraine – Sasha Bondar – shares with us some secrets to surviving – working from home. Sasha was our guest for Episode 20. I think that it was in the autumn of 2019 when he said to me, that I should stop planning my podcast and just start it… and that in retrospect I would be glad I did, now here – today – true to his words I am indeed happy I did. Sasha’s interlude is significant for many reasons. As you all know by now this is an independent podcast, self-sponsored – which means I am not singing anyone’s song here but my own. I have been lucky enough to witness the rise of the internet, and remember the days when there was none. Media generally and especially independent media as an ideal – is a pillar of any modern democracy. Many things are illustrated in this interlude, and it still breaks my heart to see how many people who have access to it do not use it to share uplifting messages, but on the contrary – mostly rubbish.. I like a little pop too – but the privilege – to be able to put positive messages into the world is not one afforded to all – and I would implore anyone who has the means – to do the same, while being mindful of people in this modern world who cannot.
Following Sasha’s interlude, we have Leontes aka – Mr Henriquez from Episode 71, where he illustrates a method of measuring language learning progress – within a larger Dynamic System.
“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.“
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“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.“
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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.“
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Hello Everyone – my name is Ian Antonio Patterson – host and producer of the English Coach Podcast – Living the Language. Thank you taking the time. This Episode 70 is a Trailer Episode and aims to reiterate the purpose of the show for you the subscribers / followers and for anyone else who’s discovering the show for the first time.
One of my favourite poets – Maya Angelou once said — ‘I’ve learned that people will forget what you said, people will forget what you did, but people will never forget how you made them feel.’
“Living the Language” means that my first mission here is still to help my people – present and past course participants – who want to keep their language skills – and anyone else who just likes the show.
It means that you get to experience immersion into the language – to feel something – from right there where you are, and that I get to keep the promise I always make – to take – my usual relaxed accessible human approach to your learning experience.
15 Years as English Trainer
I have over the past 15 years – had the opportunity to help hundreds of mostly German learners of English as a second language. During this time many strong and positive learning relationships have been built. I have also learned from them – in a true-to-life way, that language is relational, as most people I know are learning a language to talk to people – not machines. Still to each his own – and you get to take from that what you will.
As a Trainer or coach, with an eye on what I like to call Sustainable Language Acquisition – these learning relationships – together with a gamut of diverse topics covered by the Podcast – in both English and German – strong emotional associations are evoked – WITH A PURPOSE – and Listeners get to STAY in contact with – and keep their language skills – in a fun and interesting way.
Enriching English Training with Life, Art and Context
I try to enrich the show with non-scripted interludes, artwork (such as literature, dance, photography, music and singing ….), and the lived experience of people – to focus on the more human aspects of the learning experience – like context – that cannot yet – so easily be deep-faked by pervasive tech.
Lived diversity and inclusion – beyond the tokens
The show attempts to live the notion of diversity and inclusion rather than just talk about it – it is in so being – always open to everyone, but not always for everyone all the time.
Ich habe nie in der DDR gelebt, aber ich habe im Osten mal studiert. Als Kind in Jamaika wurde mir gesagt, dass alle in Deutschland (nicht nur im Osten) schwarz oder grau trugen. Das wollte ich selbst herausfinden.
Mir wurde klar, dass ich mir als Plan B nach dem Studium im Osten einen eigenen Job eventuell machen musste – aus einer ganzen Reihe von Gründen. Also ließ ich mich zum Englischtrainer ausbilden, in der Hoffnung, berufstätigen Erwachsenen spezielle Kurse anbieten zu können – mit spezifischem Arbeitskontext – und mit dem Rückhalt verschiedener Abschlüsse in ganz unterschiedlichen Dingen. Ich bin nach wie vor der Meinung, dass in jeder Situation, in der es um arbeitsbezogene Sprache geht, der Kontext entscheidend ist. Relevanz, schnelle Anwendbarkeit des Inhalts, Effizienz, kleine Erfolge und Messbarkeit des ROI sind ebenfalls wichtige Faktoren. Ich dachte, dass es genug Leute gibt, die nur abstrakte Grammatikpuzzles und Vokabellisten verkaufen.
Von Distanz und Abhängigkeit
Das hat größtenteils geklappt – aber trotzdem war ich nach etwa 10 Jahren immer noch weitgehend von Drittanbietern abhängig, die (bloß nicht mehr als) freiberufliche Arbeit anbieten. Es war immer ein Hauch von Bitterkeit dabei – weil man das Gefühl hatte, dass einige Trainer und in geringerem Maße auch “Coaches” in vielerlei Hinsicht auf Distanz gehalten werden. Je nach Saison werden Bildungsmaßnahmen im Allgemeinen nicht immer als unverzichtbare Dienstleistungen angesehen.
Verachtung
Die zweitjüngste Krise führte zu einer breiteren Akzeptanz von Online-Trainingsformaten, und nachdem sie jahrelang im Wesentlichen verachtet wurden, haben sich einige Dinge geändert, – viele sind aber auch gleichgeblieben. Es ist immer noch so, dass unabhängige Trainer:innen den Kürzeren ziehen – und die meisten Menschen wissen nicht oder es ist ihnen egal, dass für jeden 1 Euro, der an Drittanbieter-Trainingsplattformen, Apps und dergleichen für die Ausbildung gezahlt wird, die Trainer:innen 16 Cent oder WENIGER bekommen.
Und das ist noch nicht alles. Manchmal verliert man das Eigentum an seinen Medien, kann sie nicht exportieren oder löschen und darf sie nirgendwo anders anbieten, und wenn man doch ein gewisses Echo an Royalties für zukünftige Einnahmen aus seiner Arbeit erhält, lesen sich die Regeln wie ein Ponzi-Schema.
Manche Menschen haben vielleicht andere Erfahrungen gemacht.
Immer mehr Menschen erkennen, dass Lernen in hohem Maße beziehungsorientiert ist – und dass es am besten in Verbindung mit dem reichen Schatz an emotionalen Assoziationen geschieht, der für zwischenmenschliche Beziehungen typisch ist. Immer mehr Menschen erkennen auch, dass der persönliche Kontakt mit einem Ausbilder ein persönliches Interesse an ihrem Lernerfolg bedeutet. Wir alle haben Lehrer:innen Ausbilder:innen erlebt, die sich nicht um die individuellen Bedürfnisse der Lernenden kümmerten oder kümmern konnten – manchmal aus systemischen Gründen, auf die sie keinen Einfluss hatten, manchmal nicht.
“Happiness is Cameras”
Aber was tun, wenn sich bestimmte Urtriebe des Kapitalismus nicht ändern wollen, und warum macht mich meine Kamera glücklich? Weil ich hauptsächlich durch meine autodidaktischen Bemühungen meinen Kunden jetzt selbst eine komplette, auf Menschen basierende Lösung anbieten kann. Und zwar eine, die ihnen wirklich auf einer individuellen Ebene hilft.
Natürlich gab es auch ein paar Mentoren auf diesem Weg, aber ohne mein eigenes Interesse an Kameras, meinen kreativen Geist, Experimentierfreudigkeit und eine Begeisterung für die Macht der Medien (Daten) wäre ich nie dahin gekommen, wo ich heute bin.
Träume
Kreative Arbeit macht Spaß – von der Fotografie über Podcasts bis hin zu Videos, Schulungsvideos, Live-Streams, Virtual-Reality-Eventformaten und Websites, die das Leben von Millionen Menschen weltweit erreichen und transformieren können. Möglichkeiten, die an sich schon ein wahr gewordener Traum sind – und trotzdem muss ich nicht Zehntausenden von Menschen dienen, deren Namen und Gesichter ich mir nicht mal merken kann.
Ich bin immer noch nicht da, wo ich sein möchte, aber es wird sogar noch besser – jetzt, nachdem mein Ausbildungsangebot und meine Mediendaten auf meiner eigenen Plattform laufen, muss ich nicht mehr alle meine Mediendaten gegen “Likes” an die großen Jungs verschenken. Ich habe nicht das Gefühl, dass sie die Ersteller von Inhalten mögen oder respektieren – und, dass sie sich selbst den Titel des Kurators und der Quelle aller guten Dinge gegeben haben. Vieles von dem, was Trainer und Coaches tun, ist einzigartig und nicht wirklich Massenware, wie wir zu glauben gezwungen sind und werden.
Medienmonster
Die bereits erwähnten Drittanbieter-Trainingsplattformen, Apps und dergleichen, sind praktisch und manchmal nativ auf Mobiltelefonen – aber wenn der Ersteller nicht umsichtig ist, besitzen die Apps letztendlich seine Kunden und könnten den Ersteller jederzeit aus dem Spiel nehmen.
Preisvergleichsplattformen zum Beispiel fühlen sich manchmal an wie gut gekleidete Geier in einem Flugzeug, die Sie zum Absprung ermutigen, – und wenn Ihr “Wert” mit Ihnen fällt, stürzen sie sich im freien Fall auf Sie, um sich an Ihrem Fleisch zu laben, bevor Sie auf dem Boden aufschlagen. Das Versprechen ist Freiheit, Entfaltung und Reichweite, und die Belohnung ist ein freier Fall, den Sie vielleicht nicht einmal bis zum Ende genießen dürfen.
Amazon Alexa verkauft Ihre Stimme – laut “the Verge” (theverge.com 12.5.2022) – dem Tech-Magazin. “… der Bericht kommt zu dem Schluss, dass Amazon und Dritte (einschließlich Werbe- und Tracking-Dienste) Daten aus Ihren Interaktionen mit Alexa über die Echo Smart Speaker sammeln und diese mit bis zu 41 Werbepartnern teilen. Diese Daten werden dann verwendet, um “Nutzerinteressen abzuleiten” und “gezielte Werbung sowohl auf der Plattform (Echo-Geräte) als auch außerhalb der Plattform (Web) zu schalten.” Die Studie kommt auch zu dem Schluss, dass diese Art von Daten heiß begehrt ist, was zu “30-fach höheren Geboten von Werbetreibenden” führt.”.
Facebook-Gruppen und dergleichen interessieren sich nicht im Geringsten für das Wohlergehen von „Content-creators“ – sie wollen, dass Sie weiterhin eine genau definierte Interessengruppe anheizen, damit, Ihre Gruppe, bezahlte Werbung direkt von Ihrem Konkurrenten um die Ecke erhält – und natürlich, dass Sie weiterhin Ihre Zeit, Blut, Schweiß, Tränen und vor allem Ihre Mediendaten an diese verschenken. Soziale Netzwerke sind keine sozialen Dienste – sie sind Werbeunternehmen. Sie sind für einige Dinge sehr nützlich und unterhaltsam, aber sie sind nicht das Internet – und bei diesem hier zum Beispiel sollten wir nicht vergessen, dass es letztlich Marks Haus ist. Kein Unternehmen sollte so reich werden, es sei denn, es profitiert von den Kosten, die andere tragen, oder es darf Steuern erheben – Zeit, Blut, Schweiß und Tränen der Ersteller von Inhalten – und Ihre Aufmerksamkeit – private Daten, Vorlieben und Klicks inklusive.. Apropos Steuern – die Geschichte des großen Jungen ist wohlbekannt – was den fairen Anteil betrifft.
Die kostenlose Veröffentlichung unabhängiger Podcasts ist eine weitere Schwachstelle – die Kosten dafür trägt der unabhängige Podcaster selbst. Mit etwas Glück werden diese Kosten jedoch durch die Reichweite, den authentischen Charakter und das Engagement bei einem Nischenpublikum ausgeglichen.
Es gab eine Zeit, in der es so aussah, als würden die Apples und Spotify’s ihr Bestes geben, um so viele Hörerstatistiken wie möglich zu verstecken – was die Podcaster daran hinderte, ihre eigenen Hörer kennen zu lernen. Heutzutage, da der Wettbewerb unter den großen Jungs im Podcasting zunimmt, haben wir begonnen, einige Daten zu bekommen, aber der direkte Kontakt mit den Hörer:innen ist immer noch ein heiliger Raum.
Das kostenlose Podcasting-Modell ist ein Paradies für Werbetreibende – und andere Spotify-ähnliche Plattformen, die die ultimativen Kuratoren und Quellen für alles Gute sein wollen.
Mein Rat an Podcasters: Integrieren Sie Ihre eigene Botschaft über Ihren eigenen Service in angemessener und eleganter Weise und veröffentlichen Sie – wenn möglich – die besten Teile oder Boni ausschließlich auf Ihren eigenen Websites. Die Hörer, die sich für Ihr Unternehmen interessieren und für Sie wichtig sind, werden sich melden.
“Make your own”
Ich breche keine Regeln, indem ich in direktem Kontakt mit den Menschen stehe, die ich unterrichte, und mich persönlich für deren Erfolg engagiere. Ich kann jeden Aspekt und jedes „Asset“ meines Prozesses selbst produzieren, verwalten und auf eine menschlichere Art und Weise transparent und fair erwirtschaften – relativ frei von unaufgeforderter Werbung von Dritten.
