The Language Of Support
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This document provides guidelines for mentors on using supportive language when mentoring others. It outlines four types of supportive language: [1] paraphrasing to show understanding, [2] clarifying to ensure understanding, [3] mediating to help reflect and raise awareness, and [4] imagining to help consider alternatives. The goal is to use language that lets the learner know they are heard and supported in a caring way.
The Language Of Support
- 1. The Language of Support for mentors of the Vincentian Family adapted from “Guidelines for Mentoring Teacher Programs for Beginning and Experienced Teachers”, Virginia Department of Education
- 2. Language of Support Paraphrasing Clarifying Letting the learner know that you Letting the learner know that hear, understand, and care you hear, but you’re not sure of what you heard • In other words … • Let me see if I understand … • What I’m hearing … • To what extent …? • From what I hear you say … • I’m curious to know more about … • I’m hearing many things … • I’m interested in … • As I listen to you, I’m hearing … • Tell me how that idea is like (or different from) … • So, you have found that … • So, are you suggesting …? • It sounds like you want …
- 3. Language of Support Mediating Imagining Allowing the learner to reflect Helping the learner to think or raise awareness about alternatives • What’s another way you might ...? • It’s sometimes useful to … • What criteria do you use …? • Something you might try considering is … • What would it look like if …? • To what extent might … work in • When have you done it like this your situation? before …? • There are a number of • What might you see happening if approaches … …? • What do you imagine might …? • How was … different from …? • How do you determine …?