COACHING IN MODERN LANGUAGE LEARNING

Abstract

The term “coaching” represents a widespread trend in sport, business and interpersonal educational activity. Literal translation of the word “coaching” means “trainer’s work”. Notably a coach is a person capable of winner making. Etimologically the word “coach” in the sense of “carriage” has Hungarian roots. It was borrowed into English in XVI century to denote “something rapidly delivering to the objective”. At a later dates, in XIX century, the British students named so all private teachers and afterwards – their sport trainers. By the end of that period, the term had acquired a new denotation: “any activity, connected with tutorship, guidance, leadership”.