Entweder ist man mit Zeit, Talent und Inspiration begabt, oder man ist mit Kapital beschenkt. Wenn die Zeit reif ist, werde ich sicherlich einige Aspekte der Arbeit auslagern, aber in der Zwischenzeit ist es gut zu verstehen, was in den einzelnen Prozessen steckt. Das ist ein wesentlicher Bestandteil des Konzepts der “Demokratisierung der Lernerfahrung” – eine eigene Bühne bauen zu dürfen. Es bedeutet auch, dass die Lernenden eine Wahl haben. Es muss keine gesichtslosen Mittelsmänner geben, die als Torwächter zwischen Lernenden und Lehrenden stehen die ohne moralische Verpflichtung die Preise in die Höhe treiben – aus Prinzip beide Seiten gnadenlos ausbeuten..
Es bedeutet auch, dass wir alle erkennen müssen, dass jede Bewegung im Internet das Kapital von jemandem ist, jeder Besuch, jeder Klick, jede Minute der Aufmerksamkeit, jedes bisschen Daten und insbesondere Mediendaten. All diese Dinge bilden unsere digitale Identität – wir müssen unsere Geschichten bewusst für uns selbst schreiben – sie uns zu eigen machen, beschützen – und wissen, dass eine Geschichte sowieso geschrieben und verwendet wird. Es ist daher sinnvoll, unsere eigenen Geschichten aktiv zu kuratieren und nicht unsere gesamte digitale Existenz, Ausdrucksmöglichkeiten / Expressionen an bestimmte Plattform auszulagern.
Wenn wir unsere digitalen Identitäten nicht als “Sache” anerkennen, könnten / werden sie auf die eine oder andere Weise von den großen Jungs gekapert und auf unbekannte Weise missbraucht, missachtet oder manipuliert werden. Es ist allgemein bekannt, dass wenn Sie Ihr ganzes Vertrauen in einen Ort setzen, an dem zahlende Spieler Vorrang haben (zum Beispiel immer nur eine Suchmaschine verwenden) – dann werden Sie am Ende nur gesponserte Wahrheiten haben.
“fred is a cookie, fred is a cake, fred is a sniper, fred is a snake. fred is a spinner, fred is a spanner, fly-spy-phantom newest make. nasty fly thing all around, wanting, waiting time abound, fred’s like family, friend and foe, and everything your apps do in the background.”
Ich habe immer gewusst, dass ich als echte Minderheit nicht auf jede Bühne eingeladen werde – also mache ich mir meine eigene.. Die Show ist übrigens auf bedeutungsvolle Weise inklusiv – er enthält auch die Stimme der Minderheit – auch “over and above tokenism, pop and vernacular” – und das ist gut so.
Wenn es einen Goldrausch gibt, verkaufe silberne Schaufeln
Heutzutage gibt es so viele Leute, die „magic funnels“ (magische Verkaufstrichter) verkaufen und die Menschen behandeln, als wären sie Sand. Um die Wahrheit zu sagen, kann man in diesen kostenlosen Webinaren eine Menge lernen, wenn man die Zeit dazu hat. Vor ein paar Tagen musste ich allerdings lächeln, als eine andere dieser Trichterverkäuferinnen ihre Präsentation mit der Aussage begann, dass es schwieriger sei, einen Kurs zu verkaufen als einen zu machen. Da mag manchmal etwas Wahres dran sein, aber interessanterweise hat sie dadurch – ihre Dienstleistung im ersten Schritt so positioniert, dass sie langfristig zwei Pfund Fleisch für ihre Dienstleistung verlangen kann. Basisberatung für sechs Wochen zusammen mit Facebook-Anzeigen 10 Tausend Euro zum Start – mit “facebook mastermind” Gruppenzugang natürlich und ohne Garantie.
Realität
Ich schweife ab – ein extremer Fitnessstudio-Fan bin ich nicht mehr, aber auf meinen vielen Reisen hatte ich das seltene Privileg, direkt von zwei preisgekrönten Weltklasse-Bodybuildern persönlich über gute Form zu lernen – einer in Jamaika und einer in Deutschland. Diese Erfahrungswelt scheint sich – für das ungeübte Auge – hinter meinem moderaten “Männerbauch” zu verstecken, aber gestern war ich im Fitnessstudio und mir fiel auf, dass zwar keine hochpreisiger Elite-Personal-Trainer durch die Gegend schwebten, aber alle Männer, die ich sah, die fröhlich für den Sommer pumpten, ihre Sätze in fast perfekter Form machten.
Meine Theorie: Sie alle haben sich die Freiheit genommen, online nach der spezifischen, individuellen Hilfe zu suchen, die sie brauchten – sie gefunden, eine informierte Wahl getroffen und dementsprechend angewendet. Zwei gute Betrachtungen – einen guten Tag. Ich freue mich, dass auch andere normale Trainer:innen – mit ein bisschen Durchhaltevermögen und der Bereitschaft, ein paar Opfer zu bringen – das Gleiche tun können – wie ich.
Dies ist nicht die Geschichte einer Heldenreise (hero’s journey), bei weitem nicht. Am Ende des Tages vermute ich aber, dass die Opfer es wert sind. Als Pädagogen folgen wir einer Berufung, und am Ende des Tages tun wir das nicht nur für uns selbst, sondern auch für andere.
Für eine Kamera empfehle ich PENTAX =)
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I have always prided myself on the authenticity and inclusiveness of this independent podcast. The past few weeks have been marked by feelings of disquiet – and doubt – as related to the appropriateness of publishing a show like this at this particular time – in the midst of this the second major crisis to face the world – in as many years.
And then I thought to myself – what better time is there to re-present the unscripted voices of real people – who have themselves in the past – contributed to this show. Individuals moved by such sensibilities at this particular time – the likes of which I can only imagine. This episode hopes to help to transcend in some small way the noise and tragedy that affects all of us today – by featuring the people I know.
I’ve always contended that power takes care of itself first – and stages it’s stories accordingly. This short episode attempts to place a positive spin, a glimmer of hope – perhaps – a welcomed distraction from all the sadness – and serves as a reminder of the living breathing human beings involved here – and the OTHER things that inspire them.
The guests for today’s episode are Lena, Sasha and Olga.
Lena is a Russian lady – speaking on notion of “meeting in the body” – and how it relates to dance and the martial arts – Original Episode and Credentials. Sacha is a Ukrainian man – sharing success stories in the field of remote work in international software development teams. If it wasn’t for Sasha, I would perhaps still be stuck in the conceptualizing / planning stage of this podcast, and here I am today publishing episode 66. Thank you, Sasha Original Episode and Credentials.
Olga is a Russian woman – my very first guest on the show – and she shares with us on the power of improvisation, and the freedom to be found in art – Original Episode and Credentials.
Special mentions also go out to Natalia – a Russian woman currently embarking on an acting career and the first announcer for the show. And last but by no mean’s least, special thanks to the Ukrainian woman who bought me my first mic.
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The title of minority appears in many forms – not the least of which is voice.
The notion of giving voice features prominently in my English language training practice by default. If a learner of a foreign language can on this basis find themself sporting the status of minority – how can mindfullness of Microstoria help?
“Finding voice” – what does that mean to you?
How do these aspects play out in our personal and professional lives?
What are the things, people, and / or events that served to amplify this line of thought and awareness?
Professor of Strategic Management and Head of the Strategy, Entrepreneurship, and International Business (SEIB) Research Group.He started his first degree in 2002 at the Europa Universität Viadrina but left after his second year to continue at the University of the West of England, Bristol, where he received a First class in Business Administration. He went on to complete a PhD in Strategic Management in 2010. An elected Vice Chair of the British Academy of Management (BAM), David serves on the BAM Council’s Sub-Committee of Academic Affairs of Conference and Capacity Building (AACCB) and is a former Convenor of the Annual Doctoral Symposium of the Academy. A Senior Visiting Research Fellow at the Higher School of Economics (HSE) Laboratory for Economics of Innovation, David has since 2015 conducted research on Russia’s Basic Research Program (RBRP) on ‘Global Competitiveness’ at the National Research University in Moscow. He is Associate Editor for the Journal of Strategy and Management, and currently enjoys a Visiting Professorship at the Bristol Business School, and an Honorary Research Fellowship at the School of Management, IT, and Public Governance, University of Kwazulu-Natal, South Africa.
David’s research is practice and process-oriented and frequently draws on Heideggerian-Wittgensteinian approaches to social practices to engaging with cross-level management research problems. His research interests lie primarily in the broad areas of strategy and innovation, and his current research concerns relationalism and process theory, second-order technology and innovation management, strategy-as-practice, strategic foresight and temporality, discursive practices, and the making of European cosmopolitan marketplaces. Methodologically, much of his work is qualitative oriented and focuses on theorising organizing repertoires, performative routines, and how activities, dispositions, and choices get ordered over time to shape innovation and strategy in organizing. He frequently employs MICROSTORIA, narratives, and publicly available archival datasets for his empirical inquiries.
David has authored 120+ articles in refereed academic journals, international conference proceedings, and book chapters. His recent edited book on ‘Strategic foresight and innovation management’ was published by Routledge in 2020, and his very recent papers have appeared in various outlets, including Work, Employment and Society, International Marketing Review, Economic and Industrial Democracy, Journal of Business Research, Technological Forecasting and Social Change, IEEE Transactions on Engineering Management, R&D Management, Technovation, International Journal of Production Research, Science and Public Policy, Journal of Technology Transfer, Scandinavian Journal of Management, Production Planning and Control, European Urban and Regional Studies, Environmental Science and Policy, Journal of Economic Issues, International Journal of Entrepreneurial Behaviour and Research, and the International Journal of Human Resource Management.
“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.“
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“My mission in life is not merely to survive, but to thrive; and to do so with some passion, some compassion, some humour, and some style.” mantra from Maya Angelou.
“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.“
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The word moment is commonly and simply defined as a brief period of time.
In this episode however Anna and I explore a wider dimension of meaning – informed of course by the wisdom of personal experience, professional practice, and reflection.
Anna Royon-Weigelt is a returning guest to the show, one with whom I have had the pleasure of working and learning from in private professional and academic contexts. In today’s episode we look at a fuller meaning of the word – taking into consideration its non-linear qualities – qualities that sometimes – through a little reflection – seem to defy our everyday appreciation of the very fabric of time and space. A slightly disruptive, though comforting, affirmative conversation on the recurrent nature of moment – in that in their passing all is not lost.
We also look at how moments revisited, relived, or experienced again and again – can actually serve to enrich a learning experience – all within the framework of career, training, coaching, self-evaluation and improvement.
Anna Royon-Weigelt (returning show guest)
Intercultural Consultant, Coach and Moderator: – Works: Respea | 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.“
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“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.“
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Aus deiner psychotherapeutischen Sicht – warum reagieren so viele Deutsche skeptisch bis ablehnend auf die Corona-SchutzImpfung?
Das Problem ist vielleicht, dass Ergebnisse der Corona-Forschung in den Medien als etwas feststehendes, unumwerfliches – präsentiert und verstanden werden. Wie ordnest du diese Informationen für dich ein?
Alle Menschen sind von der Corona-Pandemie betroffen. Wie ist dein persönlischen Blick?
Könnte es sein, dass es besser wäre, anstelle von Ehre oder Moral das Eigeninteresse anzusprechen?
Wie können wir in der Zukunft „mit Corona leben“ ohne unnötige Ängste zu entwickeln?
Wie sieht DEIN persönlicher positiver Ausblick aus?
“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.“
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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.
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Hello, everyone. Welcome to another episode of the English coach podcast. Now I’m going to get straight to the point with this. The episode that you’re about to hear was actually made as a video podcast – which I intended to publish in my normal podcast player as a video. However, things didn’t work out as planned, so you might notice that the way I talk it’s as if it’s a video – and that is because it is. So, if you’re interested in seeing what exactly I’m talking about, please feel free to head on over to EnglishCoachPodcast.com from your PC or from your mobile – and you can watch the video that this was made for.
I do apologize for any inconvenience, but it’s just the NORMAL show as I usually do. So do enjoy the show.
About
Hello. My name is Ian Antonio Patterson host and producer of the English Coach Podcast. Now it’s a very special day today. I am doing a video podcast. Now, the reason I’m doing this is threefold. Now, first of all, I am checking out to see how this video podcasting offer really works from my podcast host company – Libsyn.
The second reason why I’m here is to show you a little bit about how I work, where I work – and give you an idea of the work that is involved in producing the podcast show and also in working as an online trainer.
Third reason why I’m here is to actually give a proper introduction for a little production that I have done with a very good friend of mine. A young lady called Lydia. One I had a chance, had the privilege of seeing on stage, seeing in practice and one with whom I have worked a lot in studio for photo shooting and for video shooting. Lydia has also been on my podcast I think it was episode 15 and she has helped me a lot with lots of dances. I think two projects to be exact.
