Compétences médiatives avancées - Mediation in an English-Speaking Environment

The use of the English language in mediation is becoming increasingly important. While English can be spoken well in standard situations, greater fluency is often desirable in the mediation context. The “Mediative Competencies in an English-speaking Environment” course aims to improve the use of English in this respect, with an emphasis on technical and specific terms.

Like all CMCC training courses, the “Mediative Competencies in an English-speaking Environment” course incorporates the Tell-Show-Do principle to focus as much as possible on mediation practice.

Day 1

• In English please … arrival, check-in and expectations
• Different language – challenges and potentials
• Evaluating individual expectations of workshop group
• Keywords in mediation – building up a vocabulary base
• ‘Looping’ / Paraphrasing – best practices and helpful formulations in the core of mediation

Day 2

• How to handle situations where vocabulary is missing (for parties and/or mediator)
• Investigate (further) challenging situations which might make nervous and create game plans how to handle in ease, efficiency while still feeling sovereign and professional

• Interactive workshop setting
• short theoretical inputs and act-reflect-units
• exchange in the plenum (use competence and wisdom of the group)
• Practice-oriented exercises in small groups (trying out, deepening, reflecting, facilitating transfer)
• Concrete examples out of the practice of the participants
• Laughing is explicitly permitted
• Visualisation / photo-documentation