Speaking: Functional Language C2 - Lesson 3: Mentoring & Coaching Others in Advanced Communication Skills

C2

Mentoring & Coaching

ការបង្វឹក និងផ្តល់មតិកែលម្អ

🎯 Objective / គោលបំណង:

Move from Critic (B2) to Coach (C2).

🚫 Blunt Feedback (Unhelpful)

Critic "You sounded nervous. Your vocabulary was too simple and your presentation was boring."

✅ Constructive Coaching (Helpful)

Coach "That was a solid start. One thing I noticed was your pacing was rushed, which can come across as nervous." Technique: Diagnoses the root cause (pacing).

Coach "Let's try strategic pauses to add impact. Also, we could elevate the vocabulary from 'good' to 'exceptional'." Technique: Models the solution (elevate).

The Coaching Framework

1. Diagnose វិភាគបញ្ហា

Identify the root cause, not just the symptom.
Is it prosody? Register? Nuance?

2. Frame ផ្តល់មតិកែលម្អ

Use diplomatic meta-language.
"The way that phrase lands on the ear is..."

3. Model បង្ហាញគំរូ

Show the better version.
"Notice the difference if we stress *this* word."

Key Vocabulary

Meta-language ភាសាអធិប្បាយ

Language used to talk *about* language (e.g., "intonation", "register").

To Hedge និយាយបញ្ចៀស

Using cautious language.
"It seems to me..." instead of "It is..."

Reframe the Feedback

A colleague used "very big" instead of precise vocabulary.

Best C2 Feedback?

A. "Don't use 'very' so much. It's bad."

B. "To elevate this, what if we replaced 'very big' with 'monumental'?"

C. "A C2 speaker would use 'monumental'."

A colleague sounded robotic and flat.

Best C2 Feedback?

A. "You sound like a robot."

B. "Be more emotional."

C. "I wonder if we could engage more by adjusting the *prosody*? Which word do you want to stress?"