The first one was actually dancing a grammar rule. I have not published that yet, but that is coming. It was quite a while back, but I’m going to be publishing that at some point – did that together with another dancer called Pia (Schackenberg). And this, this production that I want to introduce to you in a proper way is one called Lydia “Being Sybille”.
Now Sybille is short for “Sybille von Spitzen” and Sybille von Spitzen is a little character that I like to have fun with sometimes on my show. No, this character is what you could call an overzealous grammarian with a “tick” or an English teacher – with a “tick”. Now, if you are interested in finding out what “tick” this little English teacher, well, not little, she’s actually quite competent in her skill yes – and very much persuaded and, you know, very confident with what she does – What exactly or what kind of “tick” this teacher has. Just watch the video. You can watch it here at the end of this introduction, or if you don’t have a podcast player that allows you to watch videos as well, you can just head on over to EnglishCoachPodcast.com and look for episode 58, it will be there – in the show notes.
So again, thank you to Lydia. You have been instrumental in getting this out and the character that I wanted Lydia to do, wasn’t actually the easiest because you know what I mean, only a professional dancer could actually do that I think because – this character, you know, has her – her way. And I had to explain to Lydia how this person is, what this person believes, how they dress, how they move and all of that. And I really did need a professional to interpret that and, embody this character. And I’m very happy to say that, uh, Lydia has managed to do that – and I am very happy to be able to share that with you today.
All right. So please check it out and feel free to tell me what you think. It’s not long. It’s probably about one minute and 20 seconds, I think. And then after that, there is another small interview with Lydia, uh, talking a little bit about her profession as a Professional Dancer. So why she does it and you know, the things that drive her, what she likes and so on and so forth.
All right. So please do stick around and check it out.
Now the other reason why we’re here is, um, I want to show you exactly how I work. I want you to have an idea of how I do things, right? So, first of all, I am looking into my second camera right now. This camera is over here and it is a 45 degrees to my main camera, which is right here looking straight at me. Now I’m pointing at it. And both of these cameras are getting their sound delivered to them from this microphone.
Now this microphone is a so-called condenser microphone. It is actually analog side-dress. That means I have to speak from the side. The city of black thing is preventing the gusts of wind from going into the microphone, because I want my direct voice to go straight in from the side and not from the top, but I don’t want the direct gusts of wind.
That doesn’t sound too nice so we need this little thing here. Underneath that, this fancy looking high-tech thingy, looking a little bit retro, I think – this is to absorb shock that might happen – that might travel through my table, into this arm and into the microphone. It is supposed to kind of, you know, dampen that sound a little bit and it holds the mic quite nicely.
It also looks quite fancy I think – I like the look of it. Now, this analogue sound that is going into my microphone goes naturally, along this cable down and into my fancy little audio interface, that’s sitting over there just out of view, that audio interface is from Steinberg and it promises me 32 bit float sound.
So that gives me a lot of headroom or a lot of space to. To work on the sound after I have captured it. It gives me a lot of room to, to make adjustments – and, um, it also protects me from (the ill effects of) being too loud. As a matter of fact, if I’m too loud on the microphone, I can adjust the sound. It can capture very loud sounds without distorting them. And also very quiet sounds as well. So it’s just a better quality sound for you right now.
So, that from my auto interface then goes into my PC, which is right here. It is capturing everything as we speak into my audacity. So now I’m gonna give you a little live view of what it looks like, the sound coming in. And as you can see the sound waves there, it’s running off to the right-hand side, and I can tell from the look of these sound waves or the “wave pattern”. If the quality sound going in is good or not so good. I’m also able to watch the levels, as you can see at the top, there, there is a little green bar.
Ideally, I should not be yeah, that’s actually a good range. Yes. It’s hitting 24 decibels right now. And uh, you know, I don’t want it to get to like six. So, what this says to me, is that the, with this sound, I can turn it up a little bit. And with this quality mic, the full richness of my voice (any voice) is coming over. So, it shouldn’t hurt to listen to my voice on the podcasts or on my training – training courses. Yes. So that is what is happening there.
Now, the other thing, and part of my tools is basically my glasses here. I do not wear glasses. I do not really need glasses for seeing at a distance, but right now I have some cue cards which are standing right behind this camera. And these are helping me to talk about all the things that I planned to talk to you about. And I need that for reading. So that’s why I’m wearing them. And to be honest, I do feel more beautiful in glasses, whoever doesn’t like it, can bite it.
All right. So now moving on, what else, do we have, yeah, just being a little bit cheeky there. All right. So, I’m gonna now show you – something else. All right. Now, as you can see on this screen, um, I also have a little program that is helping me to capture the screen as you’re looking at right now, as well as – these two microphones (CAMERAS). Now you can see the screen top left and you can see also the side camera, which is there I’m pointing at it now – pointing at it. And then the other camera, which is in front of me pointing to it right now. Right on the screen – the screen itself, which is being recorded and capturing also sound from my audio interface over there.
Now the reason why I’m showing you all of this. Now you’ve seen my microphone. You’ve seen or, you’ve heard of my, um, audio interface, my computer, which has to also be a pretty powerful computer. The sound treatment that is in this room, the background here, which is, um, as I said, I don’t know if I said it, but it’s a screen.
And behind it, there is sound treatment not sound proofing because sound proofing is a little overkill. I don’t need soundproofing here. I just need something that will catch all the – or – prevent, any other direct sound from going into this microphone. So funnily, the sound treatment for this kind of microphone is actually behind the speaker. So, what that does is any other sound that would probably bounce back and come into the microphone is stopped and the only thing going into this, mic is no reflection, no echoes, just my direct voice. And that is why the sound treatment is behind me. There’s also some to the right, to my right over here. The floors are also carpeted. There is some above me as well. The table is usually padded with a sound absorptive material. And when I’m podcasting, I even have a cushion on my lap and all of that helps to stop all this stray sound bouncing around and, you know, make it a little nicer for you to listen. You know, I do care about your listening experience.
Another thing that is here that I use still is my white board. As you can see, it is there. You can see from this camera – over there. And I still use it sometimes, especially when I’m explaining timelines. I use it to show, you know, with, drawings, what I mean when I’m explaining time forms to my students.
Right. So that’s, uh, another thing. Is there anything else? Well, usually I put something to drink here. Right here on this pedestal. And there are some books all around, but I wouldn’t show you all those books. I think as we speak, my cat is actually above the own treatments stuff over there. She likes to sit there and either watch me or listen to me. And I still think she’s my biggest fan. She’s been there since day one. You know, kitty, kitty yes. Kitty puss. That’s her name. Right. Moving on – now that was the second reason for me being here. I wanted to, you know, just, just show you what is what’s going on here.
I want you to have an idea of the work that goes into it. And also, to give you an idea of, you know, the quality that is involved. I mean, when I, go online to give whether it be, a live, private live streaming, as I’m now offering, I’ll tell you a little bit about that now. Um, whether I’m doing that or I’m teaching online, it’s not just me grabbing an iPhone or some other smartphone and chatting into it.
I do pay attention to quality, uh, pay attention to lighting. There’s a huge light fixture over there. And I have to think about all of that as well. Light reflecting into my glasses. My face has to be properly lit. You know, I’m a black man as well – so, you know, I need a little bit of extra light – if you want to see more than a shadow. And, um, things like that. And I want you to have an idea of the, work that is involved in producing something that is going to give you value and give you results.
All right. So, moving on. Now the other thing that I wanted to show you today was my website. Now I’m just going to give you a quick overview.
It’s not really so much. If you go to EnglishCoachPodcast.com, it takes you directly to the podcast page. And from this page, you can find everything about me. And I’m just gonna quickly walk you through. At the top left is the logo for my “Working site” (TrainingTree.de), this is my working site. I don’t really push this in any way. It is just a functional place where, you know, I’m not trying to sell in a kind of, solid user experience here or anything like that. It’s just a function of place where certain things live.
First of all, my podcast lives here and also my training rooms.
So, as you can see, the first link says training rooms, but below that on the page, EnglishCoachPodcast.com – it will take you to TrainingTree.de – and as you can see here, my podcast is listed from episode 57, soon to be episode 58, all the way down to the very first episode. Now, if you missed one or you want to go back or you want to see how good or how bad I was when I first started with podcasting, you can go all the way back to the very first episode. If you want, these are all of them listed. Now if I go all the way back up you can see on the right side, there’s an option to follow the show. You can click this link if you want to see the apps, within which you can watch the show.
There is my signature sound. Thanks to Andy that sound here was produced by him. Thanks, Andy. Big up.
And, uh, let’s see, uh, directly under that there is a special feature, which is actually the. The video interlude short – of why I’m doing this introduction, this proper introduction right now. So, it’s already there – if you, if you want to just jump to it, you can also just go to the website.
I mean, you will anyway. If you want, you can go straight here and just watch Lydia’s performance. Now right beside Lydia, you will see something that probably doesn’t exactly fit, but SIA is my favourite pop artist, and she has been on my site – actually it was there as a test video on my site since day one, and I refused to take it off because I still like her.
And speaking of pop, you should not underestimate the power of pop. There is strong poetry there sometimes, especially from SIA – and I’ve met at least three or four people who have learned English from listening to music. I didn’t believe them at first, but after talking to them, I recognized that they really did.
You should never – take music and other free time activities – gaming and so on for granted, because these are the things that are gonna help you to get to the level of fluency – that you want.
Now, coming back to the website. What can you see here? I also have, oh, yes – there’s a little box here – if you want to support the show, I would recommend, or I would ask you to do it directly. I have here a PayPal link. If you want to buy me a coffee or buy me a slice of cake, because you like the show so much, you can do that here – DIRECTLY via PayPal.
Now I don’t know – if you can, (maybe) you can call me a friend and then there won’t be any charge for it. I mean, all these middlemen tend to take something, but – the other usual middleman for giving donations or support, like Patrion or Buy-me-a-coffee or whatever – I don’t use them because I don’t like the idea of having someone between me and you. I don’t see why I should, for example, ask you to buy me a coffee and they have to get some. So, um, that is why I really do prefer – if you feel as if you wanna – do this for the show, you like the show and you wanna help me as well to keep the level of quality to keep this flavour of authenticity going for you. You can do that directly using this link on the page.
Another link on the page, you can also send in a voicemail. If you click this orange button, you will be taken to a page where you’ll see – another orange button, which says start recording. And here you can send in your feedback or any little comment you have on any show episode, I’d be happy to hear anything.
It doesn’t have to be all positive. You know, I really don’t take anything personally because at the end of the day – directly said – this is a free show. This is one of the advantages of being independent. You’re not really under the pressure to perform according to anyone else’s notion of perfection. So, I mean, you can be honest and true with your feedback – tell me what you think. You know, it won’t cost me a job or anything like that. If you want, you can even get featured on an upcoming episode. So, say your name, what you do and your links to your Instagram, your Facebook, your website, what have you, and, um, you can get featured on the show.
I’d be really happy to hear from you from anywhere you are anywhere, anywhere. But most importantly, there’s also contact. There is a login for anyone who is taking part in any of my online courses. They can login. You have to log in for the Private Live Streaming. Yes, for example, and I have two groups of people serving here. The live streaming doesn’t show on YouTube or on LinkedIn or Facebook or anywhere. You know, to be honest, I don’t do my show for everyone. I don’t do my live streaming for everyone. I’m not gonna put myself under Google’s whip and burnout like a lot of, sad, poor YouTubers, Creators, Trainers – that I know. I just want to serve my people. And that’s always been my plan. So yes, it is live streaming, but you have to login to see it. It’s for English for Work.
And if you go here to training rooms, you will see the page for that. Yes, here it is. There are two groups standard and premium, and you can access all live streaming that is happening.
I think to start out is going to be Tuesdays and Thursdays at about seven o’clock (19:00 Berlin (GMT+1)), we’re kind of settling on that time and. If you’re a member, if you’re a course participant of mine, then you can log in to see. And it seems to be going quite nicely already – I mean, I have been doing this for seven years, so, um, it’s pretty easy – actually. Yes. And it’s something that I like.
All right. So now that is my web page. I think that is it for the most part. Another thing I don’t know if you’re new to the show are new to who I am. If you’re interested in finding out who that is, you can always go to my kind of – this is my personal “presence-online”. This is my personal link tree, so to speak. Um, you can find it at www.ian-antonio-patterson.com/work or much easier www.iAntonio.com and at iAntonio.com you will find all the links to everything I do – my service offer as you can see here – the podcast, my Triner-profile with my CV and everybody who’s interested in finding out if I studied what I studied and where, and – number two, you see my media, this is my media listing. Of course, there are many different channels. I do not limit myself to any of them. Uh, I think on the last podcast I spoke a boat giving my – I can’t think of any good reason – to give my media content to any platform exclusively.
