Pathways

Say what you have coming up. Practise for that.

You pick one when you sign up. Your first lesson is built around it. For the first 14days, Home puts that pathway's next step first, and a Rehearsal is ready with the right person on the other side. Change it any time on your profile.

A visa or immigration interview
Your first lesson is the interview: why you are applying, and where you have lived. Write down what you are worried about and the tutor starts there.
Has a date. Home counts the days to your interview, beside what you have practised.
Comes first on the Ladder
- Handle a job interview
  Answer common questions with concrete examples.
- Think out loud under pressure
  Reason through an unfamiliar question in real time.
- Explain a problem on the phone
  Describe what's wrong clearly enough to get it fixed.
- Spot what is implied
  Hear the thing that was meant but not said.
- Numbers, times, and prices
  Catch the details that everyday life turns on.
A Rehearsal, filled in for you
My visa or immigration interview
With
The officer who decides my application
Aim
Answer every question clearly and without over-explaining
Offered after your first lesson. Change any line before you start.
A job interview
Your first lesson is the interview, walking through your job history. Name the question you freeze on and it comes up.
Has a date. Home counts the days to your interview, beside what you have practised.
Comes first on the Ladder
- Handle a job interview
  Answer common questions with concrete examples.
- Give your opinion and back it up
  State a view, give a reason, and respond to a counter-argument.
- Disagree without causing offence
  Push back on an idea while keeping the room on your side.
- Spot what is implied
  Hear the thing that was meant but not said.
- Follow fast, natural speech
  Keep up when nobody is slowing down for you.
- Write with precision
  Say exactly what you mean, in as few words as it takes.
- Handle unfamiliar words
  Keep going when a word you don't know arrives mid-sentence.
A Rehearsal, filled in for you
My job interview
With
The interviewer for the role
Aim
Walk through my job history and answer the hard question well
Offered after your first lesson. Change any line before you start.
Starting a new job
Your first lesson is your first days there: introducing yourself, and asking about what you do not know yet.
Has a date. Home counts the days to your start date, beside what you have practised.
Comes first on the Ladder
- Catch feelings, not just facts
  Hear how someone feels about what they're describing.
- Follow fast, natural speech
  Keep up when nobody is slowing down for you.
- Say hello and introduce yourself
  Greet someone, say your name, and answer where you're from.
- Explain a problem on the phone
  Describe what's wrong clearly enough to get it fixed.
- Write a simple email
  Ask for something clearly and politely.
- Write with precision
  Say exactly what you mean, in as few words as it takes.
A Rehearsal, filled in for you
My first one-to-one with my new manager
With
My new manager
Aim
Introduce myself and ask about what I do not know yet
Offered after your first lesson. Change any line before you start.
Moving house or daily life in English
Write down the call you have to make, and that call is your first lesson. Leave the box empty and you start with a simpler conversation at your level.
Comes first on the Ladder
- Explain a problem on the phone
  Describe what's wrong clearly enough to get it fixed.
- Order food and fix a problem
  Order a meal, then politely say something is wrong with it.
- Numbers, times, and prices
  Catch the details that everyday life turns on.
- Directions and instructions
  Hold a sequence of steps in your head.
- Write a simple email
  Ask for something clearly and politely.
A Rehearsal, filled in for you
A phone call I have to make this week
With
The person on the other end of the call
Aim
Explain the problem and get it sorted
Offered after your first lesson. Change any line before you start.
Work meetings and emails
Write down the next meeting, and that meeting is your first lesson. Leave the box empty and you start by explaining a delay to a client.
Comes first on the Ladder
- Give your opinion and back it up
  State a view, give a reason, and respond to a counter-argument.
- Disagree without causing offence
  Push back on an idea while keeping the room on your side.
- Spot what is implied
  Hear the thing that was meant but not said.
- Connect your ideas
  Use linking words so your writing flows instead of stopping.
- Write with precision
  Say exactly what you mean, in as few words as it takes.
A Rehearsal, filled in for you
My next meeting in English
With
A colleague or client in the meeting
Aim
Say my update clearly and push back when I need to
Offered after your first lesson. Change any line before you start.
Study or university
Your first lesson is why you chose your course, and what you will do after it. The question an admissions or credibility interview always asks.
Has a date. Home counts the days to your interview, beside what you have practised.
Comes first on the Ladder
- Understand an argument
  Follow a point, its evidence, and its counterpoint.
- Read an argument aloud
  Signal the turn when the argument changes direction.
- Argue a position
  Make a case, admit the other side, and hold your ground.
- Give your opinion and back it up
  State a view, give a reason, and respond to a counter-argument.
A Rehearsal, filled in for you
My admissions or credibility interview
With
The interviewer from the university or visa office
Aim
Say why I chose this course and what I will do after it
Offered after your first lesson. Change any line before you start.
The speaking part of a test
There is no button for this one. Name the test in your own words, whichever option you picked, and it opens. Your first lesson is two minutes on a topic, then the follow-up questions.
Has a date. Home counts the days to your test, beside what you have practised.
Comes first on the Ladder
- Give your opinion and back it up
  State a view, give a reason, and respond to a counter-argument.
- Think out loud under pressure
  Reason through an unfamiliar question in real time.
- Stress the right word
  Change the meaning of a sentence by where you lean.
A Rehearsal, filled in for you
The speaking part of my test
With
The examiner
Aim
Talk for two minutes and handle the follow-up questions
Offered after your first lesson. Change any line before you start.
Something else
A parents' evening. A call with your landlord. Write it down and your first lesson is that conversation. Nothing is suggested until you do; leave the box empty and you start in the Practice Studio.
A Rehearsal, filled in for you
Something real I have coming up
With
The person I will be talking to
Aim
Get through it in English
Offered after your first lesson. Change any line before you start.

Start with the conversation you have coming up.

Name it, and your first lesson is that conversation. Made for you, before you walk in.

Start practising See what a lesson looks like

3 days free with a card on file. Cancel before it ends and pay nothing.

Say what you have coming up. Practise for that.

A visa or immigration interview

A job interview

Starting a new job

Moving house or daily life in English

Work meetings and emails

Study or university

The speaking part of a test

Something else

Start with the conversation you have coming up.