7-DAY SPEAKING CHALLENGE
One week. One job:
get you speaking.
Short daily lessons, live speaking in small groups, and my personal comments on your voice messages. No grammar tests. Nobody laughing at your mistakes.
7 days · 30–60 minutes a day · 100% online
★★★★★2,800+ adults taught since 1989
You’ve studied for years.
Grammar. Apps. Lists of words you’ve already forgotten twice.
And still – someone asks a question and your mind goes blank.
Here’s the truth: you don’t have a knowledge problem.
You have a SKILL problem.
And you can’t fix a skill problem by… studying more.
You fix it by practice. Daily. In a safe room. With people just as scared as you. And an experienced mentor to help you go through the fears and the freeze. You get up to 3 live sessions to practise together and every day you continue on your own.
That’s exactly what this week is. (And yes, it can even help with an interview or a big presentation coming up.)
Not for you if you have very little English, or you want a grammar course
How the 7 days work (day-by-day)
LIVEs with George:
FULLTuesday and Wednesday LIVEs (2 hours) – speaking practice in pairs and small groups
BOTH PLANSMonday LIVE finale (30 minutes) – you’ll speak, you’ll laugh, and you’ll hear what’s next if you want to keep going
PLUS Every day, three small things (30–60 minutes):
One lesson a day
A different teacher or successful learner each day, one part of the Natural Learning method, and practical tips
30–60 minutes
One speaking task
A voice message, sent directly to me. You get my personal comments and tips. And praise because students always do a lot better than they think.
One community task
Read or listen to other people’s posts, reply and send voice messages. There's more every day.
Extra practice for faster results
Gabbie P.
★★★★★
“I studied English but I couldn't speak. Here everything changed and the fear is gone.”
Selvie H.
★★★★★
“This is the first time I've come upon such activation. It really works.”
Veneta B.
★★★★★
“This course is totally different from all I've done. Challenging but I see results.”
Diana S.
★★★★★
“This has been really useful for me, especially the speaking sessions. I can now speak in English after years of studying.”
You want to speak?
Well, practise speaking!
When you learn and practise in the right way, results come. Proven with thousands of students, over 35 years of teaching.
Confidence begins the moment you start practising.
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One challenge, 2 plans
What you are getting in the course on both plans:
- 7 daily lessons on Natural Learning
- Different teachers, different accents
- Practical tips you can use the same day
- Speaking tasks – send me a voice message, get my personal comments
- Writing tasks, checked by me
- Beating your biggest fears about speaking
- About 80 new words for the week
LIGHT Plan
30 minutes of speaking practice
only on Monday
FULL Plan
150 minutes of speaking practice
on Tuesday, Wednesday and the following Monday
Get your speaking plan
Challenge LIGHT
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Get challenged and change your ideas of learning
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- Best if you want to test it first
- 30 minutes of live speaking
- One LIVE session on Monday
- Practise in pairs
- Learn the elements of Fluency
- Change your idea of learning
- Get practical tips
- Do practical exercises
- Learn about the most common fears
Challenge FULL
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Learn how to learn, get inspired and practise speaking
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- Best if you want to speak as much as possible
- 150 minutes of LIVE speaking
- 3 LIVE sessions - Tue, Wed and Mon
- Practise in pairs and small groups
- Learn the elements of Fluency
- Change your idea of learning
- Get practical tips
- Do practical exercises
- Learn about the most common fears
Questions students usually ask
What if I’m too shy to post a voice note?
When you post your recording, it's only me who has access to it, it's not public. And you get my personal comments and recommendations. No worries, your secret's safe with me!
What if I miss a day?
Catch up or skip it. The lessons are open. Better late than never. Done beats perfect.
What level do I need?
If you can read this page and understand most of it, you’re ready.
What happens after the 7 days?
You’ll know exactly where your English stands. If you want to continue, I will give you recommendations at the final live session, so you can decide.
You can also join the Free Confident English Club to continue practising for free.
When are the LIVE sessions?
Tuesday 7pm EET / 5pm UK time, Wednesday 7:30pm EET / 5:30pm UK time – no recordings, so make sure you join.
The last session is on the following Monday after joining at 7pm EET / 5pm UK time.
Not sure yet?
Join the FREE Confident English Club for Practical tips + pair speaking practice every week for 30 minutes.
Join the Club and take part in the FREE Live sessions there.
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