I can’t, I can’t think of any reason to do that. I’m not so much into the Instagram and Facebook thing, you know – the meta-verse (facebook’s new persona) as it is now known as because, you know, I honestly believe that we should take ownership our digital identities, which I’ve said before online, many times – I’ve have written about it.
You should take ownership of that. This is also what the “Democratization of the Learning Experience” means – it’s a part of it. It’s taking ownership of this space, this identity that lives online – your Metadata, everything, all your movements online. Everything you have to, you have to take ownership of that and write your own story, because guess what a story is being written anyway.
Right. This is my attempt to take ownership of my stuff and it’s all listed here. So this (link) is to my shows. You can see first there are – let’s see the following options. This is the listeners group. You can join the listens group, for example, if you want to be the first to see videos when they come out. Yes, ours. I write my lessons group maybe once a month. Yes. It’s not like every week. I’m not like spamming people with 10 emails a week. It’s a, sometimes I think the last one I did was in June and, um, no, the last one I did was about two weeks ago and the one before that was in June.
Right. So, it’s not like some kind of spam magic funnel I’m trying to build here anything. It’s contact with my people. Yes. But, um, it’s not some kind of spam machine – right. So, you can, sign up for that group if you want to be notified. Here again is a voicemail link. Here is my service on, um, not videos, but photography service. I don’t do that so much anymore. It’s kind of like now a hobby that I do in a professional way when I can find the time. Yeah. So I still do it. And, here I have featured artists. These are -this is a link to the artists who have – stayed close to me over the past few years.
There are people there listed, like Farida did a lot of work with Farida. We tried some things, some things didn’t work out as planned, but, the material is still there and you can see some of it here at this link. I’ve worked with people like Yuna, of course with Lydia, I’ve worked with Anna Elva for example, the soundtrack that, you’ll hear in Lydia’s video, I’ve used it also working with Anna Elva. She just did it freely, she wasn’t doing any kind of character or anything like that. She just danced through it. I like to see different interpretations of one musical piece.
I’ve done that also with another musical piece called Raqs El Gamal. And, uh, that I’ve done with, a young lady called Jessica Farina. You will also be able to find that here and another interpretation of the same piece from Raqs El Gamal.
From – by Farida – my good friend Farida – so if you go to this link, you’ll be able to see all the performances from these two young ladies. Right. And there are some other things there just in case. You know I mean I Work with dance because I’ve learned a lot from dance. It is – it is that only some kind of decadence that I follow. That’s not the only reason why I do it. I do it because. For me, I’ve said it before – dance represents it, depicts the way we have to move through life. The way we have to adjust to situations. When you see a dancer on stage moving to different things, then it shows you how – it’s a depiction, it articulates – how we have to live – and that is the core meaning of, dance to me.
It’s also interesting to see how music moves people. I also use dance as an opportunity to – let’s say I have used dance and dance photography as an opportunity to get to know my camera. Yeah. Um, if I didn’t take up a camera and started photographing flowers first, and then dance. Learning how to capture a moving subject through different scenarios at different speeds and knowing how sound gets into the camera and how to capture media and present to in a presentable way – the equipment that is involved and all of that, I would not be able to be doing this right now.
So just, just, just think about it. Yes. Preoccupation with a camera has led through a hobby that has taught me lots of things also about the human condition. I’ve learned a lot about people working with dance – people in media and so on. Right. Wasn’t it for that preoccupation, I would not be right here right now talking to you – doing a podcast, audio podcasts, video podcasts – and I would not have had the understanding that I did have going into online training and private live online streaming. So again, do not underestimate free time activities and hobbies. Yes. Is probably your best source of learning.
All right. So that was it again. Um, I won’t be waxing too much Lyrical now on dance – but since we’re on that topic, I want to take this opportunity also to thank many of the people with whom I’ve worked on this particular podcast. People from the dance world as one of the first – was Olga she’s an aeronautics engineer.
And, um, she was one of the first on the show.
One of the second was Said el Amir he’s also a train just sent me. So he’s of the same trainer persuasion – he is a dance practitioner at master of science level. So, you know, he has a few things to say, you should check out his episodes. We did three together in the beginning. I’ve worked with people like Dschinny. Yes, very good. Friend of mine also worked with her on photo shoots. She has also been an inspiration in many ways. I’ve worked with, another good friend of mine – mathematician called Rebecca, Dr. Rebecca Waldecker. She was on the show recently – she’s also podcaster like me – I’m also very thankful to her.
I’ve worked with people like Elena, Russian dancer. Who’s also into martial arts or Kampfsport (DE)comfort sport. And of course, I’ve worked with people like Pia and Anna Elva and last, but by no means no means least the lovely Lydia. All right.
So now that has taken us – back to Lydia I’m really anxious to see how this cell video podcast works out. Again. If you got, watch it in your podcast via your favourite podcast player, just visit the site www.EnglishCoachPodcast.com – And – Lydia, again, I really hope, you know, I’m really trying here to get people to go and see her performance – and I’m sure they will, it’s well worth it.
I want to take this opportunity again to say thank you to you directly. I could not have done this without you naturally – and Sybille von Spitzen this wonderful character that we both expressed together.
I think I’ve done pretty much everything that I wanted to do, shown you how I work. I think I’ve mentioned the fact that this is season five and I’m not switching over to video podcasting. I’ve introduced Lydia in a very nice way. So without further ado, I want to invite you to just head on over to the show or stick around, listen or watch, uh, Lydia’s performance.
And as I always say:
With a small win is always a good way to begin.
Interview (short)
Lydia: Hi, I’m Lydia. I’m a dancer and, that’s why I know Ian. We did some dance shoots together and, it was really nice. I’m a dancer. That’s basically everything I do the whole day. That’s who I am – I am what I do, that’s it.
Ian: That’s a nice way to say it. I am what I do. Well, you know, the good thing about that is that, you can just change what you do and change who you are. Is that fantastic?
Lydia: Yeah, it is. And I can live my dream now. That’s really fantastic.
Ian: Great. That’s great. That’s great. Well, you know what, Lydia, I have known new for quite a while and it’s always fun working with you. It’s great. Now, I know that – well – you dance professionally, what kind of dance do you do? Tell, tell everyone what kind of dance you do.
Lydia: I’m doing contemporary dance. that’s, that’s the main thing I do. I also like doing jazz or ballet. But contemporary is the thing I can do my best, and I love the most.
Ian: Today we’re doing something experimental and, um, well, you know, as I, as I mentioned to you earlier, it’s all about training. If somebody wants to find you, tell us again, where can we find you, maybe find out what shows you’re doing, or a website or Facebook or Instagram or whatever, how can we find?
Lydia: I’m on Facebook and on Instagram. And it would be very nice if you follow me. Um, my name is Lydia G R M in Facebook and Instagram (@lydia.grm). And then can you see what I’m doing? And, also the shows and photo shootings and stuff – all I do.
Ian: All right, good, fantastic! So I’ll make a note of that and I am sure – I’m looking forward to the improvisation after this, and I’m sure people will also be looking out for you. Okay. Thank you, Lydia. Now let’s go.
Film Release Will Appear Here in November 2021
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.
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This extra special episode was made for my people – present and past course participants, and anyone else who just likes the show – more on that later – but today particularly – I am reaching out to my listeners in Berlin und Brandenburg – who are interested in enhancing their English Language Skills, and overall learning experience with a little more than abstract vocabulary lists and grammar puzzles.
This episode is an introduction to the main event which is – a Film of the same name – “Episode 57 – Beginner’s Best Choice” – scheduled for release in November 2021 >>>If you also want to be notified and be among the first to see it – feel free to sign-up to join the Private-Listeners’-Group or revisit this page – Film overview / themes.
Beginner’s Best Choice (film) featuring E.P. Heck
published 24.11.2021
Showguest: Eberhard Philipp Heck
Our guest for the Feature Film – is as real as real gets – and is himself a photography enthusiast – of the same Pentax persuasion as me. Berliner, Lawyer, Educator, Officer, Photographer and friend of mine Eberhard Philipp Heck… Philipp is a German national, a competent, and sometimes rather charismatic speaker of the English Language – even on the technical bits. We have been in contact for years, and the topic has on most levels always been the same – Pentax lenses.
This one celebrates – for want of a more authentic word – authenticity =) and exemplifies – an accessible, inclusive approach to learning – DIY, personal-experience and choice, and what I’ve always called ‘this fresh and exciting democratisation of the learning experience‘. Episode 57 – Beginner’s Best Choice – is in so being an embodiment of the very values and attitudes that inspired this podcast in the first place.
Topics discussed
The pentaxians forum
Interested persons
Braving the technical language – multilingually
Who I am doing this for
Purpose: Sustainable Language Acquisition
Eberhard: The Skilled Armature Craftsman approaching the arts, Officer, Lawyer
Choice of the brand
History and tradition
Quality of humility and purpose
Focus on quality and reasonable pricing over bells and whistles
Using photography (and other free time activities) to support training activities
Why Eberhard started with the 50mm
Production advantages and effect on cost and accessibility
First comparison of telephoto and zoom lenses with the 50mm
Superb explanation of what we call a fast lens
F-stops, light and depth of field
Separation of subject from the background
Application for sports and other fast action
Fast lens for stage photography
Low light capability and freezing action
Conversing on claims regarding natural human angle of view
Comparison with super-wide fish-eye lens
Comparison with medium format 645z system
Extension rings for extending versatility and value as a macro-lens
Personal favourite
Prime advantage – over a zoom lens
Disadvantage of the 50mm for wide angle applications (in-house photography)
645 Dreams” and goals – and the forgiving nature of the 50mm
Support group
Using the manual versions
The language focus – translations
SHOUTOUT
Special shoutout to my people, present and past course participants, guests – and everyone else who just likes the show. To Andreas – the man of music (cello music to be exact), Katrin who has just joined the ranks, Anna and Claudia the two French ladies, and Oliver for helping me with a bit of narrative for this episode.
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
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Folk Springs Eternal – for Resilience, Experience, Productive Skills, and the Arts – in Learning English and adult learning generally.The English Coach Podcast – has always been about enriching the learning experience in a fun and interesting way. Episode 56 starts with a book preview of “Folk Springs Eternal” – written by Andy Beck.
My guest and I take a practical dive into one of the inspiring stories from the book, which speaks to resilience in the face of adversity. My work with the arts seeks to evoke the same intrinsically positive – unbridled spirit in our approach to fluency in a foreign language. Not a place for perfection, but one for progress – in as little or as large a way as you would have it. As language learners, ourselves we also talk a bit about what worked for us.
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
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Möchten Sie die englische Sprache für Ihre Arbeit nutzen? Vielleicht haben Sie in der Schule Russisch oder Französisch gelernt, und jetzt expandiert Ihr Unternehmen international. Sie beherrschen die Grundlagen, brauchen aber jemanden, mit dem Sie ein paar berufsbezogene Dinge üben können. Einen Sparringspartner für Konversation. Oder einen qualifizierten und erfahrenen Trainer für kurze, gezielte Kurse.
Ian Antonio Patterson – 2021
PRIVATE-Livestream: Gruppen-Coaching und “Short Courses on Demand” HERBST 2021. Sich erkundigen.
Suchen Sie nicht weiter. Dies ist eine persönliche Einladung von mir – einem außergewöhnlichen Englischtrainer und Coach und unabhängigen Podcaster – schon lange vor der ersten Welle. Ich verfolge einen entspannten, zugänglichen, menschlichen Ansatz, der Ergebnisse liefert.
“Ich brauche keine Millionen von Abonnenten – nur ein paar Einzelpersonen, deren Namen ich kenne und die meine Arbeit schätzen. Begrenzte Plätze, melden Sie Ihr Interesse noch heute an und profitieren Sie von einer langen Erfolgsgeschichte im Training.”
English Coach Podcast – Living the Language – iAntonio
Als Trainer, Coach und Content Creator – meine einzige Botschaft für Sie heute ist – „Sprechen Sie direkt mit den Trainern und Coaches wenn Sie die Wahl haben – direkter Kontakt bedeutet direktes Interesse an Ihrem Lernerfolg. Sprechen Sie direkt mit den Trainern und Coaches, denn wir sind diejenigen, die sowieso die Arbeit mit Ihnen machen werden.“
Ian Antonio Patterson – 2021
Lösungen von der Stange, abstrakte Grammatikrätsel und Listen werden Ihnen bei Ihrem nächsten internationalen Meeting, Event oder Verhandlung nicht helfen – aus persönlicher Erfahrung, sowohl als Trainer als auch als erwachsener Lerner einer fremden Sprache und Kultur.
Lernen Sie also eine Sprache, um mit Menschen zu sprechen? Sprich mit Menschen!
