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Starting a language

Start a language with a few minutes a day, free.

Three short parts a day in the language you choose: read or listen, remember, speak. Made for your level, with nothing graded and a rest day each week. A tutor when you want one.

Free, no card.

Today
  • Read or listenDone
  • RememberOpen
  • Your turn to speakOpen

WednesdayExample

Free daily practiceOpen now

What helps

Small steps, every day.

  1. Made for your level.

    Practice is built from the language, your level and what you want it for. Beginners welcome.

  2. Speak from the first day.

    A minute of speaking every day, with written feedback on one spoken answer a day.

  3. A tutor when you’re ready.

    One hour a week with the same tutor, whenever you want more than practice.

Free, and with a tutor

Start free. Add a tutor when you want one.

Free, with an account

Practice for every day.

FreeA free account. No card.
  • Daily practice in up to 2 languagesRead or listen, remember, speak.
  • Written feedback on one spoken answer a day in each languageMore speaking is welcome; it just has no feedback that day.
  • The Speaking Diagnostic, every 60 daysAn estimate of your speaking level, in words.
  • The communityPeople learning too, and the tutors.

With a tutor

A good hour, every week.

  • Weekly£96 every 28 days
  • Twice weekly£192 every 28 days
  • One hour a week with the same tutor60 minutes, live on video. English now.
  • Keep, fix, use next after every lessonThe next lesson opens by using it.
  • Daily practice built from your lessonsWith feedback on three spoken answers a day.
  • Try a lesson for £6One lesson with Jon. Cancel before it starts and get the £6 back. Plans: cancel any time.

Before you decide

What you can see for yourself.

After your lesson

Example
Keep

I’d rather not commit to that yet.

A natural way to hold back. Keep using it.

Fix

I am working here since five years.
I’ve been working here for five years.

For something still true now: have been doing, plus for.

Use next

Use “I’ve been … for …” twice before Thursday.

We start Thursday’s lesson there.

An example, not a real learner’s notes.

  • What you get after every lesson.

    Keep, fix, use next. The example shows the shape; yours comes from your own lesson.

  • The tutors, by name.

    • Jon
    • Olga
  • A first lesson for £6.

    New to lessons? Try one with Jon for £6. Cancel before it starts and you get the £6 back.

  • A free speaking check.

    About three minutes, with an estimate in words.

    Take the speaking check

Before you decide

A few things you might wonder.

Ask us something else
Do I need to know anything first?

No. Practice starts from your level, even if that is your first words.

What does free mean here?

A free account and no card. Daily practice, with written feedback on one spoken answer a day in each language. Lessons with a tutor are paid.

What if I miss a day?

Nothing is lost. One rest day a week is built in, and you simply carry on.

Your next good conversation

Your first day takes a few minutes.

Create a free account and start today. No card.

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