Don't just speak English. Sound American.
About 90 minutes, in short stages. You will listen, choose, rewrite, and speak out loud. Everything you write is saved in this browser, so you can leave and come back.
Make it yours
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Your microphone
One quick question
How ready do you feel to open a call with a new US client, right now? (1 = I dread it, 10 = I enjoy it)
Grammar reference
The first five minutes
Why this matters in American business culture
The Art of American Small Talk
Listen and read. Words with a dotted underline are this lesson's key terms: tap one to hear it and see the definition. Then answer the six questions in full sentences, typed or spoken, and get feedback on each.
Comprehension check
There are no right-or-wrong answers here, only more and less precise ones. The feedback checks whether your answer does what the question asks. Speak your answer if you can: this is a speaking skill practiced in writing.
Eight words you will hear all lesson
Tap a card to flip it. Listen to the term and the example. The third part, other ways to say it, matters as much as the definition: it gives you register flexibility.
Vocabulary in context
Complete each sentence. Tap a word from the bank or type it. You may need to change the form of the word.
Safe, unsafe, or it depends?
Small talk topics that are normal in Warsaw can end a conversation in Chicago. Tap a topic, then tap the column it belongs in. Check when you have placed them all.
Safe
It depends
Unsafe
What would an American hear?
Every sentence below is grammatically correct. That is not the question. Listen, then choose how it lands on American ears in the first minute of a call.
Hear the difference
The left column is how a Polish professional might speak in English: correct, but over-translated. The right column says the same thing in natural American English. Play both. The contrast is easier to hear than to explain.
Now you rewrite
Rewrite each sentence so it sounds like something you would actually say on a call with an American client. Rephrase the whole sentence, not one word. Say it out loud, or type it, then get feedback. Model answers are drafts awaiting the author's review.
What went wrong?
Two more real interactions between a Polish professional and an American. This time you are in the scene: choose the line, hear how the American reacts, then analyze it.
Throw it back
American small talk is a game of catch: never let a question land without throwing it back. Tom asks; you answer briefly and end with a question for him, before the clock runs out. Five rounds, and the clock gets shorter.
First virtual meeting with a US client
When is the moment?
Listen to Tom and Marek's small talk. Press Now at the exact moment the bridge phrase should come. Too early reads as unfocused; too late means Tom has to say it for you. Three attempts.
Build your small-talk toolkit
Listen to each phrase. Shadow the ones you like: record yourself right after Tom, then play both back. Pick the three that feel most natural in your mouth. They become your personal toolkit.
Two minutes each. Say it, don't think it.
In class these are pair discussions. Alone, set the two-minute timer and answer out loud. Fluency is built by doing. Your transcript shows you which lesson phrases you actually used. Question five is written: it is your commitment.
Nice work.
One last question, one mission for the real world, and your report.
Same question, again
How ready do you feel to open a call with a new US client, now?
Your real-world mission
Choose one thing to do in your next real conversation with an American. Come back afterwards and note how it landed.
Your lesson report
Copy the report and paste it into the contact form or an email. Dana reads every one.
Twelve more lessons, one American register
Lesson 1 is free. The full course covers negotiation, running meetings, saying no, difficult conversations, and talking about Poland with confidence, all in the same interactive format.
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