Machen Sie es online. Sparen Sie Zeit und Geld, Transport- und Mietkosten. Helfen Sie auch auf diese kleine Weise, die Umwelt zu schützen. Wir alle wissen jetzt, dass es funktioniert
Folgen Sie der Sendung noch heute – sie ist unabhängig, abwechslungsreich, authentisch, macht Spaß und ist kostenlos – www.EnglishCoachPodcast.com .
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Melden Sie sich an, um der privaten Hörergruppe beizutreten – und erhalten Sie relevante Einladungen, Einblicke und Updates – hier .
Intent
“Ich brauche keine Millionen von Abonnenten – nur ein paar Einzelpersonen, deren Namen ich kenne und die meine Arbeit schätzen. Begrenzte Plätze, melden Sie Ihr Interesse noch heute an und profitieren Sie von einer langen Erfolgsgeschichte im Training.”
English Coach Podcast – Living the Language – iAntonio
Episode 55 – As a Trainer and Coach of English Language for Work – my goal is still to enrich the adult learning experience – in a fun and interesting way. Today we do it in German (primarily) because that is the native language of most of my course participants.
Published as the second in June 2021 to commemorate Pride Month – and in celebration of inclusion, the episode dives into conversation on ideas and facts shared in a recently published book “Berufen statt zertifiziert – neues Lernen neue Chancen” by a dear friend and colleague of mine Dr Anja C Wagner – who dare I say shares at least some of the that values I do.
Sie beschäftigt sich mit globaler Transformation im digitalen Wandel – gilt als kreative Trendsetterin und bezeichnet sich selbst als Bildungsquerulantin. Inhaltlich fokussiert die Autorin auf User Experience, Bildungspolitik, Arbeitsorganisation und unsere Zukunft in einer vernetzen Gesellschaft – und führt diese Themen synergetisch zusammen. Mit ihrem Unternehmen „FrolleinFlow – Institute für kreative Flaneure“ bietet sie Studien, Vorträge, Consulting und verschiedene Onlineprojekte an. (Teilzitat)
Episode 55 – supporters
Andy Beck – Thank you for sharing a bit of your soul with the musical support and faithful involvement, especially for the special rendition for this episode: Instagram | Website | YouTube | Song-cover release “I see Fire”
This one goes out to – fellow independent podcasters, trainers, coaches and creatives – the inclusiveness of the show speaks for itself – and helps to make it easy for me – to take my usual relaxed accessible human approach, to your learning experience.
English Coach Podcast – Living the Language – iAntonio
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Episode 54 – of the English Coach Podcast takes yet another playful authentic approach. Today’s episode is published in celebration of diversity and inclusion in the month of June. The only thing I have to say to that here – is that if for any reason you feel excluded from anyone’s stage – make your own. As a Trainer and Coach of English Language for Work – the goal that I have given to myself here is to enrich the adult learning experience with real conversations, real themes and experiences of real people – in a fun and interesting way. There is somewhere else for grammar puzzles.
As an English Teacher, Trainer, Coach, my aim is to encourage you – to use all the tools at hand – ranging from independent media like this, human interaction, formal and informal training, coaching, paper notebooks, language-apps, art, gaming, personal hobbies, reading, relationships – that all help to enrich your overall language learning experience. SEE Article – DIY – Englisch – DE
Episode 53 – of the English Coach Podcast takes a playful authentic approach. As a Trainer and Coach of English Language for Work – the goal that I have given to myself here is to enrich the adult learning experience with real conversations, real themes and experiences of real people – in a fun and interesting way. There is somewhere else for grammar puzzles.
This one goes out to – all my dancer friends, particularly those who have been guests on the show – and my father who’s recently become a fan =) This small token of gratitude goes out today – because I do this for people – and some souls help to make – and keep it easy for me, to take my usual relaxed accessible human approach, to your learning experience.
English Coach Podcast – Living the Language – iAntonio
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Episode 52 – of the English Coach Podcast presents a quick dive into Jamaican Culture. As a Trainer and Coach of English Language the goal that I have given to myself here is to enrich the adult learning experience with real conversations, real topics and experiences of real people – in a fun and interesting way.
A seasoned practitioner in dance, artistic director and producer of theatrical works, performance coach, award winning actor and the current director of Arts and Culture at Jamaica’s own University of Technology – shares with us. We enter into what I would call seminal discourse from our lens – on the approach towards establishing equitable recognizable standards for Jamaican Dance Genre.
Ein erfahrener Praktiker im Tanz, künstlerischer Leiter und Produzent von Theaterstücken, Performance-Coach, preisgekrönter Schauspieler und derzeitiger Direktor für Kunst und Kultur an der University of Technology Jamaica – teilt mit uns. Wir treten in einen, wie ich es nennen würde, zukunftsträchtigen Diskurs ein – über den Ansatz, klar erkennbare Standards für das jamaikanische Tanzgenre zu etablieren.
This one goes out to – Marko, Benedikt, Michael and Yusef all course participants here in Germany, and to Lorraine an avid listener from all the way over there in Kingston city Jamaica. This small token of gratitude goes out today – because I do this for people – and some souls help to make – and keep it easy for me, to take my usual relaxed accessible human approach, to your learning experience.
English Coach Podcast – Living the Language
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Episode 51 – The Democratization of the Learning Experience means many things to many people and is a concept that has featured prominently on my show since the very beginning, like a pillar of purpose. It’s a fresh and exciting place to be, and the question is still – what will you do with it – with the knowledge of the world – in the form of a smartphone – in your pockets?
You get to use the tools and the access you have – to play an active part in choosing what or who accompanies you on your learning journey. And I get to follow through with what I like to call my usual relaxed accessible human approach – to your learning experience.
For this the launch of SEASON 4, I will be Interviewed on my own show by none other than the illustrious – Estefania Fernandez – an educational entrepreneur with a strong sense of social responsibility – woman of action whose claim to fame speaks for itself. I also want to take this opportunity to extend a special shout-out to all the show-guests who have accompanied me on my learning experience – which has in and of itself come to be known as the “English Coach Podcast”. This is a heartfelt token of gratitude – to all the show-guests AND LISTENERS who have in fact helped me here – to meaningfully and purposefully – take ownership of my own voice – by giving it away. If you are new to the show and are interested in knowing who these people are – see below
This still fresh and exciting – democratization of the learning experience also means that all the sometimes – struggling independent Trainers and Coaches out there get to make their own stage. Please support them. This show has always been about one human being talking to another – deliberately personal, inclusive and unapologetic of all the perfect imperfections that make all of us the wonderful works in progress that we are. The show is still for the most part self-sponsored and independent – open to everyone but not for everyone. I am a Trainer sometimes a coach – and in keeping with the tradition of podcasting that I’ve elected to honour, I still want you to feel, that this show is by people for people – and that with a small win, is always a good way to begin – do enjoy the episode
Episode 50 – It is with great pride and a well placed sense of achievement – dare I say, that I am able to publish this the last episode of Season 3 of the English Coach Podcast. As a Trainer and Coach of English Language for work I would be hard pressed to find a more fitting theme for today’s talk – the full of richness of which must be presented to you in two parts. The next will feature in Season 4 – Follow the show.
A seasoned practitioner in dance, artistic director and producer of theatrical works, performance coach, award winning actor and the current director of Arts and Culture at Jamaica’s own University of Technology – shares with us in the upcoming episode. We talk about roles as they relate to the job interview and enter into what I would call seminal discourse from our lens – on the approach towards establishing equitable recognizable standards for Jamaican Dance Genre.
Ein erfahrener Praktiker im Tanz, künstlerischer Leiter und Produzent von Theaterstücken, Performance-Coach, preisgekrönter Schauspieler und derzeitiger Direktor für Kunst und Kultur an der University of Technology Jamaica – teilt mit uns in zwei kommenden Episoden. Wir sprechen über Rollen, wie sie sich auf das Vorstellungsgespräch beziehen und treten in einen, wie ich es nennen würde, zukunftsträchtigen Diskurs ein – über den Ansatz, klar erkennbare Standards für das jamaikanische Tanzgenre zu etablieren.
Shownotes: English Coach Podcast – Living the Language
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Episode 46 – Getting – meaningful, non-pretentious usable feedback that can actually help to improve my English courses, this show and the overall learning experience of all my course participants – and other fans of the English Coach Podcast – can be really challenging.
Shownotes: English Coach Podcast – Living the Language
Showguest: Guido Erich Fritz Lammers
I’d eventually rationalized it down to perhaps being a cultural thing, and still I asked myself – “Why is it so, and could there be other implications on other things that have nothing to do with me, my practice or my show?”
That is not a question I would ever attempt to answer fully on my own – so in today’s episode we approach the question from different perspectives – informed chiefly by the wisdom of our experiences.
Every trainer, teacher coach wants to be inspirational – transformative even – at least sometimes. Well – with all due respect and the highest regard for today’s guest, I would like to dedicate this episode to a few past course participants and guests who have themselves been particularly inspirational – and transformative even to me and / or the show recently. You know yourselves and the names for today are Marko, Benedikt, Ann, Anika, Simone, Louis, Rebecca, Camila, and Gary. Independent and self-sponsored means that I get to extend a world of gratitude to my people – the ones who really matter and mean it.
Today’s show is a rare random mix of German and English – if you cannot handle it, then maybe this is not one for you.
With a small win, is always a good way to begin – so without further ado our guest for today – my past course participant and friend Guido.
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Shownotes: English Coach Podcast – Living the Language
Showguest: Akshay Bhattacharji
Digital Marketer, Engineer and Past consultant for Google. Work Life and Language as a qualified, experienced and gainfully employed foreigner in Germany, as well as insight into notions of digital identity.
Episode 41 – This Episode and the next is dedicated specifically to Trainers and their Learners who have risen above the challenge to adapt – in this a difficult time. Episode 43 is a direct follow-up and a promise kept.
As a trainer of adults, specializing in work related language – even with a good 15 years of experience under the belt – there have hardly been more poignant lessons than those learned over the past past few months. Extra special thanks to Rebecca for giving of herself.
Shownotes: English Coach Podcast – Living the Language
Showguest: Rebecca Waldecker – Mathematics Professor, Performing Artist and Giving Soul.
Episode 35 – English Language for remote work is the core theme – and our esteemed guest for today, dear friend of mine Sandra Loeb. Today we explore the wisdom of her academic – as well as her true to life hands-on experience working within various cultures in different parts of the world.
Shownotes: English Coach Podcast – Living the Language
We look at techniques for getting giving and clarifying information – getting things done – and of particular interest to me – all within remote working settings. Other more colorful keywords of our lively conversation include:Language learning techniques.
Power distance. Contrasting degrees of collectivism. Attitudes to instruction – like “My way or the highway”. We look at Rainbow hair. Foreign accents and last but not least – the rumors of whose death have been greatly exaggerated – insights into the many lives of a fly called Fred.
The inclusiveness of the whole show is in and of itself activist, in that it exemplifies calmly an “imagined reality” where our higher selves are called to the fore – affirmative – unpretentious – independent – empowering.
Sustainable Language Acquisition = Nachhaltiger Spracherwerb.
Episode 34 – Trailer Episode. These Conversations with Farida, started in December of 2017 and have matured, to truly reflect a pure spirit of artistic collaboration. The conversation continues, part of which is hereby published in connection with the launch of Exclusive Learning Spaces. October 1, 2020.
“While studying with some of the greatest masters of Egyptian dance, I learned to love my body and to work with my body, – not against it.” – Farida Bissinger
So what’s in it for you?!
The episode offers insight into what motivates a trainer, and goes on to drive your learning process. The conversation emanates authenticity, and dares to stage human vulnerabilities and truth – that move the [people] who follow a calling that serves you.
The inclusiveness of the whole show is in and of itself activist, in that it exemplifies calmly an “imagined reality” where our higher selves are called to the fore – affirmative – unpretentious – independent – empowering.
Sustainable Language Acquisition = Nachhaltiger Spracherwerb.
Episode 33 – Today is actually a one in a lifetime event =) It’s the third season of the English Coach Podcast, and this show is just getting over celebrating its second sweet sixteen.
Shownotes: English Coach Podcast – Living the Language
Showguest: Intercultural Consultant, Coach and Moderator: Anna Royon Weigelt – Works: Respea | LinkedIn
“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”.”
We have just discovered that here might be life on Venus and that the Sun is exploding in new and interesting ways.
We’ll all be called to adapt to keep pace these days, and “Business as usual” is becoming more and more an oxymoron – and for the purpose of this Episode 33 – we look at what [I] like to call cultural fluidity. We converse with the rather daring idea – of accepting the different personalities (so to speak) that constitute the whole person in all of us and about recognizing all of them – individually – perhaps as its own unique asset.
The publishing of today’s episode is a week late with good reason I do apologies for that. It does however promise a particularly rich conversation – that captures the essence of insight shared – between friends dear I say – all in keeping with the free authentic spirit of independent Podcasting. This Episode of the English Coach Podcast – like all the rest takes my usual relaxed accessible human approach – to your learning experience.
