CONVERSATION COACHING courses

Course features: customised course according to Standard course duration:

the student’s needs and the teacher’s assessment 15 lessons of 75 minutes each
of the student’s skills and needs. Focus on business, Total: 18.75 face-to-face hours
travel or study topics. Particular skills to be
practised will vary according to the online Student’s Maximum number of students : 4
Needs Survey done right before the first lesson. For
instance, lessons may be planned around formal Entry requirements:
communicative writing skills in the business sector. Online Placement Test result equal or
If the student needs to work on presentations, the higher than Level 4 (passing Level 3)
teacher should find strategies and materials which Online Student’s Needs Survey: sent to
will help the student succeed in such task. the student to be filled in before the start
of the course so that the teacher can
Course structure: plan the first lesson (or Ice-breaker)
It consist of 4 learning cycles along which the taking into account the student’s
teacher will not only give formative feedback to the preferences and needs.
student on his/her learning process, but also
receive feedback from the student on which topics Evaluations/Tests: no pre-set written or
or skills to plan the subsequent cycles. oral evaluations required. Instead, there is
Lesson 1 (Ice-breaker): speaking, writing, reading continuous, formative and qualitative
and listening activities to assess the student’s skills. assessment + a student’s performance
The teacher may as well discuss the student’s report at the end of each cycle
answers to the online Student’s Needs Survey. After
that, a meeting with either Silvia Foschi or Oscar Passing requirements:
Bidiña may be arranged in order to plan the first 75% attendance
learning cycle in a collaborative way.
Cycle 1
Lessons 2 – 3: activities which should lead to the
completion of a meaningful task in relation to the
student’s needs.
Clase 4: end-of-cycle task and qualitative
assessment. The teacher implements a task or a
series of meaningful activities which will be
evidence of the student’s learning. There should be
room to discuss the contents of the following
learning cycle.
Further learning cycles are arranged until the end of
the course. There are 3 and 4-lesson cycles
Lesson 15 (o last one): end-of-cycle task, qualitative
assessment + comprehensive feedback
CYCLE LENGTH MAY VARY DEPENDING ON THE
TOPICS , ACTIVITIES PLANNED AND ON THE
STUDENT’S PERFORMANCE AND NEEDS.
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Lesson 1 (ice-breaker)
Online eClass Online Student’s Needs speaking, writing,
Placement test Survey reading and listening
activities to assess the
student’s skills

Further cycles
until course completion
(3 or 4-lesson cycles)
Lesson 15 (o last one):
end-of-cycle task,
qualitative assessment +
comprehensive feedback
Lesson 4
end-of-cycle task and
qualitative assessment.
Lessons 2 and 3
The teacher implements
activities which should
a task or a series of
lead to the completion
meaningful activities
of a meaningful task in
which will be evidence of
relation to the student’s
the student’s learning.
needs
Contents of the following
learning cycle should be
discussed
Cycle 1