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When speaking lags behind

You understand far more than you can say.

Years of English, and the words still don’t come when it’s your turn. 60 minutes a week with the same tutor: a real conversation, with correction while you talk. You leave knowing what to keep, what to fix and what to use next.

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Free, no card. Lessons with a tutor are paid; your first can be a £6 trial.

The gap

Illustration

What you understand

What you can say

No numbers on purpose. Your tutor tells you in words what is getting easier.

What helps

What helps when you feel stuck.

  1. The same tutor, every week.

    Someone who hears how you speak, week after week, and notices what one conversation can’t.

  2. Correction while you talk.

    Your tutor fixes what holds you back as it happens, so the same mistakes stop coming back.

  3. Three things after every lesson.

    One to keep, one to fix, one to use next. The next lesson opens by using it.

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.
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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.
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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
Am I stuck, or just not noticing change?

Feeling stuck and not improving are different things. Practice may be aimed at the wrong target, change may be hard to hear from the inside, or life may have asked more of you. A tutor who hears you every week can tell which.

How long before I notice a change?

It varies, and anyone who gives you a date is guessing. That is why the same tutor listens over many weeks.

Can I try a lesson first?

Yes. If you haven’t paid us for lessons or a plan before, you can book one trial lesson with Jon for £6. Cancel any time before it starts and you get the £6 back.

Your next good conversation

Find out what’s holding you back.

Create a free account, then pick a weekly time with Jon when you’re ready, or try one lesson for £6 first.

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