ATT English AcademyHow to talk to anyone in English
You can answer a question in English. This shows you how to keep the conversation going.
- The Conversation Check: ten statements, about two minutes
- Your score in four areas, and the lessons to start with
- Twelve interactive lessons, one a week, plus six practice rooms
- No sign-up needed. Your answers stay on this device.
The Conversation Check
Answer for how you are now, not how you'd like to be.
Your conversation profile
Confidence by area
A starting point for reflection, not a test of your English. Out of 100.
Start here
Five activities in every lesson
Each lesson takes about twenty minutes, and you do far more than read. A progress bar ticks off each activity as you finish it.
Your own phrases
Tools that write introductions, questions and stories from your details, ready to use.
Instant feedback
Tap-to-sort cards and matching games that show you straight away what's right.
Real conversations
Branching dialogues and real situations, with an explanation for every answer.
Quick games
Timed challenges, a name memory game and dictation with British audio.
Speak out loud
Listen to a British English model, say your line three times and rate yourself.
Your Conversation Kit
Your best lines collect on one page you can print before any party, meeting or event.
Twelve lessons, one a week
Do them in order, or start with the lessons your result points to. You've finished 0 of 12 on this device.
Breaking the ice
- 01First impressionsIntroduction builder, greeting sorter, name game and more
- 02Small talk that goes somewhereAnswer plus one, topic sorter, weather talk and a chain game
- 03Openers for every situationOpener picker, closed or inviting sorter, ten-second challenge
Keeping it flowing
- 04Listening people noticeListening signals, paraphrase trainer, dictation with British audio
- 05Questions that open people upOpen or closed sorter, question upgrader, follow-up chains
- 06Finding common groundClue spotting, “me too” replies and a branching conversation
- 07Stories people rememberStory order game, 60-second story builder with timer
- 08When you don't know the topicRescue phrase match, clarifying questions and a dinner-party challenge
Leading the conversation
- 09Steering the conversationTransition sorter, bridge builder and a steering game
- 10Reading the roomOpen or closed group sorter, joining-in builder, group scenarios
- 11Body language that builds trustSelf-check, gestures quiz, open or closed sorter and a habit tracker
- 12Ending well, and how far you've comeExit lines, follow-up messages, your before-and-after check and certificate
Six practice rooms
Shorter rooms with three activities each, for the situations learners ask about most. Use them in any order.
The whole programme, in one book
Every lesson comes from a chapter of How to Talk to Anyone in English, and the book goes further: real learner stories, what the research shows, phrase boxes for formal and casual situations, and the six Going further chapters in full.
Keep the conversations going
These lessons come from my book How to Talk to Anyone in English, part of The How To Series. When you want real people to practise with, these are your next steps.
- Free
Weekly tongue twister challenge
A new twister every Monday, taken from my Tongue Twister Series. Record it and get feedback on Sunday.
Join the challenge → - Free download
The worksheets
Every chapter of How to Talk to Anyone in English as a printable A4 worksheet, with room to write.
Get the worksheets → - Kindle and paperback
Books
The Tongue Twister Series, How to Talk to Anyone in English and more, on Amazon, Kobo and Barnes & Noble.
See the books → - €9.36 a month
Speak & Be Heard membership
Personal feedback on your speaking, the article library and a monthly conversation club.
See membership → - 7-day free trial
Group conversation class
Sundays at 17:00 UK time, in a small, friendly group of learners.
Start your free trial → - From €16.97 a lesson
Private lessons
One-to-one lessons on Google Meet, at times that suit you.
Choose a lesson →
Prices are in euros (€).