Build confident answers for everyday speaking topics.
Practise the everyday conversation skills expected at Level 1. Work through 15 common topics, learn the vocabulary you need, study model answers, and practise speaking aloud until your responses become clear and natural.
Watch the speaking briefing.
Use this short video before opening the topic sets. It gives students a clearer idea of how to approach the speaking training and what to focus on when building their answers.
Where do you want to start?
Each set contains five topics. Open one set and work through its examiner-style questions, vocabulary, model dialogue and grammar practice.
Family, Work and Daily Life
Start with the most familiar subjects and build the core language needed for simple personal conversation.
- 1Family
- 2Jobs
- 3Daily Routine
- 4Education
- 5Housing
Leisure, Clothing and Health
Practise everyday situations that require description, preferences, simple explanations and basic comparisons.
- 6Leisure and Entertainment
- 7Clothing
- 8Weather
- 9Shopping
- 10Health
Sport, Travel and Services
Finish with practical situations involving activities, travel, food, public services and everyday arrangements.
- 11Sport
- 12Holidays and Celebrations
- 13Transport and Travelling
- 14Food and Meals
- 15Services
Use every topic the same way.
Keep the process predictable. You should spend most of your time speaking aloud, not silently reading the page.
Answer first
Read the question and answer it immediately using your own English. Do not look at the model yet.
Upgrade your language
Study the vocabulary and useful structures, then identify what was missing from your first answer.
Study the model
Notice how the model develops a simple answer into several connected sentences without becoming too complex.
Record and repeat
Answer again without reading. Record yourself and repeat until the response sounds clear, controlled and natural.
What should you be able to do?
This is the real purpose of the training. By the end of these topic sets, you should be able to handle simple personal conversation without depending on memorised answers.
Answer familiar questions without long pauses.
Give a direct answer, add one or two details, and keep the conversation moving even when the question is phrased differently.
Move beyond one sentence.
Build short connected responses using simple reasons, examples, time references and personal details.
Use simple English accurately enough to be clear.
Keep basic verb forms, word order and common vocabulary under control while speaking at a natural pace.
Keep going when you do not know the perfect word.
Rephrase, simplify and explain around a missing word instead of stopping the answer completely.
Start with the first five topics.
Family, jobs, daily routine, education and housing give you the core language needed for the rest of the Level 1 speaking programme.