Are you looking to build relationships with people in a new language and culture? Have you heard of the Growing Participator Approach? (GPA).
The GPA is an approach to build relationships while engaging in culture and learning language. People all over the world are using this approach to learn languages because it is effective and it is fun!
Launch India was originally established to help those wanting to learn Urdu using the GPA.
Over the last few years, we have worked hard to not only improve our Urdu services, but also to grow our Hindi-specific GPA resources to help learners grow with greater focus towards their personal goals.
We are happy to offer sessions now also in GPA online for Punjabi, Telugu, Marathi & Tamil!
There are many (some estimates even say thousands) of languages in South Asia. The relational focus of the Growing Participator Approach (GPA) used at Launch India allows us to support learners like you who are wanting to connect with speakers of these South Asian languages- even beyond those that we currently offer!
Can Launch India provide online GPA services for learners of other languages?
We are happy to do our best!
We have learned a lot over the years regarding training Nurturers in the GPA and coaching learners (what we call Growing Participators) towards their goals in South Asian languages. We now have a team of people equipped to help ease the lift of getting started in a new culture.
Of course, if we know of an already established GPA program somewhere for the language you are pursuing, we will direct you towards that program first.
How does it work?
We clarify your goals. The process for this begins with a call to discuss with you what you are looking for in terms of language, regional dialect, culture, etc. We also discuss your ideal availability for sessions as well as our terms and conditions and have you register with our program.
We work with you to find the right Nurturer. We will start searching through our networks to see if we can find someone with great relational skills, interest in connecting with and helping foreigners engage in their culture, and a willingness to be coached into using the GPA approach. For the sake of being able to provide better support and training for your Nurturer as well as to bring them into our team culture more effectively, we prefer to find speakers of your language who live in Delhi where Launch India is located. However, we are open to partnerships that extend beyond Delhi if necessary. If you have a potential Nurturer in mind, we are happy to connect with them and consider whether they would be a good fit for you from our experience training Nurturers. (It will be necessary for this person to know either some English or some Hindi or have access to a translator into either of these languages so that we can properly coach them). Unfortunately we cannot guarantee that we can find someone to help you, but we will do our best to try!
We train your Nurturer. Once we find one that seems like a good fit, we take about a week to allow them to observe other sessions, to give them training in our approach, to get them set up with a laptop and WiFi if necessary, and to help them get ready to start with you.
We begin coaching and encouraging you. We will orient you to the GPA phase you are starting, introduce you to our online resources, and begin encouraging you in your journey. We then have coaches in your sessions on and off for the first couple weeks to make sure all is off to a good start.
We may then continue to support you as long as it serves your needs! For some this may be just until you have enough of a solid foundation to find and train a local Nurturer where you are. In terms of the GPA phases, this is commonly Phase 4 which is approximately 500 hours into the program.
We at Launch India love GPA and we love languages and cultures. We get excited to provide support for people when we are able, While we cannot guarantee that we will be able to find and train a Nurturer to do online GPA for your language, we will certainly do our best and will look forward to working with you along the way!
Let us know how we can help you by reaching out today!
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