So what’s in it for you?!
Today we look at myths – around using a shared language and examples of where in real life – things can in fact go wrong as a result of larger cultural differences.
We explore specific instances – of using something that is usually seen as an uncomfortable challenge, instead as an opportunity to improve, an opportunity not only to inform but to also to communicate – and get what YOU want.
We agree that awareness of all these factors could go on to reduce the stresses of remote work.
Notions of perfection sometimes haunt the adult learner of a foreign language – and who knows it better than who lives it? Today we get down to the meat of it and you might even be able to infer for yourself – the extent to which – certain preferred measure of perfection may be nothing more than purely pretentious – or at best in real life – non-existent.
Today it’s all about personal opinions to be clear. None of us is speaking for any interests or organisations unknown – ever mindful we are of our own natural rights [understood] – to shape our own contexts and hypotheses subjectively with questions rather than answers – in a non-judgemental and non-moralizing way. AND the right to simply change our minds.
This has always been my personal preferred approach because everyone – I suspect has – for whatever values they choose to uphold – their own good reason.
Today we also talk about natural biases, power distance, Persian rugs and flying chairs.
Anyone who knows anything about the show will also know – that the English Coach Podcast is – and has in its own way always been a place where learning doesn’t have to feel like work. It’s a place for people, many of whom are my friends who are looking for a way to hold on to the things they have learnt with context and conversation. I consider myself one of these people – one of the many creators, trainers, teachers, coaches, artists, developers, and human architects of authentic experiences – who actually do the work – and who actually do care…
The Poetry series continues, looking at among other things the melody of the spoken word. I’ve invited a few artists to play along with this initiative and I’m happy to say that a few have indeed come through.
This episode 32, of the English Coach Podcast – the fourth in the poetry series – is again self-sponsored and takes my usual relaxed accessible human approach – to your learning experience. Our guest for today – published and practiced author, musician singer and songwriter Andy Beck.
Well if someone had come to the Irish dance With fortune, fame and their luck to chance They’d have seen this life from a different stance They might well just have changed their plans But they sold their souls for land
Well, I knew a guy who worked in a bank His eyeballs set on the highest rank He worked so hard that he got the cramp every time he had a…..drink! He worked all day and all night They found him dead at thirty-five He was someone rich, but was he satisfied? Less than you would think
But if someone had come to the Irish dance With fortune, fame and his luck to chance He’d have seen this life from a different stance He might well just have changed his plans But he sold his soul for a pension plan
Well I knew a man who worked for the law The legal text made his eyeballs sore His dating skills, they were so poor that he never managed to…..chat! The courtroom was his game Until a case he worked on failed He was someone who chucked himself in the lake and that was the end of that
But if someone had come to the Irish dance With fortune, fame and his luck to chance He’d have seen this life from a different stance He might well just have changed his plans But he sold his soul for a witness stand
Well I know a girl who worked in a shop The sight of her made your eyeballs drop She could’ve been great at takin’ stock but she wanted to become “top dog” So she asked the boss if he would swap He turned round and said “get lost” So she strangled him with the kitchen cloth and now she’s eating porridge
But if someone had come to the Irish dance Fortune, fame and her luck to chance She’d have seen this life from a different stance She might well just have changed her plans But now she’s sewing mailing bags
Well I knew a chap who worked in an office He was the boss, so he made the novice bring him lots of cups of coffee Maltesers and toffee His computer crashed and so did the aircon The business never got airborne There he sits, chained to a keyboard….. “Where the hell has my life gone?”
But if someone had come to the Irish dance With fortune, fame and his luck to chance He’d have seen this life from a different stance He might well just have changed his plans But he sold his soul for a wireless LAN
And if they’d all come to the Irish dance Fortune, fame and their luck to chance They’d have seen this life from a different stance They might well justa changed their plans But they sold their souls to the man
Episode 31 – If you are learning a language to talk to People – talk to people. Today’s show is in German (my first freestyle =) ). I always encourage all my listeners, learners, participants, and subscribers – or anyone learning a foreign language – to give themselves the space to sometimes to improvise and to recognise – that many things in life come down to the art of it.
Shownotes: English Coach Podcast – Living the Language
It really is all about Finding your Flow – and this Episode 31, the third in the poetry series hopes to help you – to be a little more receptive to that – in a meaningful way. This episode of the English Coach Podcast – is self-sponsored – and takes my usual relaxed, accessible, human approach – to your learning experience.
Our guest for today is also an old friend and past associate – who has helped me to serve Adult Learners of German in various Firms in Berlin. She also took part in a previous Episode “#23 SURVIVING It”.
As a graduate of Literature and Cultural Sciences – Humboldt University Berlin – graduate of acting of Reduta-Berlin Acting school for Theatre and Film – she currently pursues a PhD in the Faculty of Cultural Sciences at the esteemed University of Viadrina FFO.
Short second interlude for the episode today – a poem by Heinz Erhardt. BONUS at end – first reflections on a poem by Hermann Hesse – “Sprache”.
Episode 30 – If you are learning a language to talk to People – talk to people. If you are learning a language to do something with it – do something with it.
Shownotes: English Coach Podcast – Living the Language
In the words of previous guests on the stage of life – use the stage to get over the stage. This episode of the English Coach Podcast – the second in the Poetry Series – is self-sponsored – and takes my usual relaxed, accessible, human approach – to your learning experience.
In all my years as a trainer of English to adults there are three people in particular who stand out, for the reason that they became competent users of the language by listening to and occupying themselves with pop music, hip-hop music and reggae music – respectively. My rather relaxed friend Flavio, #FlavioPragmatico also said so – I tend to believe, so listen out for his learned pragmatic lingo on many an upcoming show.
Again my aim is to encourage you – to use all the tools at hand – ranging from independent media like this, human interaction, formal and informal training, coaching, paper notebooks, language-apps, art, gaming, personal hobbies, reading, relationships, – that all help to enrich your overall language learning experience. SEE Article – DIY – Englisch – DE
Episode 29 – The planned purpose of this interview was to explore the topic of diversity, and the importance of the English language in international businesses and organizations.
Shownotes: English Coach Podcast – Living the Language
For this Episode of the English Coach Podcast – I proposed to our guest the following,
“My goal is to enrich the entire learning experience of my course participants, and to offer them a way, to stay in contact with the language. The podcast is not an English Lesson – it is a conversation with relevance in English – and a little German.”
By now however the topic of diversity in all senses of the word – and the importance of English in international spheres are already quite laboured topics and well understood by most of us. So since this is my show and this is her stage, we both gave ourselves permission – and with good reason, to throw the plan to the wind and to let the conversation unfold – naturally along other the parallels of our own practice.
In the first part of the interview we approach the questions:
How to build bridges of understanding and agreement between all the parties involved in a training or coaching program? Who carries what responsibility? What is the importance and scope of reflection, what role does it play? What is the essential difference between training and coaching, and how is progress measured? Who gives you permission to be successful at your own target skill, and who gets to tell you who you are?
In this the second half of Episode 29 we broach the questions:
How is return on investment for training or coaching initiatives perceived? What is the value of these returns and how are they measured? What are some of the things that that help to form a practicing Leadership Coach? What is the current trend, as it relates to rethinking leadership and its role in facilitating motivation and fulfillment for employees? How do veritable contrasts coincide?
Episode 28 – I have been lucky enough to meet some wonderful souls over the past few years here in Germany, shared many learning experiences well worth documenting and sharing with others.
Shownotes: English Coach Podcast – Living the Language
I’ve borne witness to transformations – some from a safe distance, some from close-up – some purely by accident and others by design. This episode is all about framing the adult learning experience – from another perspective. The value of this episode – is that you will quite likely recognise key [aspects] of an exemplary learning journey that are similar to yours. You will recognise attitudes that are also likely to help you – to engineer or stage – your own transformations.
Episode 27 – Marianne is helping me in more ways than one – to diversify the whole Language Learning Experience that I am offering to you. More on that later – so be sure to stay tuned in for what’s to come.
Shownotes: English Coach Podcast – Living the Language
In this Episode 27 of the English Coach Podcast – the third in Season 2 and the first of perhaps 4 Episodes in a new Poetry Series – we’ll be focusing in parts on the melody of Language. This is not to be taken lightly, the series will help you to be more receptive to these flows – and can make a world of difference between understanding – being yourself understood – or not at all.
For this series and this episode we take a small step away from the sometimes dull and monotonous drag of the language drill. We take a step away from grammar puzzles, away from the abstract and the automated – and give ourselves the space to learn to perceive and hopefully articulate – the rhythm of language that lives in all of them.
Readings, works from: Victor hugo and Le dormeur du val, rimbaud
I do prefer to take the people approach to my Adult training, coaching and podcast practice. Even for my whole Online Training Practice over [here] at TrainingTree.de – my aim is to encourage use of the many tools at hand – ranging from independent media, human interaction, formal and informal classes, paper notebooks, language-apps, art, personal hobbies and reading – that all help to enrich our overall language learning experience. Still the aim is to keep it organic – and naturally receptive to context and purpose – as it quite likely differs in every single language exchange. Check out my previous episode 18. Most of us are learning a language to talk to people – so I will always be the one to invite you – on any language learning journey to talk to people. By the end of this episode 27, you will have been given – a set of true to life tools and tips – not only having to do with poetry – but that have been shown to work for others – as well as a better feeling, aptitude or awareness that will help you in the future.
Shownotes: English Coach Podcast – Living the Language
Pre-roll
I always encourage my people to use everything at their disposal – to diversify their sources of learning – with books, targeted-courses, apps, films – and most of all by interacting with people – talking to people… And – while we are on that topic, I also implore you to check out the remote learning possibilities that are available to you, they work, and you can for many reasons, especially now – try them out risk free.
ANNOUNCER
Well hello there – welcome to another episode of the English Coach Podcast. This is a trailer episode, number 18 in the series aimed at informing, inspiring, or simply entertaining you during the run-up to season 2. All things remaining equal, season 2 is still scheduled for release in May. This episode today begins with a short feature – another story in the life of the protagonist – and ends with a bit of insight into an aspect of the adult learning experience – that might be of interest to you. .
THE PROTAGONIST
Sven was a very successful leader of moderately sized subsidiary of an international company – specializing in luxury goods. His subsidiary alone had an annual turnover of about 10.3 Million Euros and employed 19 team members. Sven approached me one day for English Training in support of his leadership role. His goal was typically to serve not only his international clients but also – in his own words – to manage, lead and inspire his growing team. He also wanted to personally represent his company at the numerous trade fairs he attended, and not have to leave that all up to his interns or younger sometimes less experienced staff. By all indications this competent successful manager tall in stature, well-dressed, – and absolutely oozing with all the signs of success – representative of his company – was interested in working with a personal trainer – who would help him – with what was to him a personal matter. Sven’s whole appearance was indicative of the rewards he enjoyed, from having had a successful career serving HIS local market – surely this success was fueled by commitment. He obviously knew what it meant – to reap the rewards of a little hard work, a little forward thinking – and enough commitment to stick to the plan. I thought to myself, it would not at all be difficult to convince this promising client – what a well-designed course of studies aimed at preparing him to better articulate these skills also internationally – would be worth to him.
He had the benefit of learning Russian or French in school. English was only occasionally visited from time to time during his formative years – working his way all the way up through the company from being apprentice – while attending part time business school and while on vacation. Sven still enjoyed an enviable position – all perfectly attainable, without international skills whatsoever – HE knew his company inside out – he knew the products inside out – and the company benefited daily – from the numerous personal relationships with local suppliers, partners and long-term customers that he had personally nurtured over the past few years. His subsidiary had recently been voted – global center of excellence within his organization, and they were at the time in the process of establishing two new departments, focused on quality assurance and user experience for a new software product. I have no idea what that product was – but his subsidiary would be facing a significantly more diverse and international group of players – individuals on both the supplier and consumer side of his organization.
In some cases however, success breeds a disproportionate amount of anxiety, that’s a whole different story – at any rate – the anxiety most strongly felt by Sven – was that he might not be able to articulate as gracefully – or inspire the same confidence in his role, as he did in his native language. What would happen if he was called to do the same thing in English?
There wasn’t much that I could do to allay all of these fears all at once. Who knows, maybe he needed to dwell on these fears so to speak to stay motivated. A balancing act of sorts. I couldn’t do much more about that really – than respectfully acknowledge these tensions while all the time illustrating that it didn’t necessarily mean – having to flee to the bathroom every time the telephone displays +44 displayed on an incoming call.
As a personal trainer of English for Work, my approach was actually first to address that sense of power loss – whether real or imagined. Then to show clearly what’s been shown to work for others – list all the specific activities that he had to carry out, prioritize them in HIS order of importance and then proceed accordingly.
I’d have to include true to life measurable results in his lesson plan.
