Speaking at work
Say it in the meeting the way you would in your own language.
You know your work. In English, the sentence takes longer to build than the meeting gives you. Bring this week’s meeting, call or presentation to the hour, and leave with what to keep, what to fix and what to say next time.
Free, no card. Lessons with a tutor are paid; your first can be a £6 trial.
After a lesson about your meeting
ExampleLet me push back on that a little.
Disagrees without sounding blunt. Keep it.
We must to decide until Friday.
We need to decide by Friday.
No “to” after must; a deadline takes “by”.
Open Thursday’s update with “The short version is …”.
Tell your tutor how the room reacted.
An example, not a real learner’s notes.
What helps
Work English, from your real week.
Your real meeting.
Bring the update, the pitch or the call. Your tutor starts from it, not from a business-English book.
Correction on what matters.
The phrases that slow you down, fixed while you talk.
Something to say next time.
One line ready for your next meeting. The next lesson opens with how it went.
Free, and with a tutor
Start free. Add a tutor when you want one.
Free, with an account
Practice for every day.
- 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
ExampleI’d rather not commit to that yet.
A natural way to hold back. Keep using it.
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 “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
Is this Business English?
It is your work, in English. The lesson starts from the meetings and calls you actually have.
Can I bring confidential material?
Bring what you are allowed to share, or describe it in general terms. Recording and speech analysis happen only with your permission, and you can say no and still take the lessons.
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
Bring this week’s meeting.
Create a free account, then pick a weekly time with Jon. Your first hour starts from a meeting you actually have.