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Learning & Education

Language Coach workflow

Conversation practice and study plans for learners who want to be fluent.

Learning a skill takes months of practice between sessions. Give each learner a plan they can see and a nudge to practise daily.

I coach

First clients — keep costs near zero

9 tools · 7 free or with a free plan · 2 paid

Step 1 / 6

Attract Clients

Get found and get leads

Same for every coach

Everything that happens before someone becomes a client: showing up online, publishing content, and looking credible enough to be worth a message.

See all 6 resources

Canva

Design

Template-driven design that lets a coach produce decent Instagram posts, PDFs and slide decks without hiring anyone or learning design software.

Social posts, lead magnets and a one-page offer sheet without hiring a designer.

Step 2 / 6

Onboard Clients

Turn a lead into a client

The paperwork and the first conversations. Intake forms, waivers, welcome emails — the part clients judge you on before you have coached them once.

See all 6 resources

Loom

Client Communication

Quick screen-and-camera recordings shared by link — ideal for form feedback, weekly check-in videos and explaining a programme without a live call.

Record pronunciation or correction notes the learner can replay while practising.

Step 3 / 6

Assess

Understand who you are coaching

Same for every coach

Baselines, screens, and questionnaires. Whatever you use to find out where a client actually is before writing them a plan.

See all 3 resources

Typeform

Forms & Templates

One-question-at-a-time forms that feel like a conversation, which noticeably improves completion rates on long client intake questionnaires.

A friendly first questionnaire that tells you where a new client is starting from.

Step 4 / 6

Plan & Deliver

Do the actual coaching

Programming, nutrition, habits, and the tools you use to deliver all of it week after week.

See all 16 resources

Anki

Coaching Tools

Open-source flashcards with spaced repetition — the standard tool for making vocabulary, facts and exam material actually stick.

Daily vocabulary review between lessons, on a schedule the app keeps for the learner.

Habitica

Coaching Tools

A habit tracker built as a role-playing game — daily tasks earn experience and gold, missed ones cost health. Works for clients who bounce off plain checklists.

A game-like streak for learners who need a reason to practise every day.

Step 5 / 6

Run the Business

Get paid and stay organised

Scheduling, payments, client records, pricing. The unglamorous layer that decides whether coaching is a job or a business.

See all 20 resources

Calendly

Software

Share a link, let clients book into your real availability. The fastest way to stop losing consultations to three rounds of "does Tuesday work?"

Learners book their own lesson slots; no back-and-forth over email.

Zoom

Software

The default video call for coaching sessions — reliable on bad connections, and the one tool your clients already know how to open.

Where most one-to-one lessons happen now.

Stripe

Software

Card and subscription payments with no monthly fee — the standard way to take recurring coaching payments without chasing bank transfers.

Take payment for lesson blocks before they start.

Step 6 / 6

Grow Yourself

Keep getting better

Same for every coach

Certifications, books, podcasts, and the rooms where other coaches talk honestly about what is working.

See all 11 resources

Michael Bungay Stanier's short book on seven questions that do most of the work in a coaching conversation — the fastest upgrade to how you run a session.

Seven questions that make any coach listen more and advise less.

8 tools · 5 free or with a free plan · 3 paid

Step 1 / 6

Attract Clients

Get found and get leads

Same for every coach

Everything that happens before someone becomes a client: showing up online, publishing content, and looking credible enough to be worth a message.

See all 6 resources

Canva

Design

Template-driven design that lets a coach produce decent Instagram posts, PDFs and slide decks without hiring anyone or learning design software.

Social posts, lead magnets and a one-page offer sheet without hiring a designer.

Step 2 / 6

Onboard Clients

Turn a lead into a client

The paperwork and the first conversations. Intake forms, waivers, welcome emails — the part clients judge you on before you have coached them once.

See all 6 resources

Loom

Client Communication

Quick screen-and-camera recordings shared by link — ideal for form feedback, weekly check-in videos and explaining a programme without a live call.

Record pronunciation or correction notes the learner can replay while practising.

Step 3 / 6

Assess

Understand who you are coaching

Same for every coach

Baselines, screens, and questionnaires. Whatever you use to find out where a client actually is before writing them a plan.

See all 3 resources

Typeform

Forms & Templates

One-question-at-a-time forms that feel like a conversation, which noticeably improves completion rates on long client intake questionnaires.

A friendly first questionnaire that tells you where a new client is starting from.

Step 4 / 6

Plan & Deliver

Do the actual coaching

Programming, nutrition, habits, and the tools you use to deliver all of it week after week.

See all 16 resources

Anki

Coaching Tools

Open-source flashcards with spaced repetition — the standard tool for making vocabulary, facts and exam material actually stick.

Daily vocabulary review between lessons, on a schedule the app keeps for the learner.

Step 5 / 6

Run the Business

Get paid and stay organised

Scheduling, payments, client records, pricing. The unglamorous layer that decides whether coaching is a job or a business.

See all 20 resources

Scheduling with packages, intake forms and payment built in — a better fit than Calendly when you sell blocks of sessions rather than single calls.

Recurring lessons and prepaid packages, which is how most tutors sell.

Zoom

Software

The default video call for coaching sessions — reliable on bad connections, and the one tool your clients already know how to open.

Where most one-to-one lessons happen now.

Stripe

Software

Card and subscription payments with no monthly fee — the standard way to take recurring coaching payments without chasing bank transfers.

Take payment for lesson blocks before they start.

Step 6 / 6

Grow Yourself

Keep getting better

Same for every coach

Certifications, books, podcasts, and the rooms where other coaches talk honestly about what is working.

See all 11 resources

Michael Bungay Stanier's short book on seven questions that do most of the work in a coaching conversation — the fastest upgrade to how you run a session.

Seven questions that make any coach listen more and advise less.

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