The ability to present relevant convincing quantitative as well as qualitative success matrices is a major part of my work as a trainer of working adults. This is my balancing act – as different clients prefer to rely on different success matrices – depending of course – on context.
Anyway to cut a long story short this approach worked well for the most part.
This somewhat self-imposed sense of dread was however, always lurking in the background. Every week there were new horror stories – the last of which was how an intern – though less equipped –was better able to fluently answer an important question during a conference call about user experience, and how it made him feel……
Frustrations led to all kinds of spur of the moment comments in classes like:
“Warum muss ich das überhaupt tun, wir sind ja doch in Deutschland oder – und wie kann ich das machen, wenn mein Englisch so schlecht ist?”
My answer was always pretty much the same…
“Wir wollen doch Exportweltmeister bleiben oder?” – und – “Niemals – niemals sagen ‘mein Englisch ist schlecht.’ Sagt, dass ich die Sprache lerne – wenn überhaupt…”
In other words – If at all, say that you are learning the language. In this respect, that fact alone makes you way better than vast majority of the native English speakers, some of whom you might be called to serve – who themselves perhaps cannot, or don’t speak any foreign language whatsoever. Maybe the people you talk to are not even themselves native speakers at all. So there we have it another story of the Protagonist, this time embodied – by the industrious Sven.
TRAINER INSIGHTS – 1/2 – Learning Sources
All stories of the Protagonist are works of fiction.
Whatever the case however, by now you know – I hope, that some of the frustrations that you perhaps feel are also felt by others – you are not alone. There is no one way to both manage these fears and achieve your learning goals. The most effective approach will quite likely be different for everyone. I always encourage my people to use everything at their disposal – to diversify their sources of learning – with books, targeted-courses, apps, films – and most of all by interacting with people – talking to people… Naturally Private-trainers can also be helpful, and so are free-time activities, coaches, travel, sports, art, the internet and cultural events – Living the Language. Many of these things are easily available and free of charge. Language learning is vast – endless – and to be honest, grammar puzzles, and abstract vocabulary lists alone – will only take you as far as you expect.
Relevance of content and context are perhaps the only sure things that will help to keep you on the right path – and remember the things that you learn – these things will keep you talking on topics that are of interest to you. One simple thing that you can do in class with your trainer is to pick a topic to talk about it. If words are missing your trainer – being bilingual if you are lucky enough – should be able to quickly give you these translations that you need – in a way that keeps the living conversation going. Write these words down. For the next class, simply bear in mind that the first thing you will do is to talk about the thing you discussed in the last class.
Now, this is not the place to deeply discuss methodology, but a simple technique like that has been shown to work and it is in strong agreement with proven training methodology. I’ll give you another tip. Don’t worry about the popular narrative that claims, that only the target language should be spoken in class, only people who do not speak your language say that – now this is paid time that we are talking about – a quick translation helps to keep the flow of the conversation going, and does much more help than harm – by allowing you to quickly find the fluency that you need.
The story of the protagonist continues – and I hope you found it insightful or even inspiring; again, you are not the only one facing these challenges. Performing in a foreign language is a daunting task, but it’s manageable – with a little help with shaping the basics – as they apply to you personally and your purpose for investing the time and energy. Tools and tips that work for others go a long way.
Mid-roll
This is another Trailer Episode of The English Coach Podcast – Living the Language. It’s a reflective episode number 18 – broaching the question “What Does Customized Language Training Really Mean?” The episode was self-sponsored, brought to you by www.TrainingTree.de/podcast .
And for the English Learners among us, – feel free to listen again – and read along while you listen using the full version of the shownotes. You can find the shownotes by visiting the podcast page, or by finding it listed under the news icon. There you’ll also find links there to other articles in the series that might be useful or simply interesting to you such as – DIY English (auf Deutsch). Looking Fwd.
TRAINER INSIGHTS – 2/2 – Customized English Learning Content
It‘s only now after more than a decade of training, that I have the confidence to say that I can indeed deliver specialized English training for individuals and firms. Participants include clients in many sectors – light, heavy and high-tech industries. That means Lessons in English for Work – to seriously structured logical thinking personalities who aren’t so easily “sold fluff for facts”.
As far as customized English Learning content is concerned, negotiated content is best. That suggests inclusiveness; however I suspect that a top-down approach is usually better for establishing a starting basis. It’s a common fact that every company considers itself on some level to be unique. Training content must exhibit the same uniqueness – be actively endorsed from the top – and clearly aligned with the individual company’s objective – for it to be called customized English learning content.
The successful execution of such however – calls for bottom-up engagement. The trainer is caught in the middle – so to speak. More positively put, the trainer gets to benefit from a fair amount of creative tension in this space.
So what does that all really mean? Some of it was illustrated in the previous story of the Protagonist.
It all comes down to delivering clearly relevant and measurable results – specifically aligned with individual or the company objectives. This is actually similar from place to place but different for everyone. In order to accomplish that – department heads, team leads middle management and naturally also the Human Resources have to be actively involved. This helps to mold the whole training initiative into a project format – with time frames, benchmarks, quality checks, and a clearly verifiable Return on Investment. Naturally the personalized solution for you or your team begins with personal contact – that brings with it some kind of gap analysis usually in the form of a level check – a look at where you are or what you can already do, where you want to be and in the best case – a little insight for your potential trainer into why.
It is not only unreasonable to call in a trainer and say teach, but it also actually sets the whole project up for failure.
The bottom-up approach also has its place, but features more prominently during the training itself – because this is where buy-in so to speak happens. With a general basis of the training initiative in hand, the course participants themselves have to be repeatedly activated – as the learning goals set out are interpreted and reinterpreted contextually every day before every lesson.
The great thing about working on a project basis when delivering English Training for Work – is that all parties involved work with a clear set of goals. These overall goals reflect exactly what the relevant themes are, specific to each area of work.
The notion of customised-negotiated-learning-content is not at all new to me – and features prominently in every offer. A kind of learning contract is vital – and should form the basis of any course of adult learning – not because adults need more rules or performance pressure – but because both parties – trainer and trainee should be clear about the direction of every hour invested. Each party should have a clear sense of what progress looks like going forward, and a sense of accomplishment in retrospect.
Adult course participants and the sponsoring firms are a well aware of what their own time is worth, with some luck, they are also aware of what the costs or losses in time and resources look like – of not mastering the target skills.
Each learning project is different, and truth be told, this also helps to keep my life interesting. I owe a debt of gratitude to all the individuals who have taken part in English training courses with me over the years. This number by now runs into the hundreds. I also owe a similar debt of gratitude to all the people involved with helping to organise the groups.
The question as to what “Customized Language Training Really Means” has arisen over the past few months, chiefly through reflection on my own practice, from seeing the many offers on the market, and from my own knowledge as to what is actually deliverable and how.
The human being, together with human factors are always the critical interface.
In concluding top-down can mean active involvement in the shaping the said customized content with an eye on a ROI, or just hands off financing of the training initiative, as some kind of incentive token for staff. I prefer the former as it’s far less risky.
So what informs my assessment? Firstly many years of experience… Secondly a current active and representative sample of course participants from various places. My cohort of class participants includes individuals employed in logistics – from physical delivery of goods to the maintaining of complex delivery and tracking network infrastructure and resource planning – extending from software developers, to network administrators, to the people, occupied with laying Fiber-optic cables – civil works forming the very infrastructure of these networks. My assessment is also informed by a few failures.
Naturally also by various studies in the field (Person-CV-2020).
My name is Ian Antonio Patterson, and this is my Podcast.
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Shownotes – English Coach Podcast – English for Work
In today’s episode 14 we look at some questions – surrounding machine assisted translation and interpretation – and we look at what are called disfluencies in the spoken language. We also touch on some issues relating to gender differences in interpretation.
These are relevant I think for any learner of English as a Second Language, or any language for that matter. Some of the things discussed here today dovetail with two previous episodes. In the previous Episode 13 “The Lived Experience” we looked at the influence and choice of voice for the message you want to convey – with the lovely and talented author, singer and songwriter and vocal coach Ms Nathalie Claude. In Episode 9 “English for Work and Play”, we discussed the possible impact of some of what “could” themselves be considered disfluencies, – those sometimes less than elegant interjections we use in the spoken language – with none other than the indomitable Sybille von Spitzen.
Clotilde Dauchy
Today’s guest is a language professional simply put. I had the opportunity to meet her through my well known preoccupation with the performing arts. She is by all means, someone who has managed to tickle my intellectual fancy in more ways than one – such that I feel compelled to share – today – yet another instance of where life meets language.
The question as to
whether Ai or more precisely put machine assistance will totally replace interpreters
is still up for debate I’m sure. “Context” is what appears to be one of the more
difficult variables to grasp and automate. That together with some of the other
sometimes annoying human quirks such as the quality of irony and wit and the
kind of meaning making that comes from the lived experience – may indeed be our
only saving graces.
The question however
still remains are we at some kind of crossroad – where we must now decide – instead of asking
the machines to adapt to us, will we now begin to adjust the language we use by
further giving up the modification of “context”, the inclusiveness of subjectivity
and the poetry of literary device – wit, sarcasm, irony – for checkboxes,
rules, tags, and soundbites?
Who is qualified to write the code? #plastizia ? She never says what she really thinks until she does. Nothing against soundbites by the way, I got by on soundbites for years while learning German 🙂
Great to have found a way to get all these things together in a creative way. Again, be sure to check out Episode 14 of the #EnglishCoachPodcast 🙂 COPY – podcast.iAntonio.com/ . It looks at #interpretation #machinelearning & #gender Again special thanks to @howtosavealift and & @natalia.dance.berlin and all my listeners on #spotify
Shownotes – English Coach Podcast – The Lived Experience
Interview with a dear friend and work colleague of mine – Singer, Songwriter and Vocal Coach, and Author of the Books “Akzentfrei Deutsch sprechen” and “Akzentfrei Englisch sprechen” – the lovely and talented Ms Nathalie Claude.
Episode 13 (part 1/3)
English Language Training and Development
This is an interview presented to you in three parts. We share insight into some of the real things that drive a practicing and accomplished language professional and artist. We talk about choices, challenges, disappointments and successes – the real things of influence that affected her whole learning experience – her relationship with the English language, and some of the things that have helped her to get to this point where she can – herself take the stage with confidence and perform competently in her chosen fields. These things continue to enrich her life, and have led to her writing the two aforementioned books – that I would gladly recommend to anyone learning English or German as a second language. So be sure to also check out the parts 2 and 3 of this interview – you might just find something that can work for you.
Shownotes: English Coach Podcast – The Lived Experience
We exchange meaningful – true to life insights into the adult learning experience, which are meant to help you on your own learning journey. We talk freely about things like self-education, free time activities, art, culture improvisation – and coming to terms with notions of imperfection to name a few.
Müssen Sie unbedingt einen langfristigen Englisch-Trainer beauftragen, um zu lernen oder einfach nur Ihre Englischkenntnisse zu verbessern? Die Antwort ist nein. Es gibt viele andere Möglichkeiten, dieses Ziel zu erreichen. Um ehrlich zu sein, wer auch immer gesagt oder angedeutet hat, dass Sie, um Ihr Englisch zu lernen oder zu verbessern, die ganze Zeit mit einem Trainer zusammenarbeiten müssen, hat vielleicht nicht Ihr Bestes im Sinn.
Als Trainer und Coach vermute ich, dass der beste Rat, den ich jedem Lernenden geben kann, darin besteht, klar zu sein und immer darauf zu achten, was die eigenen Lernziele sind. Langfristig liegt hier möglicherweise die größte Schwierigkeit. Von all den vielen Möglichkeiten; Training, Coaching, Selbststudium und Emersion (Eintauchen) müssen nicht alle für teures Geld verkauft werden, viele von ihnen sind frei verfügbar.
Da ich selbst sowohl erwachsener Lernender als auch Trainer einer Fremdsprache war, kann ich aus eigener Erfahrung Beobachtungen anstellen und Schlussfolgerungen ziehen. Es gibt eine ganze Reihe von Dingen, die ich außerhalb der formalen Strukturen gelernt habe, und ich habe guten Grund zu der Annahme, dass Sie das auch tun konnen. Ich denke ständig über mein eigenes Engagement für einen nachhaltigen Spracherwerb nach, und dieses Engagement wird durch verschiedene Maßnahmen unterstützt. Dazu gehören: Recherche, Befragung, Inklusivität, Feedback erhalten, Freiheit, Dinge auszuprobieren, Neupositionierung, Arbeit mit Feedback und mehr Reflexion.
Der frei verfügbare Englisch Coach Podcast, den ich zur Verfügung stelle, ist ein Beweis für dieses Engagement. Es ist mein persönlicher Beitrag für eine sinnvolle Sache, zur Unterstützung dieser „frischen und spannenden Demokratisierung der Lernerlebnis“ .
