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How speaking improves, what your level means, and a daily routine that works.

1. How speaking improves — and how to use this course · 8 min

   Speaking is a skill you practise out loud. Here is a routine that works.

Pronunciation

The sounds, stress and intonation that make you clear — especially for speakers of Urdu, Punjabi and Hindi.

1. Sounds that change meaning · 15 min

   v and w, the two 'th' sounds, short and long vowels, and clusters at the start of words.

2. Word stress and sentence stress · 12 min

   Why the right syllable matters more than the perfect vowel.

3. Intonation and sounding polite · 10 min

   The same words can sound friendly or rude — the difference is in your voice.

Practice: Read aloud: sounds that change meaning · Read aloud: stress and intonation

Fluency

Speak in chunks, keep going when you are stuck, and tell a story people want to hear.

1. Speak in chunks, not single words · 12 min

   Fluent speakers are not faster — they use ready-made phrases.

2. Buying time without saying "umm" · 10 min

   What to say while you think — so a pause sounds natural.

3. Telling a story · 12 min

   Past tenses, sequencing and a little drama — the shape of a good anecdote.

Practice: One-minute talks

Everyday conversation

Small talk, requests, phone calls and sorting out problems — the English of daily life.

1. Small talk that keeps going · 12 min

   How to start a conversation, keep it alive, and end it politely.

2. Polite requests and offers · 10 min

   Asking for things, offering help, and saying yes or no gracefully.

3. On the phone · 10 min

   Calls are harder than face-to-face. Here is the language that helps.

4. Sorting out problems · 12 min

   Complaints, returns and mistakes — firm, clear and polite.

Practice: Role-play: everyday situations

Work and interviews

Introductions, job interviews and meetings — English for your career.

1. Introducing yourself professionally · 10 min

   A thirty-second introduction you can use anywhere.

2. Job interviews: answers with STAR · 15 min

   How to answer "Tell me about a time when…" questions clearly.

3. Meetings: agreeing, disagreeing and interrupting · 12 min

   How to join the discussion without sounding rude.

Practice: Job interview practice

Grammar for speaking

The grammar that shows most when you speak: tenses, questions and natural phrasing.

1. Present perfect or past simple? · 10 min

   "I have seen him yesterday" — why it sounds wrong, and how to fix it.

2. Questions that sound natural · 10 min

   Word order, indirect questions and question tags.

Practice: Grammar check: speaking accurately

Phone calls and meetings

Answering and making calls, taking messages, spelling and numbers, and speaking up in meetings.

1. Phone calls: messages, spelling and numbers · 15 min

   The phrases for every stage of a work call.

2. Meetings: joining in, interrupting and disagreeing · 15 min

   Speaking up without sounding rude — in the room or on a video call.

3. Giving a quick update · 10 min

   Done, doing, blocked: an update in under a minute.

Practice: Listening: a voicemail from a supplier · Role-play: phone calls at work · Meetings: the right phrase

Presentations and numbers

Structuring a short talk, describing charts and numbers aloud, and handling questions.

1. A presentation people can follow · 15 min

   Open, signpost, close — and one message they remember.

2. Talking about numbers and trends · 15 min

   Percentages, fractions, and words for rising and falling.

3. Handling questions · 10 min

   Buying time, checking the question, and saying "I don't know" well.

Practice: Listening: numbers in a team update · Describe a chart to your team · A two-minute presentation

Travel, health and services

Airports and journeys, the doctor and the pharmacy, banks, offices and polite complaints.

1. Airports, trains and hotels · 12 min

   Checking in, understanding announcements, and asking for what you need.

2. At the doctor's and the pharmacy · 12 min

   Describing symptoms clearly — and understanding advice.

3. Banks, offices and polite complaints · 12 min

   Getting a problem solved without getting angry.

Practice: Listening: announcements on a journey · Role-play: at the airport, pharmacy and hotel · Vocabulary: health and symptoms

Stories, opinions and small talk

Starting and keeping a conversation going, telling a good story, and giving opinions that sound natural.

1. Small talk that goes somewhere · 12 min

   Safe topics, open questions, and follow-ups that keep it going.

2. Telling a story people want to hear · 15 min

   Structure and the past tenses that make a story clear.

3. Opinions that sound natural · 12 min

   Agreeing, disagreeing, and softening what you say.

Practice: Grammar: telling a story in the past · Tell a story · Give your opinion

Accent and connected speech

Linking, weak forms, rhythm and intonation — why fast English is hard to follow, and how to sound clear yourself.

1. Linking and weak forms · 15 min

   Why "turn it off" sounds like one word.

2. Stress and rhythm · 12 min

   Strong words, weak words, and the beat of English.

3. Intonation: what your voice says · 12 min

   Rising and falling voices, lists, and question tags.

Practice: Dictation: natural, connected speech · Read aloud: stress, rhythm and linking · Intonation: what the voice says