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Coaching People from other Cultural and Linguistic Backgrounds

Posted by: NCCA

Wednesday, October 28, 2020

Many coaches working in English-speaking environments were born and raised in another cultural and/or linguistic environment. And the reverse is also true, especially in Toronto, where roughly 50% of the population was not born in Canada. Given that we all tend to make assumptions and draw conclusions based on our own conditioning and experience, there are many things to consider when working with someone who has grown up in a different culture, speaking a different language. Despite how well one speaks the local language or seems to understand the culture, there are always gaps which lead to misunderstanding and misinterpretations. In this article I want to focus on behaviours related to concepts of time and space.

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How to Teach Idioms to Your ESL Clients

Posted by: NCCA

Tuesday, October 6, 2020

If your client has a communication goal to quickly improve their English fluency, especially in active conversation, then you will need to help them use idioms, and use them wisely. The thing about idioms is that if you use an old, inappropriate or mis-spoken idiom, it makes you seem less fluent in English! You don’t want that for your clients. So how can we avoid this mess? The reason why idiom study is difficult is because many of these expressions are culturally-specific. There are some idioms that work well in Britain but not at all in Canada, and vice versa.

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