Englisch Trainer oder Englisch Coach
Ein Trainer bietet klar strukturierte Lerninhalte und -übungen, die darauf abzielen, dem Lernenden das notwendige Wissen zu vermitteln, um eine bestimmte Aufgabe – das erste Lernziel – zu erfüllen. Nach meiner Erfahrung ist dies am Besten auf einer kurzfristigen intensiven Projektbasis möglich. Als Trainer von Erwachsenen war mein bevorzugter Ansatz immer projektbezogen. Es ist nicht meine Absicht, jemanden für immer in irgendeine Art von Ausbildungsprogramm einzubinden. Wer würde wirklich diese Art von Verantwortung übernehmen wollen? Ein Projekt wird zunächst durch einen Anfang und ein Ende definiert. Einfach ausgedrückt hat es einen Umfang, Benchmarks / Meilensteine, Phasen, ein Budget, einen kritischen Weg (critical path oder ähnlich wie ein roter Faden ) und einen Abschluss.
Im Laufe der Zeit sollten Sie keinen Trainer mehr benötigen und
die Lernumgebung, in der Sie sich selbst befinden, sollte Ihnen helfen, alle
notwendigen Kontrollen und Werkzeuge zu erhalten, um Fortschritte zu erzielen,
mit immer weniger Beteiligung eines Trainers.
Jedes längerfristige Engagement eines Trainers beginnt sich mit der Funktion eines Coaches zu überschneiden. Als englischer Coach ist das ideale Umfeld, weniger starr strukturierte Übungen und immer leichtere Begleitung auf Ihrer Lernreise anzubieten. Der Coach hilft Ihnen konsequent und objektiv, Ihre Lernziele zu formulieren und neu zu formulieren, während Sie sich durch die Fortschritte, die Sie selbst machen, weiterentwickeln. Der Coach hilft Ihnen, auch weitere Lernziele zu erreichen, während er Lernumgebungen und Aktivitäten bewertet und fördert, die Ihnen den weiteren Fortschritt erleichtern. Ihre Fähigkeiten mit der englischen Sprache wachsen dann von selbst – ebenso wie alle Fähigkeiten, die mit Bedacht gefördert werden.
Der Coach erinnert Sie daran, was Ihr Lernziel gestern war und lädt Sie ein, über das bereits Erreichte nachzudenken. Der Coach stellt Ihnen heute eine neue Perspektive vor und stellt die Frage: „Sieht der Erfolg, den Sie sich gestern vorgestellt haben, gleich aus?“ Der Coach fördert die Reflexion, indem er im Wesentlichen „Sie wieder in Ihr neues Selbst einführt“ und fragt, inwieweit die Ziele noch relevant sind oder angepasst werden müssen. Der Coach fragt: „Was hat in der Vergangenheit dazu beigetragen, Sie dorthin zu bringen, wo Sie heute sind? Wie soll es nun weitergehen?“ .
Empathie ist die Fähigkeit, die Gefühle eines anderen Menschen nachzuempfinden, ja, aber auch das beginnt mit dem Selbst. Während ich – wieder – einige habe, wie bei den meisten Dingen im Leben, bin ich natürlich durch die Linse meiner eigenen Erfahrung begrenzt. Ich empfinde diesmal nicht als Englischlernender, sondern als Deutschlernender: „Und warum ist das relevant?“ . Kurze Antwort: Ich habe es selbst gemacht, eine Fremdsprache als Erwachsener gelernt. Die Umstände sind etwas anders, ja, aber ich kenne den Schmerz – und ich bin von dem Glauben getrieben, dass Sie es auch können.
Neben dem Coaching kann auch Selbsttraining oder Selbstbildung
stattfinden. Es bringt auch viele überraschende, entzückende und
aufschlussreiche Erfahrungen mit sich. Einige dieser Erfahrungen werden jedoch
im Nachhinein am besten geschätzt – was sie langfristig umso erfüllter macht.
Ich habe den größten Respekt vor der formalen Bildung, so sehr, dass ich einen bedeutenden Teil meines Erwachsenenlebens dafür aufgewendet habe. Als erwachsener Lernender habe ich aber auch versucht, mich in vielen Dingen zu bilden. Relevante Beispiele für diesen Ansatz sind die deutsche Sprache, Fotografie und Bildgestaltung, Website-Entwicklung und -Bearbeitung, Videoproduktion, Audioproduktion für Streaming-Medien (Podcasting) und Kochen um, nur einige zu nennen – alles außerhalb eines formalen Rahmens.
Es gab eine Zeit, in der sich die angebotenen Deutschkurse sich strukturell mit meinen Haupt-Blockseminaren der Universität überschneidet haben. Als ich dies dem damaligen deutschen Lehrkörper gegenüber erwähnte, war die spielerische Bemerkung im Witz des Kurses – die Angelegenheit mit dem Kursleiter zu besprechen, sonst wäre ich in wahren Worten, zweimal ange*******.
Ehrlichkeit ist Gold wert, für diese Stimmung bin ich natürlich im Rückblick, nur dankbar. Schauen wir uns also die Lehren an, die aus dieser Erfahrung gezogen wurden. Die daraus abgeleitete Weisheit kam zuerst in Form des Verstehens der Bedeutung des Wortes ‚sonst‘ – was uns zum nächsten Thema führt – was denn sonst?
Was denn sonst?
Natürlich wird das Umfeld, in dem Sie sich befinden, immer eine wichtige Rolle spielen. Wenn man auf sein eigenes Lernziel achtet, denke ich, wird dies wiederum die Einflussbereiche beeinflussen, die man aktiv sucht. Sei vorsichtig mit dem, was andere Loyalität nennen, oder sei zumindest bereit, die Frage „Loyalität zu was genau?“ zu stellen. Wo werden Sie sich platzieren, um die positiven Einflüsse zu erhalten, die Sie brauchen? Wir haben festgestellt, dass ich in der Vergangenheit nicht nur von dem profitiert habe, was im Wesentlichen Sprachcoaching neben der Selbstbildung war. Ich profitierte auch von einem unterschiedlichen Grad der ‚Emersion‘ (Eintauchen). ‚Emersion‘ ist eine seit langem gefeierte Methode, die einen schnellen Spracherwerb verspricht, aber sie kann mit Kosten verbunden sein. Auch hier, durch die Linse der Empathie, kann das Gleiche für dich funktionieren, die Frage ist, wo, wie und zu welchen Kosten? ‚Emersion‘ wird auch oft mit dem Akt verglichen, einem Nichtschwimmer die Theorie des Schwimmens zu vermitteln und ihn dann in der Tiefe zu werfen, aber trotzdem sind viele von uns sogar bereit, so weit zu gehen, dass wir uns selbst zum Spaß mit dem Waterboarding beschäftigen? Nichts davon ist Raketenforschung, also bin ich sicher, dass die meisten von uns das schon einmal gehört haben.
Während diese anderen Wege auf den ersten Blick vielleicht nicht perfekt als Ersatz für die formale Ausbildung, wie wir sie kennen, erscheinen, werden diese anderen Wege in diesem Moment – immer besser. Wer weiß, wie sich die traditionellen formalen Institutionen ändern müssen, um ihren Versprechen mehr Substanz zu verleihen. Wer kann auf jeden Fall eine perfekte Bereitschaft für jeden gewünschten zukünftigen Zustand versprechen, mit einem statischen Satz von etablierten Methoden in einer sich verändernden Welt?
Es ist jetzt der 7. November 2019. In dem Maße, in dem diese „Demokratisierung der Lernerfahrung“ ( fresh and exciting democratization of the learning experience) blüht, müssen größere, festere „Methoden“ auf der ganzen Welt mehr um Selbsterhaltung als um die tatsächliche Erfüllung Ihrer persönlichen Lernziele bemüht sein. Was ist die Transformation, die Sie wollen, was ist die gewünschte Zukunft, die Sie sich vorstellen? Ermöglicht das Versprechen, das Ihnen gegeben wird, sich mit Ihnen zu verändern, während Sie Ihrem eigenen Lernweg folgen? Sind die versprochenen Ergebnisse greifbar, messbar, nutzbar oder meist nur symbolisch?
Das bringt uns zurück zum Selbst – denn in so vielen Fällen
liegt die Antwort in der Reflexion. Wie loyal sind Sie zu alten Ansätzen, die
tatsächlich versuchen könnten, ihren eigenen Bedürfnissen mehr zu dienen als Ihren?
Was wollen Sie wirklich? Was funktioniert bei Ihnen? Könnte ein integrativerer
Ansatz die messbaren Fortschritte bieten, die Sie benötigen? Wie quantifiziert
man diesen Fortschritt und mit wessen Maß? Sind Sie bereit, Ihre Haut ins Spiel
zu bringen und die notwendige Arbeit zu leisten, oder wollen Sie
stillschweigend in jemanden oder etwas anderes investieren, den Sie später
beschuldigen können?
Auch dies ist kein wissenschaftliches Stück – reflektierend, rein subjektiv, Fiktion, wenn man so will. “There are other ways of knowing.”
Youtube “presence”
DIY English – was funktioniert
Englisch ist keine phonetische Sprache. Das bedeutet, dass im Gegensatz zum Deutschen das, was man sieht und liest, manchmal nicht das ist, was man hört. Wenn Sie ein Kursteilnehmer (gegenwärtig oder in der Vergangenheit) sind, lesen Sie Podcast-Transkripte, während Sie zuhören, um Ihre Aussprache zu verbessern. Lesen Sie ein Buch. Beginnen Sie mit Kinderbüchern, niemand muss es wissen. Sehen Sie sich einen Film mit englischen Untertiteln an. Kinderbücher und -filme eignen sich hervorragend zur Entwicklung des Grundwortschatzes und zum Erlernen grundlegender Sprachfunktionen. Ein persönlicher Favorit von mir ist Peppa Pig. Sie werden absolut begeistert sein von ihrer Niedlichkeit. Sie ist hell und kommunikativ, und Wenn Ihre Neuronen zu schießen beginnen, werden Sie nicht weniger als fasziniert sein. Sprechen Sie mit den Leuten.
Dies ist ein einfacher Ratschlag, der funktioniert – Bücher, Google, Gaming, verschiedene Webservices, YouTube, Apps, Freunde und Familie, Freizeitaktivitäten, Kunst und lokale Veranstaltungen, Reisen, Sport, Kunst, und andere ansprechende soziale Erfahrungen, Podcasts wie meine und andere unabhängige Medien. Ihr digitales Selbst verwirklichen, leben oder zum Ausdruck bringen, indem Sie aktiv das Internet nutzen. Setzen Sie einen positiven Spin auf die Entstehung des Internets, indem Sie es zu Ihrem Vorteil nutzen. DIY English heißt „do it yourself / selbst machen“ .
Alles, was Sie haben, das es Ihnen erlaubt, mit echten Menschen zu interagieren, kann rekrutiert werden. Die einzige Voraussetzung ist, dass Sie Ihre Freiheit bewahren, sich zu entwickeln, die Fahrspur zu wechseln, wenn Sie es für richtig halten, und dass Sie darauf achten, was Ihr eigenes Ziel ist.
Webdienste wie Online-Wörterbücher und Online-Übersetzer sind wunderbare Werkzeuge; ich kann mir nicht vorstellen, ohne sie zu leben. Eine kleine Anmerkung zur Vorsicht: Online-Wörterbücher sind sehr nützlich, um einzelne Wörter präzise zu übersetzen und Ihnen gute Optionen und Anwendungsbeispiele zu geben. Ich kann dict.cc und dictionary.com empfehlen. Online-Übersetzer sind jedoch anders. Sie übersetzen ganze Texte und um dies machen zu können, müssen sie eine berechnete Schätzung über Ihren Kontext machen. Die berechneten Schätzungen sind oft gut fundiert (aus den Benutzerdaten gelernt) und in der Regel korrekt, wenn Sie Ihre Sätze kurz halten und eine gute, korrekte Sprache eingeben. Beachten Sie jedoch, dass insbesondere die kostenlosen Versionen von Online-Übersetzern tatsächlich Ihre Daten sammeln, einschließlich des Inhalts und des Kontextes dessen, was Sie zur Übersetzung eingeben. Anders gesagt, Diese Dienste müssen von Natur aus tiefgründig untersuchen, nicht nur die oberflächliche Bedeutung des Geschriebenen, sondern auch den Kontext. Dies kann wichtig sein, wenn Sie mit sensiblen oder anderweitig vertraulichen Inhalten arbeiten. Kostenlose Online-Übersetzer sind in einigen Unternehmen verboten. Wir wissen nie wirklich, was gesammelt wird, und da sich das Internet in seinem normalen Tempo entwickelt, werden vielleicht – einige der gesammelten Daten und deren beabsichtigte Verwendung – noch nicht einmal durch ein bestehendes oder durchsetzbares Gesetz definiert.
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