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This page covers how a typical session is structured — the fixed elements every session should include, how to use the module resources provided, and a full example session that works for any group size, level, or language.
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General Overview
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Stage 1: WARM UP
Every session starts with a Warm Up — the same approach regardless of language, level, or module. It gets students feeling welcome and eased in, sets expectations, and lets early arrivals start practicing casually while latecomers join without disrupting the flow.
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Stage 2: PRACTICE
Most of the session — at least 30 minutes of a typical ~60-minute session — should be focused practice, with Warm Up and Wrap Up filling the rest.
To help you prepare, the Activity section of the Coach Center provides a resource bundle for each module that includes the following:
- A set of conversation questions to support Open Conversation
- An activity idea for breakout rooms (BR)
Use these flexibly:
- Flexible order — BR activity or Open Conversation first, either works.
- Flexible content — adjust the questions or instructions to add your own flavor.
If you modify them, stay aligned with:
Canva templates for presenting these are also in the RESOURCES section.
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Stage 3: WRAP UP
Finalize your session with a Wrap Up, where you can give and receive feedback, resolve questions make sure that students leave feeling that they have made progress and that they are motivated to continue!
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Example Session
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Stage 1: Warm Up
- Small Talk — Chat naturally as students join. With returning students, catch up on their day; with new students, ask what brought them to the language and help them feel at ease.
- Set Expectations — This is a safe space to make mistakes — the only real mistake is not participating. Practice > Perfection. Encourage them to speak the target language at all times, even in breakout rooms, using phrases like “How do you say…?” “Please repeat” or “What does that mean?” to ask the group (or the coach, as a last resort) for help. We're here to help, not to judge.
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Stage 2: PRACTICE (30min)
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Flipped Classroom Content Refresh (20min)— Divide students into groups of 2–3 and send them to BR for 15minutes with a level-appropriate task to refresh student’s memory on the session's linguistic content, e.g.:
- A1: Give them a dialogue or song lyrics to ADAPT (change all the prepositions, flip positive statements to negative, make it true to their own lives) or DEDUCE MEANING FROM (identify every instance of a key grammar structure and infer its use, then teach it to the main group).
- A2 / B1: Give them a topic (e.g. life experiences) to find 3 things in common — 2 true, 1 a lie — for the rest of the group to guess upon return to main room.
- B2 / C1: Give them a provocative statement to argue 3 points for and 3 against, and report back the group in main room.
Students return to present what they did, discuss what was presented, ask questions, and get feedback.
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Open Conversation (10min) — Give students 10minutes (depending on level) to sustain a conversation by themselves on a specific topic. Share a slide of suggested conversation questions as support — these should maximize STT and elicit the session's target content.
- Encourage the target language as much as possible, using the same help-phrases as above.
- The coach stays silent during this time, stepping in only if directly asked — this is the students' moment to sustain the conversation on their own.
- Take notes on areas to improve — you'll use these for feedback in the Wrap Up.
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Stage 3: Wrap Up
- Tips & Positive Feedback — Give specific feedback from your Open Conversation notes — not generic praise — plus a tip for practicing beyond the session and a nudge toward the Learning Center. Ask what they learned, found hard, and liked most.
- Q&A — Content questions: redirect to the group first — let peers answer before you do. Poliglota-admin questions you can't answer: refer to [email protected].
- Final Words — Congratulate the group. Close with enthusiasm so students feel inspired to keep going.
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