Motivation tools
Labor market competences
Coach quality: stimulating lifelong learning
What do I want to achieve with the youngsters?
- Helping his go gain more Insight in himself
- Increasing self-management
- Stimulating creativity
- Encouraging critical thinking
How do I position myself as a coach?
- Support the youngsters in expressing their motivation. It is often difficult to put it in words in the beginning and motivation remains superficial. Ask further questions and encourage youngsters to explain their reasons in detail.
- Activate and inspire the youngsters to discover and express their own motives.
- Try to visualize talents and qualities so that they become clear to youngsters.
- Pay enough attention to IT skills such as e-mail etiquette and activate the young person to write emails on their own.
Training tips
- Explore the structure of a motivation letter by considering the various components.
- Read texts together and underline the motives in the text. For example, make youngsters find examples and inspiration for their own arguments.
- Work with a standard motivation letter with a cloze exercise, where youngsters must enter a number of key words.
- Stage a motivational interview.
Language tips
- Use the language of the youngsters and google translations to find synonyms for better expressions.
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